The Wild continue to be unfazed by adversity, within their lineup and on the scoreboard. After blowing a two-goal lead on the heels of losing another key defenseman to injury, the Wild rallied to upstage the Blues 6-4 Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center for their fourth consecutive win.

The Minnesota Wild open the second half of their season Thursday banged up, but winning anyway. The big picture: Despite a revolving door of injuries to key players in December, Minnesota kept pace with the league's best.

The Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues met for the third time this season and the first time in St. Paul on Tuesday evening, Jan. 7. The Wild had a boost to their lineup once again as Jake Middleton rejoined the roster after missing the past 11 games but they were still without Kirill Kaprizov,

His last shift, coming with 9:52 left in the first, ended relatively innocently and innocuously. He got tangled with Pavel Buchnevich in the corner, came back to the front of the net with the St. Louis Blues winger and skated slowly to the bench and down the tunnel. Coach John Hynes did not provide an update on Faber after the game.

Just a minute and 23 seconds into the game Middleton got on the scoresheet. He received a pass from Ryan Hartman and fed it to his defense partner Zach Bogosian who ripped one past Jordan Binnington to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.