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The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of 

, leaving them out of the lineup for their game against Colorado on Thursday night.

Brodin's status is day to day. He has a lower-body injury from blocking a shot late in the 

 on Tuesday night. Wild coach John Hynes had no update after the team's morning skate on Thursday on the timetable for the return of Faber, who has an upper-body injury from an elbow he took from Blues forward Jake Neighbours at the end of his first shift.

 (lower body), who is expected to be out for another week or two after taking a slew foot from Nashville forward Zachary L’Heureux in their game on Dec. 31. That leaves Minnesota without three of its top four defensemen. Jake Middleton just returned from a 10-game absence because of an upper-body injury.

The Wild also have been without star left wing Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), who missed his seventh straight game on Thursday. Kaprizov, who is tied for fourth in the 

 with 23 goals and ninth in the league with 50 points, has skated on the last two days and could return soon.

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The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players and left them out of the lineup for their game against Colorado. 

Minnesota Wild list of key injured players piles up with defensemen Brodin and Faber out

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