Jake Middleton, who leads the NHL with a plus-22 and is in the midst of a terrific season on the top pair with Brock Faber, looked to injure his right hand on the first shift of Thursday’s 7-1 rout of a loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

You don’t replace the player when he’s out, but other guys do get opportunities and then sometimes depending on the situation, people share those roles, maybe someone steps into the

The Minnesota Wild lost another defenseman on Friday, when Jake Middleton was designated to Long-Term Injured Reserve with an upper-body injury.