Without Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon, Minnesota played a smart, poised and gutsy game, pulling away in the third for a 3-1 victory at Ball Arena.

Wild players wanted a stiffer penalty for Zach L’Heureux from the NHL but say they're happy to take matters into their own hands Saturday.

The Wild settled the score but fumbled the game. After three fights in 4½ minutes — the first in response to the slew foot that still has captain Jared Spurgeon sidelined — the Wild blew an early lead and got rolled 6-2 by the Predators on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena for their third straight loss.

Marc-Andre Fleury had 36 saves for the Wild in the latest entry of his rollercoaster week. On Tuesday, he came on in relief of Filip Gustavsson in a come-from-behind win over St. Louis. Two nights later, Fleury was so floored by an illness that he could only stay on the team bench for two periods as Gustavsson played, and lost, versus Colorado.

experience, future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury prevailed to backstop the Wild to a ... has also been skating, and captain Jared Spurgeon (lower body) is working out off the ice. But the Wild were sharpest at the position that mattered most against ...

Marc-Andre Fleury had a stellar night in relief of Gustavsson ... departure of another vital blueliner in Brock Faber (upper body). Minnesota captain Jared Spurgeon (lower body) remains sidelined indefinitely, as does star left wing Kirill Kaprizov ...

Marc-Andre Fleury came to Las Vegas and got in on the ground ... prior to their 3-1 win in San Jose on Saturday. He added that team captain Jared Spurgeon has begun “hard physical activity off the ice” as he works to return from a lower-body injury ...

After recovering from stomach flu, Fleury was the best Wild player on the ice — by far — in lifting the Wild to a 3-1 win over the Sharks.