The Minnesota Wild will look a little different on the blue line Thursday night against the Calgary Flames.

The Minnesota Wild will welcome back Olli Maatta and Jared Spurgeon to the lineup. They'll replace Matt Kiersted and David Spacek. Additionally, Rieger Lorenz rejoins the lineup to take on his hometown team, the Calgary Flames.

Already battered by injuries, the Minnesota Wild lost another body Thursday when veteran defenseman Olli Maatta was a late scratch with a lower-body injury ahead of a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 32-year-old was scratched approximately 30 minutes before puck drop and is considered day-to-day. Maatta joins goaltender Filip Gustavsson, […] The post Wild’s injured list grows longer after Olli Maatta update appeared first on ClutchPoints.

New Wild defenseman Olli Maatta arrived from Calgary via a trade over the summer. The Flames haven’t reached the NHL playoffs since 2022. Before that, Maatta was in Utah, which made its first-ever trip to the playoffs last spring only after Maatta’s departure. Before that, Maatta was with the Red Wings, who have been a postseason spectator every year for a decade. So the Finnish defenseman’s ...

Olli Maatta has the potential to be a good addition for the Wild.

Aug. 4—Olli Maatta wasn't sure what number would be on the back of his jersey. On July 2, he found out he was getting traded from Calgary to the Wild ... while at the grocery store. The next day, he was playing in a charity golf tournament, part of what the defenseman described as a "whirlwind" after he and forward Blake Coleman were traded by the Flames for defenseman Jake Middleton and three ...

New Minnesota Wild defenseman Olli Määttä got just a few minutes notice that his time in Calgary was done and he’d be headed to another new team. And his time with the Flames was already brief. After spending parts of the past two seasons in Utah, Määttä was a trade deadline acquisition by Calgary and played just 21 games there. He was informed of the trade to Minnesota on Thursday just a few ...

The Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild just completed their fourth-ever trade on Thursday, involving Blake Coleman and Olli Määttä.

The Minnesota Wild have swung a two-for-one trade, sending Jake Middleton to Calgary in exchange for Blake Coleman and Olli Maatta.