The veteran center will wear a full-face shield after having his beak broken Saturday; captain Jared Spurgeon remains sidelined.

After Kaprizov and Tye Kartye each scored early in the third period, Ryan Hartman gave the Wild a 4-3 lead with 7:27 left after a backhanded, no-look pass from Boldy. But on a delayed penalty, Jared McCann tied the score with 3:26 left when he ripped a one-timer past Marc-Andre Fleury.

Center took an elbow to the face from Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson in the second period and essentially missed the rest of the game.

With the Wild facing their first big test of the season against the rival Winnipeg Jets, they’ll drop the puck Sunday night without captain Jared Spurgeon and their best center, Joel Eriksson Ek. Neither player traveled to Winnipeg for the first game of a seven-game road trip.

Joel Eriksson Ek did not travel with the Wild for their game against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday because of a broken nose. The forward is expected to be available when Minnesota visits the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. He left a 5-4 shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday following an elbow by Adam Larsson at 7:07 of the second period.

Minnesota Wild centre Joel Eriksson Ek was back at practice Thursday after having surgery on his broken nose. Eriksson Ek sustained the injury during the second period of Saturday’s 5-4 loss to the Seattle Kraken when defenceman Adam Larsson caught him in the nose with an elbow.