Still without star, Wild aim to 'rise to the occasion' vs. Avalanche

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The Minnesota Wild will be without their best player for the seventh game in a row when they face off against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

The Wild know they cannot replace Kirill Kaprizov with one single player. It takes a team effort, and so far they have been providing exactly that in Kaprizov's absence.

Minnesota is 5-1-0 since Kaprizov went