Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon is expected to miss two to three weeks with an apparent right leg injury.

Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon avoided a season-ending injury when he was slew-footed by Nashville’s Zachary L’Heureux, but Spurgeon won’t be back anytime soon. He’ll be sidelined two to three weeks,

The Minnesota Wild continue to deal with injuries and different levels of inability so more roster shuffling is on the way.

Captain Jared Spurgeon has avoided serious injury and will only miss two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, Wild hockey boss Bill Guerin told reporters Thursday.

Another ailment for the Minnesota Wild’s captain. On Thursday, the team announced that defenseman Jared Spurgeon is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury.

Coach John Hynes called it a “cheap hit” and “undisciplined” play, but didn’t have an official update on Spurgeon after the game. The NHL Department of Player Safety will surely look at the hit, which drew L’Heureux a match penalty. “It didn’t look good,” Hynes said.

As expected, the Minnesota Wild have placed defenseman and captain Jared Spurgeon on injured reserve considering he’s likely to miss the next two to three weeks with a lower-body injury.