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Wild update😀 Jared Spurgeon joined the Wild after staying in Minnesota for the start of the team’s road trip. Spurgeon hasn’t played since Oct. 12 against Seattle, missing the last five games with a lower-body injury related to hip and back surgeries he had earlier this year. C Ryan Hartman left the trip and returned to Minnesota. Hartman has been sidelined for the past three games with an upper-body injury. Wild placed F Pavel Novak on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract, a move that allows Novak to play in his native Czech Republic.

Update leaflets: Philadelphia is struggling, winning just once in its first seven games. The lone win came in the Flyers’ season opener on October 11. They dropped four in a row in regulation. But Philadelphia was a tough matchup for the Wild last season, sweeping the series in two games. RW Matvei Michkov is the Flyers’ leading scorer with seven points.

injury: Spurgeon and Hartman are gone. Flyers RW Travis Konecny ​​(undisclosed) is day-to-day and D Cam York (undisclosed) is uncertain.