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02/02 21:39 CST Kaprizov scores 2nd goal of game on a power play in OT to lift
Wild past Canadiens, 4-3
Kaprizov scores 2nd goal of game on a power play in OT to lift Wild past
Canadiens, 4-3
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) --- Kirill Kaprizov scored his second goal of the game on
a power play at 3:38 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 victory over
the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.
Minnesota got the power play when Phillip Danault hooked Kaprizov in front of
the goal. Kaprizov took a feed from Quinn Hughes and fired a shot past Jakub
Dobes from the high slot for his 32nd goal of the season.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Brock Faber also scored, and Hughes had three assists to
reach 50 for the season. Filip Gustavsson made 17 saves.
Faber tied it at 3 at 7:05 of the third, racing onto the puck down the right
side for a quick shot. Quinn assisted on the goal.
Hughes assisted on Kaprizov's first goal to tie the Russian's team-record
assists streak at nine and push his franchise-record points streak for
defenseman to nine. Kaprizov had assists in nine straight games in 2022-23.
Minnesota won its fourth straight, ending Montreal winning streak at three.
Brendan Gallagher, Ivan Demidov and Kirby Dach scored to give Montreal the lead
after the Wild raced to a 2-0 advantage.
Dach put Montreal ahead 12 seconds into the third, knocking in Nick Suzuki's
feed. Gallagher started the comeback with 52 seconds left in the first, and
Demidov tied it with 17 seconds to go in the second,
Eriksson Ek opened the scoring at 38 seconds of the first, firing a wrist shot
from right circle. Kaprizov made it 2-0 with 4:12 left in the first, tipping in
Quinn's feed.
Wild defenseman Daemon Hunt didn't return after taking a puck to the throat in
the first period.
Up next
Canadiens: At Winnipeg on Wednesday night in their final game before the
Olympic break.
Wild: At Nashville on Wednesday night in their final game before the Olympic
break.
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