NHL: Kaprizov Scores and Assists as Wild Beat Mammoth 3-1 for Third Straight Win
In an NHL game on the night of October 27 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, the Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 3-1 for their third straight win, finishing a five-game road trip at 3-1-1, as Wild star Kirill Kaprizov recorded a goal and an assist and reached 14 goals in 14 games this season.
According to NHL.com's postgame report, both of Minnesota's first two goals came on the power play: Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring at 15:04 of the second period, Kaprizov made it 2-0 just 48 seconds into the third, and Maxim Shabanov scored at 11:44 for 3-0. Quinn Hughes had two assists and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt made 26 saves. The Wild went 2-for-7 on the power play, while Utah was 0-for-4.
For Utah, Logan Cooley scored the lone goal at 18:39 of the third period and Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves, as the Mammoth fell to 8-5-0. NHL.com's notes said Kaprizov became the eighth player in NHL history to score at least 14 goals in a single October, and Hughes, at 62 games, became the fastest player in Wild history to record 20 multipoint games.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 荒野球员 Kirill Kaprizov 在比赛中（资料图）。Jenn G 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Wild player Kirill Kaprizov in action (file photo). Photo by Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
