The Minnesota Wild announced that Kirill Kaprizov broke the franchise career goals record Tuesday night, reaching 220 goals in a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at home.
Kaprizov’s record-breaking goal came on an empty-netter in the third period. He fired a backhander from center ice for his 35th goal of the season, pushing him past Marian Gaborik for the most goals in Wild history.
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Mats Zuccarello, Brock Faber and Quinn Hughes each contributed a goal and an assist. Yakov Trenin also scored for Minnesota.
The Wild ended a two-game losing streak with the win. They’ve now dominated Tampa Bay at home, posting a 16-3-0 record against the Lightning in Minnesota.
Matt Boldy recorded three assists, tying a season high. The performance extended his points streak to 10 games, matching a career high.
Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for Minnesota. He’s 5-1-0 in his past six starts.
Tampa Bay opened a four-game road trip with the loss. The Lightning have now lost three straight games after going 20-1-1 in their previous 22 games.
Nikita Kucherov scored the lone goal for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots in the losing effort.
Hughes’ goal in the third period sparked a brief “U-S-A! U-S-A!” chant from the crowd. The defenseman was a member of the recent gold-medal winning U.S. team.
Game Flow
Faber opened the scoring less than four minutes into the first period for a 1-0 Minnesota lead.
Zuccarello extended the advantage early in the second period with a power-play goal during a 4-on-3 situation. The goal marked the eighth straight game Minnesota has scored with the man advantage.
Kucherov responded for Tampa Bay just over halfway through the second period. He finished a passing play with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel to cut the deficit to 2-1.
Trenin scored what proved to be the game-winner at 17:10 of the second period. The forward lost the puck while trying to split two defenders but continued to the net and capitalized when Vasilevskiy couldn’t cover a slow-sliding puck.
Up next:
Lightning: At Winnipeg on Thursday night
Wild: At Vegas on Friday night
