Kaprizov's 4 points lead Wild past Sharks 4-1

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Kirill Kaprizov 1 G, 3 A, 3 SOG

8.9

Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and three assists, and the Wild beat the Sharks 4-1 at Grand Casino Arena. Minnesota moved to 12-3-3 and 27 points. San Jose fell to 7-10-1.

Kaprizov opened the scoring with a snap shot at 7:55 of the first, assisted by Quinn Hughes and Matt Boldy. Macklin Celebrini tied it 1-1 with a tip-in at 12:11 of the second. The Wild answered just over two minutes later. Maxim Shabanov tipped in a Kaprizov feed at 14:15 to make it 2-1, and Minnesota never gave the lead back.

The Wild pulled away in the third. Hughes sent a wrist shot home at 6:54 for a 3-1 lead, with Kaprizov again assisting. Zach Bogosian added a slap shot at 13:58 for the 4-1 final. Kaprizov also had three shots on goal and had a hand in every Wild score but one.

Chirp's Sim gave the Wild a 66% chance over 10,000 simulations, and it called this one.

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