Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
· National Hockey League
Kaprizov breaks franchise career goals record in Wild's 5-1 win over Lightning
Kaprizov’s empty-netter, a backhander from center ice for his 35th of the season, pushed him past Marian Gaborik for the most in Wild history.
Yakov Trenin also scored to help Minnesota end a two-game slide and continue its home dominance of Tampa Bay. The Wild are 16-3-0 at home against the Lightning.
Matt Boldy added a season-high three assists, extending his points streak to a career-high-tying 10 games. Filip Gustavsson stopped 26 shots, improving to 5-1-0 in his past six starts.
Opening a four-game road trip, Tampa Bay got a goal from Nikita Kucherov but lost its third straight game after a 20-1-1 stretch. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves.
Hughes also scored in the third period, resulting in a brief “U-S-A! U-S-A-!" chant for the member of the recent gold-medal winning squad.
Trenin scored a fluky goal at 17:10 of the second period for a 3-1 Minnesota lead.
Losing the puck as he tried to split a pair of defenders in the Lightning zone, Trenin finished his drive to the net and capitalized when Vasilevskiy struggled to cover the slow sliding puck.
Just over two minutes earlier, Kucherov completed a pretty passing play with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel to get Tampa Bay on the board.
Faber scored less than four minutes into the game for a 1-0 lead. Zuccarello made it 2-0 with a 4-on-3 power-play goal early in the second period, the eighth straight game Minnesota has scored with the man advantage.
Wild: At Vegas on Friday night.
Regular Season SeriesMIN leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 3:46 | Brock Faber Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (26), Matt Boldy (35) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 4:59 | Mats Zuccarello Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (55), Matt Boldy (36) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 15:07 | Nikita Kucherov Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (22), Jake Guentzel (38) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 17:10 | Yakov Trenin Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Mats Zuccarello (26) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 6:53 | Quinn Hughes Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 3rd Period 16:41 | Kirill Kaprizov Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Brock Faber (26), Matt Boldy (37) |
Statistics
 TB |
 MIN |
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|---|---|---|
| 13 | Blocked Shots | 16 |
| 25 | Hits | 22 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 25 | Shots | 22 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 5 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 20.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 25 | Faceoffs Won | 27 |
| 48.1 | Faceoff Win Percent | 51.9 |
| 9 | Giveaways | 11 |
| 6 | Total Penalties | 4 |
| 20 | Penalty Minutes | 8 |
Minnesota Wild Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jared Spurgeon, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Brock Faber, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Filip Gustavsson, G | Injured Reserve | Oct 18 |
| Marcus Foligno, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 12 |
| Nick Foligno, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 9 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Zemgus Girgensons, C | Day-To-Day | Nov 1 |
| Erik Cernak, D | Day-To-Day | Nov 1 |
| Yanni Gourde, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
Game Information
Grand Casino Arena
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 18,101 | Capacity:
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 18,101 | Capacity:
