Russian attacker Kirill Kaprizov came in second place in history “Minnesota “By the number of matches in which he scored at least two points per game,” reports the NHL press service.
On Tuesday in St. Paul, Minnesota defeated Arizona in the regular season match with a score of 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0). Kaprizov scored 3 (2+1) points.
For the 25th time in his career in Minnesota, Kaprizov scored at least two points in a game and tied the American Zach Parise in this indicator. The leadership remains held by the Slovakian Marian Gaborik (41 matches).
Kaprizov also had his second 40-assist season and is now one of six players to have multiple 40-assist seasons with the Wild. Previously, this feat had been achieved by Mikko Koivu (5 times), Ryan Suter (4), Mats Zuccarello (3), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2) and Mikael Granlund (2).
In total, Kaprizov has 73 (33+40) points in 59 games this NHL regular season.
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