Kirill Kaprizov Was on All Four Wild Goals: One Goal, Three Assists in a 4-1 Win Over San Jose

Kirill Kaprizov Was on All Four Wild Goals: One Goal, Three Assists in a 4-1 Win Over San Jose

Kirill Kaprizov scored his 16th goal and set up the other three as the Wild beat the Sharks 4-1, with Quinn Hughes playing 31 minutes and Jesper Wallstedt stopping 23 of 24.

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Minnesota scored four goals Friday night, and Kirill Kaprizov had his stick on every one of them. He scored the first and assisted on the next three as the Wild beat San Jose 4-1.

The Minnesota Wild improved to 12-3-3 with the win over the San Jose Sharks at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, according to the ESPN box score. San Jose fell to 7-10-1.

Kaprizov's 16th Goal and Three Helpers

Kaprizov opened the scoring on a power-play snap shot at 7:55 of the first period, his 16th goal of the season. After Macklin Celebrini tipped in his seventh to tie it in the second, Kaprizov set up Maxim Shabanov's power-play tip-in at 14:15, then assisted on Quinn Hughes's wrist shot and Zach Bogosian's slap shot in the third. It was Bogosian's first goal of the season. Kaprizov finished with four points on three shots.

Quinn Hughes Logged 31 Minutes

Hughes played 31:00, more than anyone on either team, and had a goal and two assists. Minnesota went 2 for 5 on the power play and San Jose went 0 for 3. In goal, Jesper Wallstedt stopped 23 of 24 shots, a .958 save percentage. Yaroslav Askarov made 25 saves on 29 shots for the Sharks. The Wild also out-hit San Jose 29-17. Celebrini, held to his one goal, played 24:59 and took 16 of his 28 faceoffs, but the Sharks had nothing on the power play.

Saturday Back-to-Backs for Both Teams

Both teams play again Saturday night: Minnesota hosts the Tampa Bay Lightning and San Jose visits the Dallas Stars. More hockey is on the BallerTube NHL page.