Kaprizov, Fiala set franchise bests, Wild beat Seattle Kraken 6-3

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Kirill Kaprizov had a objective and three assists to turn into the primary participant in Minnesota franchise historical past with no less than 100 factors in a season, and the Wild established 4 franchise data and tied one other in beating the Seattle Kraken 6-3 Friday night time.

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Joel Eriksson Ek had two targets and an help, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Hartman and Nick Deslauriers additionally scored, and Kevin Fiala had a team-record 5 assists for Minnesota, which additionally established all-time bests with its fiftieth win and 107 factors.

Marc-Andre Fleury overcame an early gaffe and had 25 saves to enhance to 7-1-0 since being acquired from Chicago on the commerce deadline.

Daniel Sprong and Yanni Gourde scored early for Seattle, which noticed its season-high three game-winning streak finish. Philipp Grubauer completed with 29 saves.

Matty Beniers additionally scored for the Kraken to turn into the primary rookie to start his NHL profession with factors in 5 consecutive video games since New Jersey’s Ty Smith Jan. 14-24, 2021.

Tying his career-high with 4 factors, Kaprizov has 45 targets and 56 assists for the Wild, winners of 4 straight and 7-0-2 of their previous 9 video games. Minnesota is 16-1-3 in its previous 20 outings, outscoring opponents 77-48 whereas scoring no less than three targets in 18 of these video games.

The Wild are 12-0-1 previously 13 house video games, tying a workforce document for consecutive factors. It went 10-0-3 from Dec. 27, 2017, to Feb. 13, 2018. Minnesota, which holds a two-point benefit over St. Louis for second place within the Central Division, is 29-6-2 at Xcel Vitality Heart. The groups are locked right into a first-round playoff matchup.

Down 2-1 after one interval, Fiala attracted three defenders earlier than feeding Eriksson Ek for his second objective of the sport early within the second.

Minnesota then scored 4 instances in a 7:37 stretch.

Kaprizov redirected Fiala’s shot previous Grubauer, and Hartman scored quick facet to make it 4-2. Fiala and Kaprizov bought assists on Zuccarello’s objective earlier than Deslauriers scored on his personal rebound.

Fiala is on a four-game multi-point streak and has 9 targets and 12 assists in a nine-game scoring stretch.

Matt Boldy had an help to increase his official career-high level streak to eight video games, surpassing Marian Gaborik’s rookie document of seven. Boldy has factors in his final 10 video games; nonetheless, he missed 4 video games with an damage after the primary two.

NOTES: Minnesota C Tyson Jost (decrease physique) returned after lacking three video games. … Seattle signed D Ryker Evans to a three-year, entry-level contract. The workforce’s second-round choose within the 2021 Draft, Evans had Western Hockey League profession highs with 14 targets, 47 assists and 61 factors this season.

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Kraken: At Dallas on Saturday.

Wild: At Nashville on Sunday.

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