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Minnesota Wild at Anaheim Ducks

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Kirill Kaprizov scores twice to lead Wild past Ducks 5-2

Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks: Game Highlights

Jake Middleton, Marcus Foligno and Marco Rossi also scored for Minnesota and Filip Gustavsson made 32 saves. The Wild improved to 7-1-1 away from home, the most road victories in the NHL.

Robby Fabbri and Mason McTavish scored and Lukas Dostal made 25 saves for Anaheim. Trevor Zegras was awarded a penalty shot in the second period, but he missed the net entirely when his backhander went over the crossbar.

The Ducks have been outscored 14-5 during a three-game losing streak.

Takeaways Wild: Kaprizov moved past Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL scoring lead with 27 points. He has six points (two goals, four assists) in his last two games and continues to look like an early contender for the Hart Trophy.

Ducks: Anaheim has struggled to win even when Dostal is at his best. When he has a rare off night like Friday, the Ducks are barely competitive. Though they outshot the Wild 34-30, they never led and generated few premium scoring chances.

Key moment Middleton, Foligno and Kaprizov all scored in a six-minute span in the first period to give the Wild a commanding early lead. Middleton fired a wrist shot past Dostal at 7:31, Foligno scored on a 2-on-1 rush at 9:11 and Kaprizov whipped in a wrist shot from the faceoff circle on a delayed penalty with 7:28 to go.

Key stat The Wild are averaging more than four goals per game in their last 21 road games dating to last season.

Up Next The Wild finish a three-game road trip at Chicago on Sunday, and Ducks continue a six-game homestand against Columbus.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 7:31 Jake Middleton Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Joel Eriksson Ek (3)
Goal 1st Period 9:11 Marcus Foligno Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Frederick Gaudreau (6), Brock Faber (6)
Goal 1st Period 12:32 Kirill Kaprizov Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Declan Chisholm (3), Mats Zuccarello (7)
Goal 3rd Period 2:16 Robby Fabbri Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 14:20 Marco Rossi Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (18)
Goal 3rd Period 17:44 Kirill Kaprizov Goal (9) Tip-In, assists: Marco Rossi (9), Brock Faber (7)
Goal 3rd Period 19:47 Mason McTavish Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Radko Gudas (1), Urho Vaakanainen (1)

Statistics

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21 Blocked Shots 18
9 Hits 21
5 Takeaways 2
31 Shots 35
1 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 6
50.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
28 Faceoffs Won 20
58.3 Faceoff Win Percent 41.7
20 Giveaways 12
7 Total Penalties 5
16 Penalty Minutes 10

Game Information

Honda Center

Location: Anaheim, CA
Attendance: 14,706 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 15 1 30 0
Minnesota 10 2 23 3
Dallas 9 5 18 0
Colorado 9 8 18 0
Utah 7 6 17 3
St. Louis 7 9 14 0
Chicago 6 9 13 1
Nashville 5 9 12 2

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 10 4 22 2
Los Angeles 9 6 21 3
Vancouver 8 3 19 3
Calgary 8 6 19 3
Edmonton 8 7 17 1
Seattle 7 8 15 1
San Jose 5 9 13 3
Anaheim 5 8 12 2
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