“Minnesota” effectively celebrated the New Year – “Winter Classic” on their ice. True, the Wild ended up losing to St. Louis 4: 6, but they still gave unforgettable emotions to almost 40 thousand fans who gathered on January 1 at a huge stadium. After that, the team had a weekend – the away game with Ottawa was postponed, and only the match with Boston remained on the road.
The main star of the “Savages” has a shock performance this season. A native of the village of Kuzedeevo, Kemerovo Region, remembered his childhood and played on the “Winter Classic”, gaining 3 (1 + 2) points. Kaprizov really enjoyed playing on the street – in outdoor training, he first performed lacrosse, and then interception and another goal. All this in 20 seconds.
In games, Kirill has not yet been able to perform the trademark trick of Andrei Svechnikov. Although this hardly upsets the fans – he already regularly pleases them with the points he has gained. It was Caprice who started Minnesota’s comeback once morest Boston. Tyler Hall opened the scoring with a seventh-minute power play. Closer to the end of the first period, “Wild” got a numerical advantage “five by three” and the Russian forward took advantage of it. The 24-year-old striker has 40 (14 goals, 26 points) in 32 games.
After a little over a minute, Niko Sturm led the guests forward. After the break, 20-year-old Matthew Baldy scored his first NHL goal in his debut match – the Savages took a 3-1 lead. In the middle of the meeting, an extremely unpleasant episode happened – Trent Frederick, who had been chasing Kaprizov for the whole match, still got to him and injured him. After the collision, Kirill barely got up off the ice and went to the locker room. He never returned to the game, the severity of his injury will be known later, everything looks not too optimistic from the video. 23-year-old Frederic became well known to Russian fans last season, when he provoked Ovechkin, was afraid to fight him, and then received a blow to the groin from Alexander.
As soon as the main star of “Minnesota” fell, the partners went to stand up for her. A scuffle ensued on the ice, and Dmitry Kulikov climbed with his fists on the offender Kaprizov. For the fight, the Russian defender and Frederick received a 5-minute penalty each.
It was not easy for the guests without Kirill. Marchand was able to cut the bill. But in the end, Wilde still retained the advantage and won their first victory since December 9th. Moreover, they did it without a number of players: Spurgeon, Ericsson Eck, Talbot, Greenaway (in covid protocol), Bugstad and Duheim. Perhaps now the team has lost its best hockey player.
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