Kaprizov’s OT winner extends Wild points streak to 9 games

Eric Bolte / Imagn Images By Field Level Media Today at 9:32 PM Listen Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? Kirill Kaprizov scored a power-play goal 18 seconds into overtime to fuel the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. Matt Boldy's diagonal seam pass from outside the left circle to deep in the right circle found Kaprizov, who unleashed a one-timer past rookie goaltender Jacob Fowler. The goal was the team-leading 17th of the season for Kaprizov, who joined defenseman Quinn Hughes in extending their respective point streaks to nine games. ADVERTISEMENT Bobby Brink scored 2:53 into the third period and Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves for the Wild, who boosted their point streak to nine games overall (7-0-2) and matched their highest win total (13) through 20 games of a season in franchise history (13 in both 2021-22 and 2024-25). Minnesota also improved to 20-2-0 in their last 22 games versus Montreal. The sterling goaltending duel between Wallstedt and Fowler (22 saves) came on the same day that the Canadiens honored netminder Carey Price, who spent his entire 15-year career with Montreal. Price received nearly a four-minute standing ovation from the Bell Centre faithful before the game. He was then added to the team's Ring of Honor, one day after he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Montreal captain Nick Suzuki scored to forge a 1-1 tie with 1:38 remaining in the third period. Cole Caufield fired a shot at the net that caused the puck to skid along the goal line, and Suzuki alertly got his stick on the puck before Minnesota's Blake Coleman inadvertently knocked the puck into the net. Despite the loss, the Canadiens extended their point streak to 11 games (8-0-3). Minnesota finally snapped the scoreless deadlock in the third period when Montreal's Josh Anderson was unable to cleanly glove the puck near the blue line, allowing Brink to pick his pocket and skate off on a breakaway. Brink snapped a shot past Fowler for his second goal of the season and first since Oct. 25. ADVERTISEMENT Montreal nearly opened the scoring with 7:33 remaining in the first period on what originally was deemed to be its first shot of the game. Video review revealed Alex Newhook's bid hit the post and did not cross the goal line, however. Text Example ____________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here. Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? Tags Tags MINNESOTA WILD HOCKEY Listen to this article Conversation ADVERTISEMENT What To Read Next Pro Michael McCarron making big impact with Wild 2h ago · By Jess Myers / St. Paul Pioneer Press Pro Offseason quiet early, but Twins could soon be active 2h ago · By Betsy Helfand / St. Paul Pioneer Press Pro Vikings reacquire Kirk Cousins in blockbuster trade with Raiders 8h ago · By Dane Mizutani / St. Paul Pioneer Press ADVERTISEMENT Get Local Must Reads North Dakota Federal agent shoots man on North Dakota tribal land, FBI says 8h ago · By Staff reports Minnesota Dent mayor-elect suffers life-threatening injuries in accident at Maplewood State Park 10h ago · By Staff reports Prep East Grand Forks program, Lanee Hams reach new ground ahead of state tournament 10h ago · By Tom Miller Local University Senate, other UND groups, looking ahead to legislative session 10h ago · By Delaney Otto