The Minnesota Wild will attempt to increase their successful streak to a season-high 5 video games after they go to the Anaheim Geese on Friday to open a three-game street journey.
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Kirill Kaprizov scored with 24 seconds remaining in extra time on Tuesday evening because the Wild erased a 2-1 deficit and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 for his or her fourth straight win, matching a season finest.
Kaprizov, who has a team-high 16 targets and 39 factors in 24 video games, has factored right into a league-high 10 game-winning targets this season.
Frederick Gaudreau and Jake Middleton additionally scored for Minnesota, which is 6-1-1 over its final eight video games.
“I thought it was a hard-fought game by both teams, kind the style of game that we felt this morning when we talked what it was going to be, and it certainly lived up to that,” Wild coach John Hynes stated. “I really like, I think, our mental and physical toughness in the game. … It was physical, it was hard, we came back twice.”
Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves in Tuesday’s win to enhance to 12-4-3 in 19 begins. The Wild goaltender owned the league’s finest save proportion and goals-against common getting into Thursday’s motion.
In 5 profession video games towards the Geese, Gustavsson is 4-1-0 with a .934 save proportion and a 1.98 GAA.
Joel Eriksson Ek, who left Tuesday’s contest with a lower-body damage, is out week-to-week, the workforce introduced on Wednesday. The Wild ahead missed one sport with a lower-body damage in November.
Moreover, Minnesota introduced that Jonas Brodin is week-to-week, Jakub Lauko is day-to-day and Mats Zuccarello is week-to-week.
Friday is the second of three conferences between the Geese and Wild.
Kaprizov had two targets and an help to guide Minnesota to a 5-2 win over Anaheim on Nov. 8. Middleton, Marcus Foligno and Marco Rossi additionally scored for the Wild, and Gustavsson made 33 saves within the win.
Robby Fabbri and Mason McTavish scored for the Geese in that sport.
Anaheim enters Friday’s motion following a 4-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.
Jackson LaCombe scored the Geese’ lone objective, and John Gibson made 29 saves for Anaheim, which has misplaced two of three .
The Geese additionally misplaced ahead Trevor Zegras to a lower-body damage 40 seconds into the second interval.
“What happens is you’re down a forward and you rotate different bodies,” Geese coach Greg Cronin stated. “The chemistry that you had through your lines, which have been consistent for a couple games, gets disrupted, but it happens. It’s hockey and guys get hurt.”
Anaheim’s penalty kill was an ideal 2-for-2 within the loss to Vegas. The Geese have killed off 20 of their final 21 penalties.
Cam Fowler returned to the lineup on Wednesday after lacking 11 video games with an upper-body damage. The Geese defenseman was a minus-2 in 20:08 of ice time.
Ahead Troy Terry leads the Geese with 19 factors in 24 video games this season, whereas Terry, Leo Carlsson and Frank Vatrano tempo Anaheim with six targets apiece.
Gibson is 4-2-1 in seven begins this season, posting a .919 save proportion and a 2.57 GAA. In 19 profession video games towards the Wild, Gibson is 7-7-4 with a .922 save proportion and a 2.59 GAA.
The Geese and Wild wrap up the season sequence on April 15 in Minnesota.
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