Kaprizov overtook Ovechkin. Now he is the number one Russian scorer!
But Minnesota is in crisis.
But Minnesota is in crisis.
If after the New Year holidays the Wild fans had reasoning about whether the Minnesota were in their Central Division, then by early March, the main question is getting into the playoffs. The team had a disastrous winter weekend, and with the onset of spring, things did not go uphill.
Last night, Minnesota was visited by Dallas, a direct competitor for a place in the top three of the last divisions, which at one time, on the contrary, gained a good momentum.
The hosts opened the scoring in the middle of the first period and had to leave the leaders for a break, but did not capture three seconds. Fadeless 37 year old Joe Pavelski threw the puck right in front of the siren. The goal was counted only after the video review, as the lying Dallas player was in the area of the gate and clearly noticed the goalkeeper. The arbitrators decided that he fell exclusively on wine rivals. This goal has changed dramatically.
For the second period of the exodus, another Dallas and another Minnesota. The guests scored in Europe within three minutes after the throw-in, and by the second break, the scoreboard was lit at 1:4.
Guests who have received a comfortable advantage, sat on the defensive and almost paid the price. Minnesota’s first three was the result of two goals Kirill Kaprizov. Before that, he laid down the goaltender and defender on pause, then, when the Wild had already removed the defender, he hit an empty corner from the face-off circle after an unexpected sound from flank to flank.
3:4, and play for almost two more minutes, but during the assault, the puck went to the Dallas forward Jamie Bennuwho hit an empty net because of his end line.
Minnesota continued to play without a goaltender and received another goal from the 22-year-old Jason Robertson, capturing a hat-trick in a match in a row. This is the second time in the club’s history, more than 50 years ago, that Bill Goldsworthy also scored three-pucks in two consecutive games. Then, of course, there was no Dallas in the project, and the team was called … Minnesota North Stars.
The current Minnesota has already played 8 games out of the last 10 and is slipping lower and lower.
Conference playoff contenders:
one.” Colorado – 85 points
2. Calgary – 73
3. St. Louis – 71
4. Los Angeles – 69
5. Vegas – 68 (57 games)
6. Minnesota – 67 (54 games)
7. Dallas – 67 (55 games)
8. Nashville – 66 (55 games)
9. Edmonton – 64 (56 games)
10. Anaheim – 63
11. Vancouver – 62
Ahead of Kaprizov and company is a home match against the Rangers, from a short trip along the Detroit-Columbus route, and at the end of March, the longest series of nine games, where the calibers score the maximum number of points.
Despite the loss, Kaprizov was named the second all-star match. After a sports double, he has 70 (28 + 42) points, and he shares 5-8 places in the list of scorers of the season with Auston Matthews from Toronto and Ground Kadri from Colorado.
A couple from Edmonton is still far away, McDavid from Draisaitlem but on 79 points, Kaprizov bypassed Ovechkinwho has 68. So in the right direction, the Russian top scorers have changed to the leader.
NHL. Regular season
Minnesota Wild (St. Paul) – Dallas Stars (Dallas) – 3:6 (1:1, 0:3, 2:2)
Goals: Storm, 10:52. whims, 56:19, 58:03. — Pavelski, 19:57 (bol.). Robertson, 21:38 (bol.), 29:52, 59:28. Tufte, 23:13. Benn 58:55.