St.Paul, MN\u00a0–\u00a0Kirill Kaprizov\u00a0scored with 5 seconds left in overtime, and the Wild defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kaprizov scored in overtime for the second straight game. Minnesota has gone past regulation four times in their past five games, winning two shootouts in the 4-1-0 stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe’ve been in a lot of overtime games as of late, and particularly tonight, I thought we had a great start,\u201d Wild coach John Hynes said. \u201cI thought the second period we got away from it a little bit and I thought they got some life and momentum. And then even just the late goal that they scored, but just our ability to stay with it and just talk about our focus level, you know, the mental toughness to understand that there’s going to be ebbs and flows in games, but I just think our focus level, our poise and confidence in the tight games has looked good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kaprizov also had two assists, Marco Rossi<\/a> had a goal and two assists, and Brock Faber<\/a> had a goal and an assist for the Wild (14-13-4), who have won two in a row and five of their past six (5-1-0). Filip Gustavsson<\/a> made 22 saves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe had a really good first period,\u201d Rossi said. \u201cSecond period we knew they were gonna come. We did some stupid penalties I would say but [Gustavsson] was really good again, and he kept us in again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Savard<\/a> had a goal and an assist, and Nick Suzuki<\/a> and Juraj Slafkovsky<\/a> also scored for Canadiens (14-13-5) who have earned at least one point in five of their past six games (3-1-2). Sam Montembeault<\/a> made 20 saves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Honestly, down 2-0 … I felt like we didn’t maximize our O-zone time,\u201d Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. \u201cBecause we had time in there. We weren’t doing a good job in high ice. Our D’s, we were releasing pucks and our D’s weren’t able to get to the next thing. We corrected ourselves because we talked about it. Again, we’re learning. Playing against a team that plays zone defense, playing against a team that plays man-on-man, playing against teams that play hybrid like we do, there’s some little adjustments and nuances and sometimes you almost have to feel it and like, ‘OK, that’s what we’re talking about.’ We did. We corrected ourselves in the second, and it was an excellent period for us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Montreal rallied twice in the third period. Suzuki tied the game 2-2 with a backhanded rebound at 1:09.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It was a pretty even game,\u201d Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher said. \u201cObviously they jumped on us pretty early, we battled back, battled back. We were slowly feeling like we were taking over the game. They made one more play than we did.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faber put Minnesota back ahead 3-2 six seconds into the power play at 8:57, sliding across the blue line before shooting through traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Savard sent a shot through traffic which deflected off defenseman Jake Middleton and grazing Slafkovsky\u2019s stick at 16:55 for a 3-3 tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo be honest, I just felt it go off my (body),\u201d Slafkovsky said. \u201cThen I saw it in the net, so I thought at first (Suzuki) scored a goal because he was kind of in that area, but then they told me it went off some skate. Pretty much I don’t care how it goes it. It just matters that it was 3-3.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matt Boldy made it 1-0 Minnesota at 13:19 of the first period with a snapshot at the goalmouth on the power play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rossi increased the lead 2-0 at 14:54 ripping a wrist shot from the left circle off a cross-ice feed from Zach Bogosian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI just kind of saw an opening,\u201d Bogosian said. \u201cHe did a good job of filling that lane, getting open. I think it starts with we turn the puck over, we made them turn the puck over and we get north quick again, right back at them. Really don\u2019t let them get set up defensively and plays like that are going to help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Savard cut the deficit to 2-1 at 8:17 of the second period picking up a long rebound from the right circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTES:<\/strong> Canadiens forward Emil Heineman had one hit in 5:56 of ice time in his NHL debut. \u2026 Wild forward Ryan Hartman did not play and is day to day with an upper-body injury. \u2026 Faber played an NHL career-high 33:25, and has eclipsed 30 minutes in four of his last five games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" St.Paul, MN\u00a0–\u00a0Kirill Kaprizov\u00a0scored with 5 seconds left in overtime, and the Wild defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. Kaprizov scored in overtime for the second straight game. 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