{"id":450719,"date":"2026-02-03T07:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450719\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:36:07","slug":"kaprizov-scores-twice-wild-defeat-canadiens-in-ot-for-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450719\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaprizov scores twice, Wild defeat Canadiens in OT for 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quinn Hughes<\/a> had three assists to reach 400 in the NHL and extend his point streak to nine games (two goals, 14 assists), and Joel Eriksson Ek<\/a> and Brock Faber<\/a> also scored for the Wild (33-14-10), who have points in six straight (5-0-1). Matt Boldy<\/a> and Marcus Johansson<\/a> each had two assists, and Filip Gustavsson<\/a> made 17 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t get deterred,\u201d Minnesota coach John Hynes said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t let the last part of the second and early third…I liked the response. We went right back to the game that we felt would give us a chance to win. We stayed with it. Obviously \u2018Fabes\u2019 had a nice goal for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good to see the response after we had a little adversity where we had a couple letdowns to end the second. The third (goal) in the beginning, I thought was a fluky goal. I know it was tipped out in front, but I really liked our response.”<\/p>\n

Hughes extended his assist streak to nine games, tying Kaprizov\u2019s franchise record (Nov. 11 to Dec. 1, 2022). He also became the third-fastest defenseman in NHL history to record 400 career assists (484 games), trailing only Bobby Orr<\/a> (437) and Paul Coffey<\/a> (464).<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, when you got two superstars like that passing each other the puck, they just play at a different level,\u201d Faber said of Kaprizov and Hughes. \u201cThey think at a different level. And, you know, there’s a reason they’ve clicked so much. They’re kind of on the same wavelength.”<\/p>\n

Brendan Gallagher<\/a>, Ivan Demidov<\/a> and Kirby Dach<\/a> scored for the Canadiens (31-17-8), who had won three in a row and five of seven. Jakub Dobes<\/a> made 20 saves and extended his point streak to nine games (9-0-1).<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel we — I think we\u2019re aware of when we\u2019re off a little bit,\u201d Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. \u201cAnd I think we try and simplify and regulate a little bit. \u2026You saw some section of our A game tonight, just not enough of it, but it allows us to get a big point here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eriksson Ek gave the Wild a 1-0 lead 38 seconds into the first period, finding the right corner from the left circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quinn Hughes had three assists to reach 400 in the NHL and extend his point streak to nine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-450719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}