The Minnesota Wild dominated the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night, scoring three first period goals in a 4-1 victory.
The Wild’s first period was fueled by Kirill Kaprizov. The rookie was billed as a scoring machine coming over from Russia, but he showed off his passing ability by feeding Mats Zuccarello for his fourth goal of the season.
Kaprizov ➡️ Zuccarello = 💵💵💵#mnwild take a 1-0 lead pic.twitter.com/z5wbe2YwDQ
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After Brad Hunt rifled his first goal of the year from the blue line, Kaprizov delivered a no-look assist from behind the net on Nick Bjugstad’s fourth goal of the year to put Minnesota up 3-0.
MOAR GOALSSS
Kirill Kaprizov with a FILTHY assist and Nick Bjugstad finishes it off for the #mnwild! pic.twitter.com/M3NWiiDnIW
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The Wild expanded their lead in the second period when Jordan Greenway scored his fourth goal of the season on a breakaway to put Minnesota up 4-0.
BREAKAWAY!!
Jordan Greenway sneaks it in and the @mnwild go up 4-0! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/axolVGT5fR
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Clayton Keller scored his eighth goal of the season to chip into the Wild’s lead, but Kevin Fiala scored his seventh goal of the season with 1:14 remaining to set up the final 5-1 score.
The Wild are now 13-7-1 on the season and will go for the series sweep against the Coyotes on Saturday night.
