NHL

Minnesota Wild at Anaheim Ducks

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Final
5 - 1

Rossi, Kaprizov help Wild beat Ducks 5-1 for 5th straight win

Kirill Kaprizov lights the lamp for Wild

Matt Boldy also had a goal and two assists, Yakov Trenin scored into an empty net and Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for the Wild.

Brock McGinn had a goal and John Gibson made 28 saves for the short-handed Ducks, who were without forwards Trevor Zegras (lower body) and Leo Carlsson (upper body).

Rossi opened the scoring on a power play when he delivered from near the right post at 4:22 of the second period. He added his second of the game and ninth of the season less than four minutes later to make it 2-0.

Boldy scored less than three minutes later off a pass from Rossi.

Kaprizov pounced on a loose puck in front of the Ducks’ goal early in the third period to score his team-leading 17th for a 4-0 lead. McGinn scored for the Ducks with under three minutes remaining to spoil the shutout.

Takeaways Wild: Minnesota is 7-0-2 in its last nine road games, and Kaprizov has a 13-game points streak in road games.

Ducks: On the day Anaheim added defenseman Jacob Trouba in a trade with the New York Rangers, defenseman Cam Fowler tied Corey Perry for the second-most games played in franchise history at 988.

Key moment Rossi got credit for his second goal, and first multi-goal game of the season, while near the Ducks’ net as Gibson was unable to corral a loose puck and ultimately kicked it into his own net.

Key stats The Wild lead the NHL in scoring the first goal of a game, doing it for the 17th times this season. Anaheim is now second with 16.

Up Next Wild visit Los Angeles on Saturday, and Ducks visit Montreal on Monday to open a four-game trip.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 4:22 Marco Rossi Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (24), Jared Spurgeon (8)
Goal 2nd Period 8:03 Marco Rossi Goal (9) Deflected, assists: Matt Boldy (14), Brock Faber (11)
Goal 2nd Period 10:51 Matt Boldy Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Marco Rossi (14), Kirill Kaprizov (25)
Goal 3rd Period 1:21 Kirill Kaprizov Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Foligno (6), Matt Boldy (15)
Goal 3rd Period 16:37 Brock McGinn Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Cam Fowler (3), Brett Leason (7)
Goal 3rd Period 18:43 Yakov Trenin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

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21 Blocked Shots 14
15 Hits 21
5 Takeaways 5
33 Shots 27
1 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 2
33.3 Power Play Percentage 0.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
32 Faceoffs Won 23
58.2 Faceoff Win Percent 41.8
7 Giveaways 11
3 Total Penalties 4
6 Penalty Minutes 8

Game Information

Honda Center

Location: Anaheim, CA
Attendance: 15,171 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 3 12 65 31
Minnesota 4 14 58 27
Dallas 1 15 57 28
Colorado 1 18 55 27
St. Louis 4 20 48 22
Utah 7 19 43 18
Nashville 7 22 37 15
Chicago 3 28 31 14

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 3 12 61 29
Edmonton 3 13 61 29
Los Angeles 5 12 55 25
Calgary 7 16 49 21
Vancouver 10 15 48 19
Anaheim 6 21 42 18
Seattle 3 24 41 19
San Jose 6 27 34 14
Full Standings