The best newcomer of the last season could not open the scoring with his goals in eight matches in the new season. Increasingly, there was talk that Minnesota had overpaid its young star under a new contract, he did enough assists, threw a lot, but there were no goals.
Cyril had to somehow get out of this time loop and return his luck. Journalists a couple of days ago in training noticed that Whims had cut his hair, removing the curls that were knocking out from under the helmet.
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We do not know if this was a way for him to reject past failures, but it turned out very symbolic. In match number nine, Kirill Kaprizov finally scored and did it at the right time.
With the score 4: 4 in overtime with Ottawa, the Russian striker closed the pass from Kevin Fiala, who brought the puck into the wrong zone, freeing himself from the defender.
The joy of the first goal mixed with the joy of victory, Kaprizov received a standing ovation from the fans, hugs from partners, and then the title of the first star of the match.
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In nine games, Kaprizov has 8 (1 + 7) points, and he is only symbolically behind Minnesota's top scorer Marcus Foligno (4 + 4).
Minnesota Wild (St. Paul) – Ottawa Senators (Ottawa) – 5: 4 OT (3: 1, 1: 3, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Goals: Foligno, 3:57, 30:10 (big). Addison, 4:24. Assault, 13:35. Whims, 62:02. – Paul, 10:48. Butterson, 22:12. Norris, 11:23 pm (big). Terney, 27:48.
And in one more match today Russian hockey players scored, and it also ended in overtime.
After two periods, the Rangers won 2-0 in Vancouver with two power-play goals. Artemy Panarin first gave the pass to Zybanejad, and then scored himself.
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But the hosts showed will, JT Miller closed the gap, reminding the former team of himself, and five minutes before the siren, Vasily Podkolzin scored the second goal of the season, throwing in Ovechkin's style into a touch from the left throw-in circle.
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The Rangers could snatch victory at the end of regular time, they played against three opponents for 36 seconds, Panarin shot twice at close range, but in the end the game went into overtime.
And there Miller ran away alone with Shesterkin. The goalkeeper coped with the threat, but Miller grabbed the puck and jumped out of the gate. Where were the rest of the Rangers' players? We watched what was happening.
Shesterkin saved 33 of 36 shots on target, but this was not enough to win.
Vancouver Canucks (Vancouver) – New York Rangers (New York) – 3: 2 OT (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)
Goals: Miller, 41:29, 62:22. Podkolzin, 45:19. – Zybanejad, 22:33. Panarin, 33:13 (big).
In other matches, we can note the assist of Alexander Radulov, who has not left the court without glasses for three matches in a row. His Dallas lost to Winnipeg in shootouts. The Russian could not realize his throw. “Winnipeg” the day before called the Russian goalkeeper Mikhail Berdin from the AHL, but he played on the bench.
Winnipeg Jets (Winnipeg) – Dallas Stars (Dallas) – 4: 3 B (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)
Goals: Shtastny, 10:29. Morrissey, 20:32 (big). Dubois, 27:23 (large). – Benn, 4:16 pm. Robertson, 49:37 (big). Seguin, 53:16.
Winning bullet: Scheifle