Kaprizov, Wild complete comeback in shootout against Ducks

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kirill Kaprizov extended his point streak to 11 games for the Minnesota Wild in a 5-4 shootout win against the Anaheim Ducks at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

Kaprizov tied it 4-4 with 2:35 remaining in the third period with a wrist shot in the slot as he fell to the ice. Kaprizov, who has 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) during his point streak, also scored in the shootout.
"I'm surprised every time, but I'm not surprised anymore, you know what I mean?" Wild forward Jordan Greenway said of Kaprizov. "He finds a way. You have to think the coaches are like, 'Stay with Kirill,' right? And he still finds a way to get open. It's crazy."

Calen Addison and Joel Eriksson Ek each had a goal and an assist for Minnesota (12-9-2), which has won three straight games for the first time this season. Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves.
"We're going to take two points, for sure," Wild coach Dean Evason said. "Two periods, we were not very good and they were good. They went to the net. They played hard. They scored their three goals in two periods … were tips, were screens at the net. They did exactly what we want to do. We played a perimeter game not willing to get to that area, and we almost got hurt by it. In the third period, we realized well, maybe we should play the right way. We were able to come back, and we're very fortunate that the game wasn't out of hand by the time we got to the third period."
Trevor Zegras and Troy Terry each had a goal and an assist for Anaheim (6-16-3), which has lost five straight games overall (0-3-2) and 12 straight against Minnesota (0-8-4). John Gibson made 43 saves.
The Ducks are 0-1-2 on their four-game trip, which concludes at the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
"It's one of those games like, man, you really want to get both points so that the team can feel rewarded for a good road game," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. "Overall, we did a great job. Goaltending was excellent straight across the board, and those are important to try to get both points, so there's a reward. But coming into a building like this and grabbing a point is certainly a step in the right direction. And we still have a chance to get .500 on the road here."

Addison gave the Wild a 1-0 lead at 4:37 of the first period when his one-timer from inside the blue line deflected in off Ducks forward Max Jones.
Ryan Strome tied it 1-1 with a redirection of a shot by Frank Vatrano at 8:13.
Dewar put Minnesota back in front 2-1 at 15:04, crashing the net for and scoring on the rebound of Ryan Reaves' shot. It was Reaves' first point of the season (16 games).
Cam Fowler tied it 2-2 with a power-play goal at 10:43 of the second period. He scored on a wrist shot through traffic from inside the blue line with Terry screening Gustavsson.
"Gus didn't see pucks or you get tipped," Evason said. "He's in position. He did his job, but we didn't do our job, and more importantly, they did their job as far as getting to the net and getting pucks there and were able to score the goals. It's not Gus, that's for sure."

Zegras gave Anaheim a 3-2 lead on a rebound at 19:00, but Eriksson Ek tied it 3-3 with a power-play goal at 5:26 of the third period.
Terry scored on another rebound in front on the power play to give Anaheim a 4-3 lead at 10:36.
"Tonight, I thought we got a lead and we had a lot of really good chances to make that a two-goal game," Terry said. "And I think that's what a lot of these good teams do. They're up on you, and when you start taking chances, you're going to give up some and they bury you and then they go up two or three. … We had a few chances where we could have put the game away."
NOTES: Kaprizov's point streak is one behind Mikael Granlund (2016-17) and Kevin Fiala (2021-22) for the longest in Wild history. … Gibson, who leads the NHL with 603 saves this season, has faced at least 40 shots in a game seven times this season, the most among all goaltenders. … Eriksson Ek extended his point streak to five games (two goals, seven assists).