Wild defeat Canucks in a game with 3 hat tricks
When the Minnesota Wild faced their second three-goal deficit of the second period, boos were audible from a home crowd that was well on the way to emptying out early for this holiday matinee.
Patience was rewarded for the Wild fans, because the third period turned into a party — complete with two hat showers on the ice in a record-filled 10-7 win over the NHL -leading Vancouver Canucks.
“I don't think I've ever been a part of something like that where they just kept going in, one after another,” said Matt Boldy, who had a goal and three assists.
The scoring binge the league has been on the last few seasons spread to Minnesota, with hat tricks for Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov in a six-point game for each player that matched Marian Gaborik's franchise mark. The Wild became the third team in the NHL this season to hit the 10-goal mark, following the Canucks (Nov. 2) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (Nov. 4).
Here were the other statistical marvels Monday at Xcel Energy Center:
• Canucks center J.T. Miller had a hat trick himself. This was the first regular season game in the NHL with three hat tricks since Nov. 8, 1992, when Mike Donnelly, Luc Robitaille and Jari Kurri all had three goals for the Los Angeles Kings in an 11-4 win over the San Jose Sharks.
• The Wild beat their franchise mark for goals in a game by two and also set their record for goals in a period by scoring seven times in the third. That was the most in a period by any NHL team since the Washington Capitals had eight in the second in a 10-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 3, 1999.
• Kaprizov had all three of his goals and one assist in the third period, matching Kevin Fiala (four assists
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Dallas Colorado Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Minnesota Arizona Chicago
GP W
57 37 55 32 52 33 53 27 55 23 56 26 55 20 55 15
CENTRAL DIVISION
GP W
56 56 53 55 55 55 55 56
Monday's results
Today's games
34 34 33 29 28 26 23 15
L OT Pts GF GA
14 17 18 16 21 25 33 35
L OT Pts GF GA
14 18 15 24 25 23 28 38 6 6 1 10 11 5 2 5
Ducks 4, Buffalo 3
Toronto 4, St. Louis 2 Boston 4, Dallas 3, SO Minnesota 10, Vancouver 7 Detroit 4, Seattle 3, OT Calgary 6, Winnipeg 3 Vegas 4, San Jose 0 Edmonton 6, Arizona 3 Carolina 6, Chicago 3 Ottawa 4, Tampa Bay 2 8 4 5 2 2 6 4 3
Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. 80 212 156 70 177 149 67 187 150 64 165 145 57 152 159 57 172 177 42 143 193 35 116 211 76 211 171 72 209 181 71 159 125 60 162 172 58 167 179 58 174 183 50 160 178 33 118 199
on April 22, 2022,) for the Wild record with four points in one period.
• The Wild scored four goals in a span of 2:17 bridging the second intermission, their fastest such accomplishment in franchise history. The previous record (3:28) was set on March 6, 2018.
• With six goals in a 5:45 stretch, the Wild were also the fastest to do so in the league in 25 years since the Capitals in that 1999 win over the Lightning.
The first line of Kaprizov, Eriksson Ek and Boldy combined for 16 points.
Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy scored in the shootout and Boston snapped a four-game losing streak. Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman stopped 8 of 9 shots in the shootout and finished the game with 43 saves.
BRUINS 4, STARS 3, SO >>
OILERS 6, COYOTES 3
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Evander Kane scored two of Edmonton's four goals in the third period, Connor McDavid added two assists to extend his NHL lead and the Oilers stretched Arizona's
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Washington Pittsburgh Columbus
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GP W
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Wednesday's games
L OT Pts GF GA
12 15 16 22 20 27 25 27
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
16 17 20 22 18 21 21 26 11 4 8 5 6 4 8 2 3 5 7 4 14 8 7 10
FLAMES 6, JETS 3 >>
77 189 150 76 185 135 68 197 170 65 195 193 64 194 179 52 161 170 52 157 198 48 176 186
L OT Pts GF GA
75 185 156 71 187 158 65 167 165 60 183 185 58 160 183 56 131 167 55 151 139 44 157 197
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 6 p.m. Nashville at Vegas, 7 p.m. Columbus at Kings, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Montreal, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Ducks, 7 p.m.
Boston at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 7 p.m.
losing streak to 10 games.
Nazem Kadri had two goals and an assist as Calgary rallied from a two-goal deficit to snap Winnipeg's threegame winning streak.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, BLUES 2 >>
Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 49th goal of the season and added an assist, and Toronto won its fourth game in a row.
RED WINGS 4, KRAKEN 3, OT >>
Ben Chiarot scored 1:06 into overtime, Patrick Kane got his 800th career assist and Detroit beat Seattle.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, SHARKS 0>>
Mason Morelli had a goal and an assist in his NHL debut, Logan Thompson had his fourth career shutout and Vegas completed a season sweep against San Jose.
HURRICANES 6, BLACKHAWKS 3 >>
Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist to lead Carolina over Chicago.
SENATORS 4, LIGHTNING 2 >>
Mathieu Joseph had two goals as Ottawa doubled up Tampa Bay.