British stone. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov broke the franchise’s career scoring record with 220 goals, Mats Zuccarello, Brock Faber and Quinn Hughes each had a goal and an assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Kaprizov’s 35th center-ice backhand empty-net shot of the season moved him past Marian Gaborik for the most empty-net shots in Wild history.
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Yakov Trenin also scored to help Minnesota snap a two-game skid and continue its dominance at home in Tampa Bay. The Wild are 16-3-0 at home against the Chargers.
Matt Boldy dished out a season-high three assists, extending his point streak to tie a career-high 10 games. Filip Gustavsson stopped 26 shots to improve to 5-1-0 in his past six starts.
Tampa Bay lost its third straight game after going 20-1-1 on a four-game road trip with one goal from Nikita Kucherov. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves.
Hughes also scored in the third period, leading to a brief “USA! USA-!” cheers for members of the recent gold medal-winning team.
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Treinen scored on a fluke at 17:10 of the second quarter to give Minnesota a 3-1 lead.
When Treinen lost the puck while trying to get past two defenders in the Lightning zone, he finished with a shot and took advantage as Vasilevskiy struggled to cover the slowly sliding puck.
Just two minutes earlier, Kucherov connected with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel on a nice pass to tie the game for Tampa Bay.
Less than four minutes into the game, Faber scored to take a 1-0 lead. Zuccarello made it 2-0 on a 4-on-3 power play goal early in the second period, marking the eighth consecutive game Minnesota has scored on the man advantage.
Next
Lightning: At Winnipeg Thursday night.
Wild: Friday night in Vegas.
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