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The Wild win in overtime
Kirill Kaprizov scored with 20 seconds left in overtime, completing a hat trick, and led the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.
Marc-André Fleury blocked 22 of 24 shots for the Wild, which trailed 2-0 heading into the third period.
Mathieu Olivier and Liam Foudy scored for the Blue Jackets, while Elvis Merzlikins made 42 saves.
Merzlikins hadn’t conceded for the first 40 minutes of the game before Kaprizov scored twice in the first six minutes of the third period to equalise.
Kaprizov first deflected a shot directly in front of the net for the Wild’s first goal at 1:15.
Then, as the Wild took advantage of their first power play of the game, Foudy was found faulted for a stick blow to the face of Wild defender Calen Addison.
Just as the five-on-three power play was about to expire, Kaprizov collected a loose puck in the slot and fired a wrist shot that beat Merzlikins, for his 36e goal of the season.
Kaprizov narrowly missed completing his hat trick in regulation time on a breakaway, but his shot found the post.
Towards the end of extra time, Addison made a pass that Kaprizov sent into the open net for the winning goal.
Patrick Donnelly, Associated Press