Minnesota is 4-0-1 in past 5 games; Vegas has lost 5 of 6
VGK@MIN: Kaprizov sends a sniper in five-hole for the OT game-winning PPG
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kirill Kaprizov scored a power-play goal with 10 seconds left in overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Grand Casino Arena on Sunday.
Shea Theodore was called for hooking Matt Boldy with 29 seconds to go in overtime, and the Wild scored on the 4-on-3 advantage when Kaprizov redirected a Mats Zuccarello pass into the back of the net.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Yakov Trenin also scored for the Wild (9-7-4), who extended their point streak to five games (4-0-1). Filip Gustavsson made 23 saves.
Pavel Dorofeyev and Reilly Smith scored, and Carl Lindbom made 24 saves for the Golden Knights (8-4-6) who have lost five of their past six (1-2-3).
Eriksson Ek made 1-0 at 4:49 of the first period when Zuccarello slid the puck across the slot to a wide-open Ek in the left circle.
Dorofeyev tied it 1-1 at 15:14 on the power play, going top shelf off an initial Gustavsson pad save on Mitch Marner.
Trenin put Minnesota ahead 2-1 at 9:05 of the second period, playing the puck off the end wall and ricocheting a shot off the inside of Lindbom’s right pad.
Smith tied the game 2-2 at 6:35 of the third period on the power play with a shot through traffic.
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