Kaprizov is three goals away from becoming the Wild's all-time goals leader after scoring twice in Monday's home win over Montreal.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 3:38 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. Minnesota got the power play when Phillip Danault hooked Kaprizov in front of the goal.

When Marian Gaborik left Minnesota in the summer of 2009, the Wild’s first draft pick had spent eight NHL seasons becoming the franchise’s career goals leader with 219. The way Kirill Kaprizov is scoring lately, that record might not make it to the Olympic break.

Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist to set a franchise record for defensemen by extending his point streak to eight games in the Minnesota Wild's 7-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

The Minnesota Wild are again dealing with a heap of injuries, now down 5 major contributors as of Saturday, including goal-leader Matt Boldy.

Minnesota Wild (33-14-10, in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (26-23-6, in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild visit the Nashville Predators after the Wild took down the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime.

Quinn Hughes set a new franchise record with another multi-points game as Wild thrashed Oilers 7-3 in Edmonton.

A problem on the fourth line in January is not a crippling weakness. NHL teams don’t live and die by their fourth line. That’s very good for everybody, because nobody has a good fourth line. The fourth line’s primary goal is to take up the five or ten minutes of ice