Mon, Feb 19th, 2024 - 6:01am
January 22, 2024 - 6:28am | By James McCarty
(Raleigh, NC) -- Kirill Kaprizov scored a hat trick as the Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 at PNC Arena.
Kaprizov tied the game with a goal in the first period, and he knocked in a go-ahead goal in the second. After Michael Bunting lit the lamp for Carolina in the middle of the third, Joel Eriksson Ek scored the game-winner for Minnesota. Kaprizov and Jake Middleton both scored empty-netters to put the game away. Minnesota has won its last two games.
The Wild are in seventh place in the Central Division with 45 points and a 20-21-5 record. Minnesota hosts Washington on Tuesday night.
