Kaprizov overcame the mark of 200 points in the NHL and brought victory to Minnesota
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The American Hockey Club Minnesota scored the fifth victory in a row, beating the Canadian Ottawa in the home match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting in Saint Paul ended with the score 4:2 (1:0, 2:0, 1:2).
On the ninth minute, the Russian Kirill Kaprizov opened the scoring. He also owns two assists and the title of the first star of the match. During the meeting, goals were scored by the winners: Mats Zuccarello (22), Jared Spurgeon (30), Frederic Gaudreau (60), the losers – Marc Kastelic (45), Claude Giroud (59).
Thus, according to the results of 167 matches of the regular NHL championships, Kaprizov scored 201 points (93 goals plus 108 assists), ahead of American striker Brian Rolston in this indicator.
Faster than Kaprizov to reach the mark of 200 points was managed by Alexander Ovechkin from Washington, who needed 165 games, and Evgeni Malkin from Pittsburgh – 166 games. Former leader Ralston took 239 games to reach this figure. At the same time, the absolute record in history belongs to Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby (142 matches).
25-year-old Kirill Kaprizov is an Olympic champion (2018), bronze medalist of the World Championship (2019), laureate of the Calder Trophy (2021). In October, the Russian set the Minnesota record for the number of matches it took him to score 80 goals, and in November for the number of hitting streaks from eight games.
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