Rossi, Kaprizov help Wild beat Ducks 5-1 for 5th straight win

Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Marco Rossi had two goals and an assist, Kirill Kaprizov added a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Friday night for their season-high fifth straight win.

Matt Boldy also had a goal and two assists, Yakov Trenin scored into an empty net and Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for the Wild.

Brock McGinn had a goal and John Gibson made 28 saves for the short-handed Ducks, who were without forwards Trevor Zegras (lower body) and Leo Carlsson (upper body).

Rossi opened the scoring on a power play when he delivered from near the right post at 4:22 of the second period. He added his second of the game and ninth of the season less than four minutes later to make it 2-0.

Boldy scored less than three minutes later off a pass from Rossi.

Kaprizov pounced on a loose puck in front of the Ducks’ goal early in the third period to score his team-leading 17th for a 4-0 lead. McGinn scored for the Ducks with under three minutes remaining to spoil the shutout.

Takeaways

Wild: Minnesota is 7-0-2 in its last nine road games, and Kaprizov has a 13-game points streak in road games.

Ducks: On the day Anaheim added defenseman Jacob Trouba in a trade with the New York Rangers, defenseman Cam Fowler tied Corey Perry for the second-most games played in franchise history at 988.

Key moment

Rossi got credit for his second goal, and first multi-goal game of the season, while near the Ducks’ net as Gibson was unable to corral a loose puck and ultimately kicked it into his own net.

Key stats

The Wild lead the NHL in scoring the first goal of a game, doing it for the 17th times this season. Anaheim is now second with 16.

Up Next

Wild visit Los Angeles on Saturday, and Ducks visit Montreal on Monday to open a four-game trip.

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