Thursday's Wild-Vancouver game recap
Joel Eriksson Ek scored his second career game-winning goal in overtime.
March 25, 2022 at 2:58AM
Star Tribune's Three Stars
1. Joel Eriksson Ek, Wild: The center scored his second career game-winning goal in overtime.
2. Kirill Kaprizov, Wild: The winger had a goal and assist.
3. Cam Talbot, Wild: The goaltender picked up 26 saves.
BY THE NUMBERS
2 Goals or less given up by the Wild in five of its last eight games.
7 Consecutive victories for Talbot, which ties the longest win streak of his NHL career.
78 Points for Kaprizov, which is the third most in team history for a single season.
Boston coach Jim Montgomery, who led the Bruins to the greatest regular season in NHL history but never got them past the second round of the playoffs, was fired Tuesday, a day after the below-.500 team lost to last-place Columbus to extend its losing streak to three games.
