Wednesday's Wild-Vegas game recap
March 11, 2021 at 4:18AM
STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS
1. Kaapo Kahkonen, Wild: The goalie tallied 24 saves in his eighth consecutive victory, the longest win streak by an NHL goaltender this season.
2. Dylan Coghlan, Golden Knights: The defenseman was responsible for all of Vegas' goals, recording his first career hat trick.
3. Joel Eriksson Ek, Wild: The center had a pair of goals, setting a career high for a season (10).
BY THE NUMBERS
1 Goal by Carson Soucy, his first of the season, which emerged as the game-winner.
1 Successful power play, a goal by Kirill Kaprizov that ended a 0-for-20 slump for the Wild.
202 Saves by Kahkonen during his eight-game win streak.
SARAH McLELLAN
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![Iowa Wild head coach Derek Lalonde in Xcel Energy Center before the Minnesota Wild faced Colorado Tuesday night. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Derek Lalonde was named the fourth head coach in Iowa Wild history in June. He visited St. Paul when the Minnesota Wild played their first home preseason game of the year against the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night, September 27, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/HE5EQY6W2BW2UIHRYTNPMH4QVQ.jpg?&w=436&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
The Detroit Red Wings fired coach Derek Lalonde on Thursday and named Todd McLellan as his replacement, a major change by general manager Steve Yzerman more than a third of the way through another disappointing season in the place known as ''Hockeytown.''
