Wednesday's Wild-St. Louis game recap
Kirill Kaprizov netted the Wild's first playoff hat trick in team history.
May 5, 2022 at 4:32AM
- Joel Eriksson Ek, Wild: Broke the ice with a first period goal, added a second period beauty, and also assisted on a power-play tally.
- Kirill Kaprizov, Wild: Had the first Wild playoff hat trick, with the third goal into an empty net.
- Marc-Andre Fleury, Wild: His team was outshot, but the veteran goalie had 32 stops to even the series.
By the numbers
3-13 The Wild's record in Game 2s.
32-8-2 Wild's record at Xcel Energy Center this season.
1 Hat trick in Wild playoff history. This is the team's 16th playoff series.
![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.
