Wild-Detroit game recap: 3 stars, 3 key numbers

A quick look at Monday night's game.

February 15, 2022 at 5:40AM
Lucas Raymond (23) of the Detroit Red Wings and Matts Zuccarello (36) of the Minnesota Wild fight for the puck in the third period Monday, Feb. 14, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com
Lucas Raymond (23) of the Red Wings and Matts Zuccarello (36) of the Wild fought for the puck. (Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS

1. Matt Boldy, Wild: The rookie scored his first career hat trick and added an assist to become the first Wild rookie to tally four points in a game.

2. Mats Zuccarello, Wild: The winger assisted on three goals.

3. Kirill Kaprizov, Wild: The winger tallied two goals and an assist.

BY THE NUMBERS

5 NHL-leading times this season the Wild has scored at least seven goals on home ice.

3 Points by Boldy on the power play, which ties Kaprizov for the most in a game by a rookie.

100 Career games for the Wild's Nico Sturm.

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Sarah McLellan

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Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.

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