Minnesota Wild defenceman Brock Faber, centre, celebrates with teammates after his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
February 02, 2026 - 1:49 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 3:38 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.
Minnesota got the power play when Phillip Danault hooked Kaprizov in front of the goal. Kaprizov took a feed from Quinn Hughes and fired a shot past Jakub Dobes from the high slot for his 32nd goal of the season.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Brock Faber also scored, and Hughes had three assists to reach 50 for the season. Filip Gustavsson made 17 saves.
Faber tied it 3-3 at 7:05 of the third, racing onto the puck down the right side for a quick shot. Quinn assisted on the goal.
Hughes assisted on Kaprizov’s first goal to tie the Russian’s team-record assists streak at nine and push his franchise-record points streak for defenceman to nine. Kaprizov had assists in nine straight games in 2022-23.
Minnesota won its fourth straight, ending Montreal winning streak at three.
Brendan Gallagher, Ivan Demidov and Kirby Dach scored to give Montreal the lead after the Wild raced to a 2-0 advantage.
Dach put Montreal ahead 12 seconds into the third, knocking in Nick Suzuki’s feed. Gallagher started the comeback with 52 seconds left in the first, and Demidov tied it with 17 seconds to go in the second.
Eriksson Ek opened the scoring 38 seconds into the first period, firing a wrist shot from the right circle. Kaprizov made it 2-0 with 4:12 left in the first, tipping in Quinn's feed.
Wild defenceman Daemon Hunt didn’t return after taking a puck to the throat in the first period.
UP NEXT
UP NEXTCanadiens: Visit the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday.
Wild: Visit the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.
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