Minnesota defeated Washington in the NHL match

The Minnesota Wild hockey Club defeated the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The match took place on December 17 and ended with a score of 5:0.

Russian forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored in the winning team (3rd and 45th minutes), as well as Russian hockey players Kirill Kaprizov (33rd) and Danila Yurov (49th). In addition, Matt Baldy managed to score the puck (55th).

Kaprizov's puck was the 70th most-scored goal of his NHL career. This is the record of the team from Minnesota in this indicator.

Thus, Minnesota occupies the third place in the Western Conference table with 45 points, while Washington is in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 40 points.

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