Minnesota Wild forward Kaprizov overcame the 70-point mark in the NHL season

The left winger of the Minnesota Wild hockey club, Kirill Kaprizov, a 28—year-old Russian, reached 70 points (32+38) for the current season according to the results of the overtime of his team's away game with the Nashville Predators during the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The corresponding result for the hockey player on the night of Wednesday, February 4, to Thursday, February 5, was brought by his assist to Jared Spurgeon, made jointly with Matthew Baldy in the 64th minute of the game.

Now the Russian from the Minnesota Wild ranks second after Nikita Kucherov from HC Tampa Bay Lightning (90 (29+61) points in the list of the top Russian scorers in the NHL season.

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Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators with a score of 6:5. Then during the game, in addition to Kaprizov, Russians Yakov Trenin (37th) and Vladimir Tarasenko (56th) scored goals, as well as forward Danila Yurov, a native of Chelyabinsk, whose assist allowed his team to earn the decisive goal.

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