Kaprizov nets NHL-leading 14th goal in Wild win vs. Mammoth

Kirill Kaprizov scored his NHL-leading 14th goal and added an assist, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Utah Mammoth 3-1 on Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. Kaprizov scored for the third straight game, and Joel Eriksson Ek and Maxim Shabanov also tallied for the Central Division leaders, who won their third straight game to finish a 3-1-1 road trip. Quinn Hughes had two assists, and Jesper Wallstedt made 26 saves. Logan Cooley scored for the Mammoth, who have lost three of their last five games. Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves. The teams combined for 52 penalty minutes. Minnesota went 2-for-7 on the power play, while Utah was 0-for-4. The first period featured two fights but no scoring. In the second period, officials called nine minor penalties - six against the Mammoth - and another fight broke out. The Wild finally converted on the power play to take a 1-0 lead at 15:04 of the second. Hughes took a return pass from Kaprizov behind the goal line and fed Eriks