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Wild hold off Columbus to stay perfect at home
Kirill Kaprizov scored his NHL-best 10th goal and Jesper Wallstedt made 13 saves as Minnesota improved to 4-0-0 at home.
The Minnesota Wild defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Sunday at Grand Casino Arena, improving to 4-0-0 at home this season.
Danila Yurov opened scoring late in the first period on a tap-in from Yakov Trenin, but Columbus tied the game before the intermission ended.
Minnesota left wing Kirill Kaprizov broke the 1-1 tie in the second period with his NHL-leading 10th goal, beating goalie Cam Talbot over the shoulder.
Goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped 13 shots to secure the victory, helping the Central Division-leading Wild improve to 6-2-1 overall.
The Wild begin their season-long road trip Tuesday in Edmonton, where captain Jared Spurgeon could return if recovered from an upper-body injury.
NEW YORK. No one in the NHL is scoring more goals than Kirill Kaprizov this fall. He became the first of all to reach the small milestone of ten goals when Minnesota won by the odd goal last night. – I don't think about it that much, I just go out and play, he says.