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Saturday's Wild-Columbus game recap

Kirill Kaprizov reached 80 points on the season, second-most in Wild franchise history.

By Sarah McLellan

March 27, 2022 at 3:22AM

Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov took the puck between his skates with Columbus Blue defenseman Jake Bean defending Saturday. (Andy Clayton-King, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS

1. Jared Spurgeon, Wild: The captain capped off the Wild's comeback with the game-winning goal in overtime.

2. Kirill Kaprizov, Wild: The winger had a pair of goals to reach 80 points on the season, the second-most in Wild franchise history.

3. Elvis Merzlikins, Blue Jackets: The goalie was superb, turning aside 35 shots after also playing the previous night.

BY THE NUMBERS

2 Assists for Kevin Fiala.

23 Stops by goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in his Wild debut.

45 Assists for Mats Zuccarello, a new career high.

about the writer

Sarah McLellan

Minnesota Wild and NHL

Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.