«He seemed to be hunting him»: a sneaky American injured Capricious

Andriy SenchenkoCorrespondent for SportAll materials Dean Evason's team was pursued by a series of five defeats in a row, which pushed the “savages” to the borders of the playoff zone in the West. However, all the streak comes to an end sometime, and it came today. The long-awaited — the first in a month — victory was obtained in Boston, where “Wild” beat the local “Bruins” (3: 2). “Bears” are traditionally one of the most uncomfortable opponents for “Minnesota”. The “savages” won their last victory over Boston back in November 2016. The series, by the way, could last. In the very opening of the meeting, the score was opened by Taylor Hall. However, Kirill Kaprizov and Niko Sturm turned the game quite quickly, and in the middle of the second period, the advantage of “Minnesota” was increased by Matt Baldy. Only Brad Marchand was able to answer his goal somehow, but the Bruins were not enough for more. Naturally, we will separately consider the goal of Kaprizov: the Russian super forward with a luxurious click from the right throw-in circle realized the majority of “Wild”, and also once again entered his name in the history of the club.

POWER! PLAY! GOAL! KIRILL! #Mnwild pic.twitter.com/JBn6Xbkj3A

& # 8212; Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) January 7, 2022 After scoring against Boston, Caprice increased his streak to four in a row and became the second Minnesota player in franchise history to do so in two consecutive seasons. Earlier, such an achievement was established by Marian Gaborik. Moreover, twice: in the seasons 2005/06 and 2006/07, as well as in the seasons 2007/08 and 2008/09. However, the joy for the success of Kaprizov was quickly overshadowed by the dirty and vile game of hockey players. Not Cyril, but his rivals. In particular — Trent Frederick. The restless American striker annoyed Kaprizova for almost the entire match and in the second period roughly fouled the Russian striker, knocking him down and additionally “hitting” the side. Whims after such a reception with difficulty got to his feet and, holding his hand, barely limped to the locker room. This concludes the match for Kirill. Kaprizov's compatriot Dmitry Kulikov had to take revenge on the offender, who instantly got involved in a fight with Frederick.

Kirill Kaprizov heads to the locker room after a hit by Trent Frederic pic.twitter.com/hm2S0TRt4g

& # 8212; Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 7, 2022 At the moment, there are no details of the state of health of the Russian. “Minnesota”, according to all the rules of the NHL, reported only damage to the upper body of Cyril, and the coach of “Wild” Dean Evason refrained from making any assessments of his ward's well-being. But in defense of Kaprizov, of course, he spoke. «I am very upset about what happened. The Boston player seemed to be hunting for Capricious. He hurt our best player. Everything does not look very good. I hope the NHL will take care of this situation,» said the Minnesota coach «during a press conference. Already on the night of January 8-9, Moscow time, the» savages «will have to meet with» Washington «. It remains to be hoped that Kaprizov's injury will not be serious, and he will be able to hack to death in true, clean and beautiful hockey with Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin.