MOSCOW, Apr 17 St. Louis Blues beat » Minnesota Wild» in the match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, which took place in St. Louis, ended in victory for the hosts in overtime with a score of 6:5 (1:0, 3:1, 1:4, 1:0) . As part of the Bluesmen, goals in regular time were scored by Ivan Barbashev (14th minute), Vladimir Tarasenko (24), David Perron (27), Brandon Saad (34) and Pavel Buchnevich (50), who also chalked up two assists and was named the second star of the match. The guests scored Ryan Hartman (22, 44), Frederic Gaudreau (45), Marcus Foligno (54) and Russian striker Kirill Kaprizov (55), who also scored an assist. In overtime, the winning goal for St. Louis was scored by Brayden Schenn (61). Kaprizov broke the Minnesota record for goals in the NHL regular season. On account of his 43 goals in 72 games this season, “St. Louis” won the eighth victory in a row and secured a place in the NHL playoffs for the fourth time in a row. For the 45th time in history, the team will take part in knockout matches.
