MOSCOW May 5 Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues «In the second match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL), Russian striker Kirill Kaprizov scored a hat-trick. The meeting in Minnesota ended with a score of 6:2 (3:0, 1:1, 2:1) in favor of hosts. The winners scored goals from Joel Eriksson Ek (10th and 21st minutes), Frederic Gaudreau (14) and Kirill Kaprizov (20, 52, 53). In the «St. Louis» was scored by Jordan Kairu (33) and Vladimir Tarasenko (45), who was assisted by another Russian striker Pavel Buchnevich.Kaprizov became the club's top scorer in the regular season with 108 points (47 goals and 61 gears). Tarasenko also became the top scorer of his team in the last «regular season» (34 + 48). The score in the series up to four wins was 1-1. The third and fourth matches will be held on May 6 and 8 in St. Louis. In another match of the day, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings at home — 6:0 (0:0, 3:0, 3:0) and also equalized score in the series (1-1).
