MOSCOW, May 7. Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues» in the third match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, which took place in St. Louis, ended with a score of 5:1 (2:0, 1:0, 2:1) in favor of the guests. Among the winners, goals were scored by Jordan Greenway (1st minute), Russian forward Kirill Kaprizov (3), Mats Zuccarello (28), Joel Eriksson Ek (41) and Jonas Brodin (53). At “St. Louis” Ryan O'Reilly (43) became the author of the only goal. Kirill Kaprizov also chalked up an assist and was recognized as the first star of the meeting. In three matches of the playoff series, the Russian scored three goals. In Minnesota history, only Marian Gaborik and Wes Walls have scored five goals in a series against the Vancouver Canucks in the 2002-03 season. Also, Kaprizov, along with Greenway, set a franchise record by scoring the two fastest goals in a match in the history of the Wild in the NHL playoffs. did not score points. His teammates Pavel Buchnevich, Ivan Barbashev and Aleksey Toropchenko also failed to score. In the assets of Buchnevich and Toropchenko, three hits each, Barbashev once threw on target and had six power moves. The score in the series to four wins was 2-1 in favor of Minnesota. The next match will take place on May 8 in St. Louis.
