Kirill Kaprizov has three goals and 14 points in eight career games against the Winnipeg Jets and is today's player to watch.
Can Kirill Kaprizov keep his four-game goal streak and five-game point streak intact today against the Jets?Kirill Kaprizov has been on fire recently with goals in four straight games. In his last four games, the 5-foot-10 forward has five goals and eight points with 17 shots and an average of about 24 minutes of ice time a night.
Kaprizov, 26, leads the Wild in points with 33 and is coming off his 72nd career multi-point game after recording two points against the Red Wings on Wednesday. His 72 multi-point games are tied for fourth most in Wild franchise history with Ryan Suter.
In the Wild's last four games, Kaprizov has scored the game-winner in three of them but scored the last goal in Minnesota's 6-3 win over Detroit on Wednesday.
Last year the Wild went 3-1-0 against the Jets but won both games in Winnipeg. Kaprizov led the team with five points in the four games against the Jets last year and has three goals and 14 points in eight career games against the Jets.
The Wild will look for Kaprizov to stay hot against the Jets along with keeping his four-game goal streak and five-game point streak intac as Minnesota kicks off a back-to-back against the Jets beginning today.