Wild Prospect Records First NHL Point In Win Over Capitals

In Sunday's afternoon game between the Minnesota Wild (10-3-3) and the Washington Capitals, (8-5-0) a Wild defensive prospect recorded his first NHL point.

The Wild had an early afternoon game in the Nations Capital against the Caps. With all the injuries on the backend for the Wild, David Spacek played in his second consective game and his eighth game of the year.

Spacek, 23, recorded an assist on Danila Yurov's power-play goal in the third period to give the Wild a 5-1 lead late in the game.

The 6-foot defender played in two NHL games last year and has already played in eight this year because of the injuries to Wild defenders.

He has been with the Iowa Wild the last three seasons and has put up some respectible points on the backend.

In 59 games for Iowa last year, Spacek recorded seven goals, 29 assists and 36 points.

With Iowa, Spacek has recorded 14 goals, 65 assists and 79 points in 192 career AHL games across three seasons.

After the game, Spacek was awarded the helmet which is given to the player of the game.

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