Honored coach of Russia Fedor Kanareikin answered the question of whether it is possible to compare Minnesota Wild hockey player Kirill Kaprizov with New York Rangers forward Artemy Panarin and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov. His words are quoted RT.
“Is it possible to compare Kaprizov with Kucherov and Panarin in terms of talent? “Leaving aside Ovechkin, who is everything for us, these three players are already the faces of the NHL and these are the people who now determine the further development of the league,” he said.
On the night of February 25, Moscow time, Kaprizov scored three points, recorded a double and an assist in a match against the Seattle Kraken. He extended his winning streak to 8 matches. Kaprizov was able to post an eight-game point streak for the fifth time in his NHL career, the best record of any Minnesota player.
In total, in the 2023/24 season, Kaprizov scored 63 (26+37) points in 51 games in the NHL regular season.
Panarin has 32 goals and 46 assists in 58 games. Kucherov scored 37 goals and made 61 assists in the same number of matches.
Ovechkin before interrupted NHL scoring streak.