On the night of March 20, the Anaheim Ducks, who hosted the Minnesota Wild on their home ice in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL), suffered a crushing defeat with a score of 0:4. Russian striker Kirill Kaprizov scored the winning goal.
For Kaprizov, it was the 150th goal of his NHL career. To score so many goals, the Russian striker needed 265 matches. The 26-year-old Russian broke the Minnesota record by scoring 150 goals. He surpassed Marian Gaborik, who needed 383 meetings to reach that figure.
Additionally, Kaprizov became the third active NHL player to achieve this goal in the shortest possible time. Previously, Auston Matthews (223), Alexander Ovechkin (234) and Steven Stamkos (245) had scored 150 goals faster than him.
The Russian player played 62 games in the NHL this season and scored 36 goals and 42 assists. He is the team’s top scorer so far.
Previously Russian striker appeared He’s in first place in the season’s scoring race in the NHL.