A decade ago, at the NHL scouting combine in Buffalo, an 18-year-old Mackenzie Blackwood wowed scouts ... and Jack Eichel at the top, but Kirill Kaprizov, Mikko Rantanen, Mitch Marner, Zach ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Kirill Kaprizov missed half of the regular season with a lingering lower-body injury that kept him out until just before the NHL playoffs began as the Minnesota Wild barely got in.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kirill Kaprizov missed half of the regular season with a lingering lower-body injury that kept him out until just before the NHL playoffs began as the Minnesota Wild barely got in.

Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov has completed his fifth season in the NHL with his team falling to the Vegas Golden Knights in six games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Through two games, the Wild have outscored the Golden Knights 3-1 at 5-on-5 with Kaprizov on the ice, own 56.89% of the expected goals, and out-chance the Golden Knights 23-10. The Golden Knights ...

LAS VEGAS --Kirill Kaprizov is all the way back for the Minnesota Wild. The forward has made spectacular plays in each of the first two games of the Western Conference First Round against the ...

LAS VEGAS — Kirill Kaprizov cautioned it's just two games, but what a pair of performances. He followed up a two-assist game in the series opener with two goals and another helper Tuesday night ...

Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of this series, knotted at 1-1 heading back to Minnesota for Game 3 on Thursday night.

SAN JOSE – Almost right from when they acquired him from the San Jose Sharks in December, Mackenzie Blackwood helped stabilize the goaltending position for the Colorado Avalanche. Now ...

Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov, 28, is eligible to sign an eight-year extension starting July 1 when he will start his final season under contract. General manager Bill Guerin made it clear during ...

(AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) celebrates toward left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) after scoring during the second period of Game 3 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff ...