In St Paul, Kirill Kaprizov hit for the game-winner on Thursday night with 3:02 gone in extra time to give the Minnesota Wild their first win of the season, 4-3, over the Vancouver Canucks. 
“Having the first three games very challenging and not winning, every single shift feels like it’s tiring when you make a lot of mistakes, you don’t do well in your own zone, every shift seems difficult,” Kaprizov said. “… You try, work hard and maybe feel better, and after a win, of course, it’s no pressure now. A little bit easy.”
The goal came off a delayed penalty with Marc-Andre Fleury pulled for the extra skater.
Fleury made 23 saves in the win.
Mats Zuccarello hit for a double in the Wild win.
“Today it was a good, full, team effort,” Zuccarello said. “Two points, then you can be happy.”
Sam Steel, added a single marker for the Wild in regulation.
Dakota Joshua and Nils Aman scored for the Canucks.
“I mean, it’s no secret that we’re all frustrated,” Vancouver captain Bo Horvat said. “I mean, when your play is, in my opinion, probably as good a 60 minutes we play all year, and we just can’t find a way to get a win … that’s where experience has to come in, leadership. We’ve got to find a way to dig deep to try and get over that hump right now. I think once we do, things are going to turn around for us.”
Bo Horvat also scored for the Canucks.
Thatcher Demko made 33 saves in the Canucks loss.
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