Rossi beams: Minnesota Wild celebrates fifth win without Kaprisow!

Rossi beams: Minnesota Wild celebrates fifth win without Kaprisow!

In an exciting duel between the Minnesota Wild and the Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota won 4-0 and demonstrated its impressive game. The performance of Marco Rossi was particularly noticeable, as he recorded four assists. Rossi prepared the goals of Mats Zuccarello (14th, 58th/EN), Joel Eriksson Ek (32nd/PP) and Matt Boldy (50th), proving his growing importance for the team. He already has 22 assists this season, more than in the entire previous season Small newspaper reported.

With this win, Minnesota solidified its current form as the team has now won five of its last six games. Even without injured stars Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon, the Wild showed a strong team performance. Mats Zuccarello also contributed to the win with two goals and Matt Boldy with one goal and two assists. “Everyone brings something different,” Rossi commented on the interaction with his teammates, adding that Zuccarello encouraged him to play more passes during the warm-up. This is evident in Rossi's remarkable three-game point streak with a total of eight points (three goals, five assists), which the NHL highlights.

In another game, Alexander Ovechkin scored his 872nd NHL goal for the Washington Capitals in a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers, moving closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time goalscoring record. With just 22 goals behind the record, Ovechkin has the opportunity to break Gretzky's record, which is attracting the attention of many hockey fans.