Minnesota Wild's Kirill Kaprizov (97) and Colorado Avalanche's Jacob MacDonald (34) go after the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in St. Paul, Minn After several humbling losses to the West Division leader, the Minnesota Wild sent quite the message to the Colorado Avalanche in their last of eight regular season matchups. Eight was more than enough for the Wild to slow the surging Avalanche. Kevin Fiala notched his first career hat trick, Kirill Kaprizov had two of Minnesota’s three power-play goals, and the sharp-shooting Wild beat Colorado 8-3 on Wednesday to hand the Avalanche their first regulation loss in 16 games. Read more https://apnews.com/article/kevin-fi...as-johansson-9879d5f130a95377e105fe6f36e1cbb2
