Goals from Kaprizov and Shabanov helped Minnesota defeat Vancouver

The Minnesota Wild Hockey Club defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 in an away match of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season. The meeting ended on October 26.

Maxim Shabanov (19th minute), Bobby Brink, Quinn Hughes and Kirill Kaprizov (44th minute) scored for the winners. Max Sasson and Brock Beser scored goals for the hosts. Kaprizov and Shabanov also scored an assist. Kaprizov scored 21 points (13 goals and eight assists) this season and single-handedly topped the list of the league's best snipers. He shares third place in the goalscoring race. Shabanov now has eight points (three goals and five assists).

Minnesota scored 18 points and leads the Western Conference table. Vancouver is in last place with five points. In other matches of the game day, Dallas defeated the Islanders 6-3, Montreal beat Winnipeg 2-1, and Nashville defeated Colorado 6-2.

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