Ethan

So that Kirill Kaprizov guy up in Minnesota, he's pretty good.

And now he's paired with another guy that's pretty good, Quinn Hughes, which, hey, that trade happened.

That was pretty big news.

So he's only going to get better with Quinn Hughes, and he has only been getting better.

The Wild have outscored opponents 16-4 in the three games they've played with Quinn Hughes.

They are, of course, 3-0.

They are red hot, 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.

My stat of the day comes from at DylanLaux4 on Twitter.

Since entering the NHL in 2020-21, Kirill Kaprizov and Alex Ovechkin were tied for the most goals by a Russian skater in the NHL.

Kaprizov has now broken that tie.

He has 207 goals.

He scored again last night in 354 games since entering the NHL.

I'm not necessarily saying that, David.

What I am saying is that earlier, either this year or sometime this calendar year, it could have been this season, it could have been last season, we were talking about Kaprizov, and I called him the greatest player in wild history, and you kind of scoffed at me, David, and I haven't forgotten about that.

Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.

He is the greatest player in wild history.

I think he just recently got to second on their all-time goal scoring list.

And of course, he's there for eight more years at $17 million.

So he's going to get to number one eventually.

Great player and only going to be better with Quinn Hughes.