Marcus Foligno (17) of the Minnesota Wild in the second period at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • [email protected] (Carlos G

Kirill Kaprizov scored with 23.4 seconds left in overtime and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 for their sixth victory in eight games.

The only team in the NHL with as many points as the Wild is the rival Winnipeg Jets (18-6-0), who play the Dallas Stars at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The Wild (16-4-4) and Jets are tied atop the Western Conference, though the Jets currently hold the tiebreaker with more wins in regulation. The Washington Capitals (17-6-1, 35 points) are atop the East.

The end of a marathon six-game road trip comes to an end Tuesday for the Vancouver Canucks. If they want to end it with a fifth win, they’ll need to knock off the NHL’s best team, the Minnesota Wild. With Vancouver taking on the top defensive team in hockey, my Canucks vs. Wild prediction is leaning on a low-scoring affair at Xcel Energy Centre.

In a tight-checking, physical, sometimes downright nasty affair, the NHL -leading Wild rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits to beat the Canucks 3-2 when Kirill Kaprizov capped a 1 minute, 45 second shift by extending a franchise record with his ninth career overtime goal.

Kirill Kaprizov scored with 24 seconds left in overtime to give the Minnesota Wild their fourth straight win, 3-2 against the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. After Canucks forward Brock Boeser hit the post on the rush with 33 seconds left,