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Wild's Kirill Kaprizov's big weekend leads to NHL's top star of the week honorScoring five goals, including a hat trick on Sunday, launched Kirill Kaprizov to the award for the second time this season. He also moved up...
Michael Bunting - Pots goal No. 10Bunting scored his 10th goal of the season in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Wild.
ImpactThe 28-year-old winger used Zach Bogosian as a screen to snap a shot past Filip Gustavsson midway through the third period, tying the game at 2-2, but Minnesota dominated the rest of the way. Bunting has been productive over the last month-plus, delivering four goals and 13 points in the last 16 games as he fills a top-six role and sees consistent power-play time.
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Antti Raanta - Tamed by WildRaanta turned aside 14 of 17 shots in Sunday's 5-2 loss to Minnesota.
ImpactThe Wild's final two goals were scored into an empty net. The Hurricanes out-shot the opposition 42-17 in total, but Raanta had little chance on the first two pucks that beat him, one coming on a tip-in and the other through a screen. Since taking over as Carolina's No. 1 netminder in early January, the 34-year-old has gone 3-2-1 with a 2.28 GAA but an .898 save percentage, as he's faced more than 24 shots only once in six appearances.
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Brock Faber - Two more helpers SundayFaber notched two assists while adding two blocked shots, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Hurricanes.
ImpactThe 21-year-old blueliner once again led the Wild in ice time at 26:36, and Faber helped set up both Joel Eriksson Ek's game-winning goal and the third tally in Kirill Kaprizov's hat trick as Minnesota took control in the third period. Faber has a goal and seven points in the last four games, and since the beginning of December he's put himself firmly in the Calder Trophy conversation with 19 points (two goals, 17 assists) in 25 contests.
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Joel Eriksson Ek - Three-point effort against CanesEriksson Ek scored the game-winning goal on two shots on net and added two assists and a plus-4 rating in Sunday's 5-2 victory over Carolina.
ImpactJust over a minute after Michael Bunting had tied the game at 2-2 in the third period, Eriksson Ek banged home a loose puck in the Hurricanes' crease to put the Wild in the lead for good. The 26-year-old has caught fire with four goals and eight points over the last four games, a surge that not coincidentally happened when Kirill Kaprizov returned to the lineup. On the season, Eriksson Ek remains on track for a career-best campaign with 19 goals and 36 points in 46 contests.
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Filip Gustavsson - Busy in Sunday's winGustavsson made 40 saves in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Hurricanes.
ImpactThe 42 shots were the most Gustavsson has seen in a game since he got peppered with 54 by the Blue Jackets on Oct. 21, but Gustavsson held his own and got supported by a Kirill Kaprizov hat trick. The 25-year-old netminder appears to be rounding into form after coughing up 12 goals on 56 shots over his first two starts in January after returning from a lower-body injury -- Gustavsson's won each of his last two outings, giving up just five goals on 66 shots.
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Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson announces return to form with 40-save game in win over HurricanesWith Marc-Andre Fleury injured, the Wild need Filip Gustavsson to be in good form as they prepare for a final stretch of games before the NH...
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