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.

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,