Kaprizov picked up his third point after nudging in a loose puck on the power play (1-for-2) with 2:16 to go for his team-leading ninth goal. But the Ducks retaliated on a deflection by Mason McTavish that bounced over Gustavsson with 13 seconds left before a postgame scrum that included a scuffle between Zach Bogosian and Anaheim’s Radko Gudas.
After his second straight and NHL-best sixth three-point game — no one else has more than three — Kaprizov leads in the league in points with 27.
He has two more points than Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon despite starting the Wild’s road trip four back of MacKinnon.
“He’s driving our team,” Foligno said. “That’s the biggest thing. You need your horses going, and like MacKinnon does for his team, if he’s not on every night, it’s usually not a great night for Colorado Avalanche. So, it’s no different.
“He’s our star player and when he’s going, the whole bench is going.”