Wild star Kaprizov to miss 3-4 weeks with lower-body injury Oilers escape McDavid scare, win 3-2 to snap Bruins’ streak Flyers’ DeAngelo suspended 2 games for spearing Perry Sharks coach David Quinn fined $25,000 for berating referee Flyers’ DeAngelo suspended 2 games for spearing Perry

ST. PAUL, Minnesota – All-Star Left Wing Kirill Kaprizov He is expected to miss the next three to four weeks with a lower body injury, the Minnesota Wild announced on Thursday.

Kaprizov was injured in Wednesday’s game in Winnipeg when the Jets defenseman was 6ft 7in Logan Stanley ran into him while he was defending the puck and Stanley checked. Stanley’s momentum transferred all of his weight onto Kaprizov’s back, who then fell to the ice as his left knee bent awkwardly and his legs spread out like scissors.

In his third year with the Wild, Kaprizov played in 214 of a possible 216 games, including the playoffs, but the injury would likely cost him most of the rest of the regular season.

The Wild have 17 games left. Their win in Winnipeg put them in first place in the Central Division with Dallas, with the Stars playing one game less.

Kaprizov leads the Wild with 39 goals, which is sixth in the league as of Thursday. The Wild are only 26th in the NHL, averaging 2.75 goals per game, and Kaprizov, who leads the team with 74 points, has a hand in more than 41% of their goals.

The Wild, who are 9-0-2 in their last 11 games, have a striker recalled Sammy Walker from their AHL affiliate in Iowa. They will then play in San Jose on Saturday night.

BOSTON – Boston Bruins shut down NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid. They kept Leon Draisaitl also outside the protocol. It still wasn’t enough to beat the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

The Oilers avoided a panic when McDavid limped off the ice late in their 3-2 win over the Bruins – minutes after Darnell Nurse scored the decisive goal with 4:49 left.

McDavid returned, but was without points for only the seventh time in a season. It was the first time since New Year’s Eve that McDavid did not score and Draisaitl did not play, neither of them scoring a single point.

“I can’t believe they didn’t get a point. I mean they should get a point every night, right? said the goalkeeper Stuart Skinnerwho made 26 saves, snapping Boston’s 10-game winning streak and robbing the Bruins of the chance to become the first team in the league to make the playoffs this season.

“Our best dogs are here, I think they did an incredible job defensively,” Skinner said. “They’ve been doing our job so well lately and obviously still pose a huge offensive threat.”

McDavid struggled to the bench after a knee-to-knee collision with a teammate. Derek Ryan. But the two-time league MVP returned to help the Oilers hold on when Boston pulled the goaltender. Jeremy Swayman for an additional skater in the final minutes.

Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said he did not see the collision but was glad McDavid was able to return.

“I was thinking about a play,” he said. “But he felt good enough to finish the game, so I felt good.”

Boston led 2-0 after the first, but Evan Bouchard scored in the second and Ryan McLeod equalized in the sixth minute with the third. Nurse scored the winning goal with a wrist shot past a defended Swaiman to give the Oilers their fourth win in five attempts.

“I just said to myself, ‘I have to block him for the next 40 (minutes).'” And if I do that, it will at least give the guys a chance to win,” Skinner said. “To be honest, I was very excited after the game. … This one, this one feels really good.”

Brad Marchand And to David Pastr scored and Swaiman stopped the Bruins’ 19 shots (49-9-5) that would have set an NHL record as the fastest player in history to 50 wins.

McDavid leads the NHL with 54 goals – nine more than second-placed Pastrnak – as well as 70 assists and 124 points. Draisaitl is fifth in the league with 41 goals and second with 96 points.

It was the first time in the entire season that the Oilers had won a game without either of them scoring a single point.

“It was like a playoff game,” Woodcroft said. “In playoff games, sometimes there is a send-off between the best players on both teams, and other people have to find ways to contribute. If you look up and down our list, we have plenty of people who can find the back of the web and that’s what you need when you go here.”

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Oilers: visit Toronto on Saturday.

Bruins: Detroit will host on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Flyers quarterback Tony DeAngelo was suspended by the NHL for two games on Wednesday for spearing Tampa Bay. Corey Perry during the bout in front of the net.

DeAngelo received a severe penalty and game violation on Tuesday for pushing a stick into Perry’s lower body. The action sparked a more intense fight.

DeAngelo said after the game that he was trying to give Perry “a little chance”.

“I didn’t look for it to go there,” he said. “He tried to snatch my stick from my hands a second before. He talks the whole game.

DeAngelo will miss Thursday’s games with the Carolinas and Saturday’s with Pittsburgh and will lose about $54,000 in his salary.

DeAngelo has 10 goals and 34 points this season.

SAN JOSE, California. San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn was fined $25,000 for profanity towards an umpire that resulted in a game violation.

On Wednesday, the NHL announced Quinn’s punishment for “degrading behavior” during an 8-3 loss to the Washington Capitals last Saturday.

Quinn began yelling at referee Gord Dwyer after the San Jose striker was awarded a penalty. Kevin Labank in the third period. Quinn was punished for breaking the rules of the game and continued to yell and berate Dwyer before finally leaving the bench.

Quinn said after the game that he was “embarrassed” by his actions.

“You shouldn’t behave like a coach and I want to apologize to our team,” Quinn said after the game. “It’s not how I want to act, of course, and it’s an emotional game. These judges work hard, they do their job well and this should never happen. So I’m ashamed of it.”

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Flyers quarterback Tony DeAngelo was suspended by the NHL for two games for spearing in Tampa Bay Corey Perry during the bout in front of the net.

DeAngelo received a large fine and foul for driving a club into Perry’s lower body. The action sparked a more intense fight.

DeAngelo said after the game that he was trying to give Perry “a little chance”.

“I didn’t look for it to go there,” he said. “He tried to snatch my stick from my hands a second before. He talks the whole game.

DeAngelo will miss games in the Carolinas and Pittsburgh and will lose about $54,000 in his salary.

DeAngelo has 10 goals and 34 points this season.