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Recap: Wild win sloppy, gutsy effort in Pittsburgh with late-game heroics

A flurry of words could be used to describe the Minnesota Wild's 5-4 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

Sloppy? Ugly? Deficient in smart hockey plays?

Beautiful? Heroic? (Insert expletive) Awesome?

The game brought a flurry of emotions, and it started early as Kirill Kaprizov notched his second goal of the year midway through the first period. While it wasn't a highlight reel Kaprizov goal, it's one that gave Minnesota a head start.

The goal also put Kaprizov in the Wild record books, becoming the fastest player to 60 points in team history (65 games beats Gaborik at 93 games).