Kirill Kaprizov leads the NHL scoring charts as the Wild defeat Anaheim, continuing their strong start

Kaprizov got his third point after pushing in a loose puck on the power play (1-2), scoring his league-leading ninth goal with 2:16 left. But the Ducks retaliated with a Mason McTavish deflection that bounced over Gustavsson with 13 seconds left before a postplay scrum that resulted in a scuffle between Anaheim’s Zach Bogosian and Radko Gudas.

After his second straight and NHL-best sixth three-point game – no one else has more than three – Kaprizov leads the league with 27 points.

He has two more points than Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon, despite starting the Wild’s road trip four backs ahead of MacKinnon.

“He drives our team,” Foligno said. “That’s the biggest thing. You need your horses, and like MacKinnon does for his team, it’s usually not a great night for the Colorado Avalanche when he’s not there every night. So it’s no different.

“He is our star player and if he leaves, the whole bench will have to change.”