The 24-year-old Russian scored his 40th goal for Minnesota in the regular season match with the St. Louis Blues (4-6).

Thus, it took him 86 games to conquer this mark.

This is the best record in franchise history.

Before Kaprizov, the record was held by Brian Rolston, who scored 40 goals in 90 games in 2006.

Earlier it was reported that the goals of Vladimir Tarasenko and Ivan Barbashev helped the St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild in the NHL match.