Quinn Hughes scores in Minnesota debut as Wild beat Bruins 6-2 for 4th straight win

ST PAUL Minn AP Quinn Hughes scored in his Minnesota debut and the Wild beat the Boston Bruins - on Sunday for their fourth straight win Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist for the Wild who improved to - - since Nov including - - at home Ryan Hartman had a goal and two assists Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist and Jared Spurgeon also scored for Minnesota Filip Gustavsson made saves improving to - - with a goals-against average and save percentage in his past eight starts Alex Steeves and Andrew Peeke scored and Jeremy Swayman made saves for Boston Playing his first event with the Wild after being acquired in a blockbuster bargain with Vancouver on Friday Hughes took a drop pass from Hartman in the opening minute of the third period and put a low wrist shot between Swayman s pads to make it - Hughes who led all defensemen with points in - was paired with Brock Faber on Minnesota s top blue-line pair and quarterbacked the first power-play unit Faber had two assists Spurgeon scored his first goal in games when his wrist shot determined its way through traffic for a power-play tally midway through the first period for a - lead Midway through the second period Kaprizov doubled the Wild lead thanks to a fortuitous carom Boldy s shot was deflected by a defenseman but briskly ricocheted off the end boards to Kaprizov who tucked the puck past Swayman at the right post Faber split a pair of defenders and fed Hartman for an easy redirect less than four minutes later for the Wild s second power-play tally Boldy made it - before Steeves scored off a scramble midway through the third period Kaprizov made it - with his th of the season with remaining and Peeke scored in the final second of the third period Up next Bruins Host Utah on Tuesday Wild Host Washington on Tuesday AP NHL https apnews com hub nhl