Kaprizov's shootout goal gives Wild 4-3 victory over Blackhawks

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Kaprizov was Minnesota's second shooter and beat Spencer Knight with a wrist shot. Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped all three shootout attempts as the Wild came back from a 3-0 deficit to beat Chicago for the 17th time in 18 games.

Yakov Trenin, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jared Spurgeon scored for Minnesota. Wallstedt stopped 29 of 32 shots.

Teuvo Teravainen, Ryan Donato and Ilya Mikheyev scored for Chicago. Knight made 20 saves.

The Blackhawks took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Teravainen and Donato.

Mikheyev made it 3-0 nearly six minutes into the second period, when he beat Wallstedt with a wrist shot.

Trenin began the Minnesota comeback when he broke in alone and beat Knight with a wrist shot at 12:33 of the second.

Minnesota cut the Chicago lead to 3-2 early in the third when Quinn Hughes fired a shot that hit Marcus Johansson's skate and deflected to Erikson Ek, who got his stick down in time to tap it into the net.

Spurgeon knocked in a rebound of an Eriksson Ek shot to tie it with 2:01 to play in the third. The goal came after Minnesota had killed its fourth Chicago power play of the game. The Wild also killed a power play in overtime.

Blackhawks: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Wild: Host Calgary on Thursday.

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Chicago Blackhawks center Ryan Donato (8) celebrates after scoring a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Ilya Mikheyev (95), left, celebrates with defenseman Artyom Levshunov (55) after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek (14) and Chicago Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Ilya Mikheyev (95) and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber (7) reach for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Sarr helped the Washington Wizards snap a pair of long losing streaks.

Sarr had 29 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Wizards to a 115-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night that ended a nine-game skid. Washington also halted an eight-game home losing streak in the series against the Blazers, beating them in D.C. for the first time since Jan. 16, 2017.

“They're a big, physical team,” Wizards coach Brian Keefe said. “I thought we answered that very strongly.”

Washington was outrebounded 69-46, but the Wizards had 16 steals and 12 blocks — their first time reaching those marks in a game since they had 17 and 13 against Seattle on March 9, 1985.

The 7-foot-1 Sarr seemed to embrace the matchup with 7-foot-3 Donovan Clingan of the Trail Blazers. They were the No. 2 and No. 7 picks in the 2024 draft.

“He was trying to be physical on the boards," Sarr said. "I just responded with physicality.”

Clingan had 14 points and 20 rebounds, including 13 of Portland's 29 offensive rebounds. Sarr was given space to operate on the perimeter and went 3 of 9 from 3-point range. Overall, he made 11 of his career-high 29 field goal attempts.

“That is a lot of shots,” Sarr said. "I would have loved to be more efficient tonight, but it is what it is. You can't be efficient every night yet.”

Sarr and Clingan are both part of next month's Rising Stars teams for the NBA’s All-Star weekend, along with Washington's Kyshawn George and Tre Johnson. George scored 19 points and Johnson had 18 on Tuesday.

Former Wizard Deni Avdija scored 17 points with 12 rebounds for Portland, but he had six turnovers. The Blazers went 13 of 23 on free throws, with Avdija going 2 for 6.

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Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr (20) competes for a rebound against Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe (17) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr gathers a defensive rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)