Kirill Kaprizov the hero with hat trick as desperate Wild win

Kirill Kaprizov was a man on a mission Sunday in San Jose as he netted his sixth career hat trick to propel the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Sharks. 

The win snapped a three-game losing streak and kept Minnesota eight points out of the wild card race with 20 games left in the regular season. At 64 points, the Wild are chasing the Kings and Predators (both at 72 points) for the two wild card spots. They also are staring up at the Blues and Flames (both at 65 points) in the standings. 

Minnesota trailed 2-0 after ex-Wild wingers Mikael Granlund (power play) and Nico Sturm (shorthanded) scored goals within the first five minutes of the second period, only to have Freddy Gaudreau score his fourth of the season on a power play to cut the deficit in half. 

Just 75 seconds after Gaudreau's goal, Kaprizov scored his first of the night to tie the game 2-2. Then in the third period the Sharks took a 3-2 lead when Anthony Duclair scored just 23 seconds into the frame, only to have Kaprizov fire back with his second of the night 2 minutes, 15 seconds later. 

Kaprizov then scored the go-ahead goal with 3:59 to play.