

The Minnesota Wild selected Russian forward Kirill Kaprizov with the 135th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft but he’s been playing in the KHL ever since the draft. Currently in his fifth KHL season and second with CSKA Moscow, the 21-year-old is having a career year as he’s tied for the league lead in goals with 27 and sits second on his team in points with 43.

On Tuesday night, CSKA Moscow went head-to-head against HC Slovan Bratislava and the Wild prospect put his team on his back as he scored three goals and added an assist in his team’s 4-1 victory, and he topped off the hat-trick with an awesome one-handed goal.



Kaprizov perfectly demonstrated why it’s important to fight for every loose puck and to go hard to the net because good things happen whenever you do those two things. The Novokuznetsk, Russia native’s second goal of the night was also a pretty one, as he walked out from behind the net and roofed the puck top shelf with ease.



After scoring 35 goals over his past 95 games, his 27 goals in 52 games this season is a sign that the youngster might be ready to make the jump over to North America to give either the AHL or the NHL, or both, a shot.

(H/T Twitter/khl_eng)