The Wraparound: Wild need more than just Kaprizov vs. Blues

The Wraparound is your daily look at the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. We’ll break down the NHL playoff games today with the all-important television information.

• Catch up with all of Wednesday’s Stanley Cup playoff action with the NHL Rink Wrap right here. Sidney Crosby‘s injury from the Penguins’ Game 5 loss to the Rangers is definitely a story to watch.

• Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse received a one-game suspension for head-butting Kings forward Phillip Danault. The Oilers will face elimination without a key defenseman.

• Trevor Zegras, Michael Bunting, and Moritz Seider were announced as the 2021-22 Calder Trophy finalists.

Entering Game 6 (9:30 p.m. ET; TNT, SN360, TVA Sports) on the brink of elimination, the Wild can’t blame Kirill Kaprizov for trailing the Blues 3-2 in this series.

You can gather some of that from the box score alone. In Game 5, Kaprizov scored both of the Wild’s goals (each on the power play), helping to create a 2-1 lead that would not stand against the Blues. Beyond that, Kaprizov’s dazzled with great moves, setting up linemates for plenty of near-misses.

It’s the sort of run that should mute any remaining (and, frankly, already silly) questions about Kaprizov being an outright star.

Yet he can’t do it alone. In a Blues – Wild series that seemed to pit two deeper-than-ever teams on hot streaks against each other, only St. Louis has really enjoyed the luxury of multiple heroes coming through.

Look at goals stats alone, and you’ll wonder where 85-point scorer Kevin Fiala has been.

Kaprizov + Eriksson Ek: 10 goals

Everyone else: 3 goals#mnwild https://t.co/zQveGJPtgY

— Tony of the USS 10KRinks.com (@OhHiTony) May 11, 2022

Of course, that’s not totally fair.

For one thing, Kevin Fiala assisted