The Minnesota Wild are riding high on a five-game win streak but some players are getting national recognition for how damn well everyone is doing in St. Paul.
On Monday morning, Mats Zuccarello was named the NHL’s Third Star of the Week.
Alex Ovechkin (@Capitals), Tage Thompson (@BuffaloSabres) and Mats Zuccarello (@mnwild) have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Dec. 18.#NHLStats: https://t.co/YnGXAb3d4D pic.twitter.com/UWkjWTJmaF
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 19, 2022
Zuccarello is in the middle of a career-high 10-game point streak and through the four games played this week, the winger scored five goals and eight points, including his first hat trick since 2015.