<p>GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist, Cam Talbot stopped 22 shots and the Minnesota Wild stretched their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night.</p>
<p>Kirill Kaprizov, Jordan Greenway and Marcus Johansson also scored to help the Wild strengthen their playoff position. Minnesota has 59 points, 14 ahead of fourth-place Arizona in the West Division. </p>
<p>Jonas Brodin added an empty-net goal for Minnesota.</p>
<p>Christian Fischer scored his first goal in 48 regular-season games and Alex Goligoski also scored for the Coyotes, who had numerous defensive breakdowns in losing for the sixth time in seven games. Darcy Kuemper stopped 19 shots.</p>
<p>Arizona had an emotional game on Saturday, playing after 9-year-old Leighton Accardo was posthumously inducted into the team’s ring of honor.</p>
<p>The Coyotes took a while to regain their focus, falling into a two-goal hole against St. Louis before rallying for a 3-2 win to leapfrog the Blues for fourth in the West.</p>
<p>The Wild, fresh off winning three straight home games, had the early jump on the Coyotes and scored on tic-tac-toe passing to Kaprizov for his 18th goal, matching Marian Gaborik’s team rookie record. He also broke Gaborik’s rookie record with his 37th point.</p>
<p>Fischer tied it late in the period, beating Talbot to the glove side after picking off a pass by Ryan Suter at the top of the circles for his first regular-season goal since Feb. 19, 2020.</p>
<p>Greenway scored early the second period, one-timing a pass from Marcus Foligno after a breakdown by the Coyotes in the neutral zone.</p>
<p>Johansson made it 3-1 midway through the period, chipping a rebound between Kuemper’s pads on a power play. Carson Soucy appeared to push the lead to three goals a minute later, but it was waved off for goalie interference against Foligno.</p>
<p>Goligoski pulled the Coyotes within one 1:15 into the third period on a shot from the left circle Talbot couldn’t see through Fischer’s screen.</p>
<p>The Wild went back up by two with a screen of their own when Kuemper was unable to see Fiala’s shot with two players in front.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>The Wild are 6-1 against the Coyotes heading into Wednesday’s season series finale. </p>
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