ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mats Zuccarello scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:38 left and the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Monday night.
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist, Marcus Johansson also scored, and Jared Spurgeon had two assists for Minnesota. Filip Gustavsson finished with 28 saves.
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Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy, center, passes the puck as Los Angeles Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, left, and Jordan Spence, second from right, defend during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper defends his net against the Minnesota Wild during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy, center, passes the puck as Los Angeles Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, left, and Jordan Spence, second from right, defend during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, left, skates with the puck as Minnesota Wild right wing Mats Zuccarello defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson defends the net against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, left, shoots as Minnesota Wild center Devin Shore, right, defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild center Devin Shore, right, and Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, left, compete for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman, front, checks Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, top, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman (38) celebrates with teammates after his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Adrian Kempe scored for Los Angeles, and Darcy Kuemper — coming off shutouts in his last two starts — had 19 saves. The Kings snapped a five-game win streak.
Zuccarello got a pass from Matt Boldy in the left circle, settled the puck and fired it past Kuemper with Marco Rossi screening the goalie to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead. It was hist 100th goal since signing with the Wild in 2019.
Johansson added an empty-netter with 56 seconds left to seal the win.
Kempe gave the Kings a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 4:59 into the game as he scored on a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Kevin Fiala.
Hartman tied it at 1:51 of the second with a power-play goal as he redirected Jared Spurgeon's point shot in the air past Kuemper. That ended the goalie's shutout streak at 176:06.
Kings: Los Angeles fell to 25-7-4 when scoring first and remained one point behind Edmonton for second place in Pacific Division.
Wild: Minnesota won for the second time in six games (2-3-1). The Wild have a firm grip on the first wild card in the Western Conference and pulled four points behind third-place Colorado in Central Division
Gustavsson made a stellar save to snare Drew Doughty's one timer from center point through traffic 2:05 into the third period to keep the score tied 1-1.
The Wild were 2 for 3 on the power play after coming in 2 for 6 over the previous three games.
Kings play at Chicago on Thursday to finish a two-game trip, and Wild host Seattle on Wednesday,
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This version has been corrected to show final score was 3-1 in 1st paragraph.
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper defends his net against the Minnesota Wild during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy, center, passes the puck as Los Angeles Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, left, and Jordan Spence, second from right, defend during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, left, skates with the puck as Minnesota Wild right wing Mats Zuccarello defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson defends the net against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, left, shoots as Minnesota Wild center Devin Shore, right, defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild center Devin Shore, right, and Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, left, compete for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman, front, checks Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, top, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman (38) celebrates with teammates after his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, Monday, March 17, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least seven people were killed after Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight on Sunday, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services.
The attacks, including on the capital, Kyiv, came ahead of ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia in which Ukraine and Russia are expected to hold indirect U.S.-mediated talks on Monday to discuss a pause in long-range attacks targeting energy facilities and civilian infrastructure.
The Ukrainian delegation is expected to meet with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia a day ahead of the indirect talks, Ukraine's President Voldoymyr Zelenskyy said. Ukraine is planning to send technical teams to discuss the details of the partial ceasefire.
Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said he expected “some real progress” at the talks in Saudi Arabia, “particularly as it affects a Black Sea ceasefire on ships between both countries, and from that you’ll naturally gravitate into a full-on shooting ceasefire.”
Asked about concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be looking beyond Ukraine and could press further into Europe, even if Russia is awarded territory within Ukraine now, Witkoff said he has been asked his opinion on what Putin’s motives are on a large scale.
“I simply have said that I just don’t see that he wants to take all of Europe. This is a much different situation than it was in World War II. In World War II there was no NATO. You have countries that are armed there. I take him at his word in this sense. And I think the Europeans are beginning to come to that belief, too. But it sort of doesn’t matter. That’s an academic issue. … The agenda is stop the killing, stop the carnage, let’s end this thing.”
Asked whether he was convinced that Putin wanted peace, Witkoff said: “I feel that he wants peace.”
Russia launched 147 drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 97, and 25 others didn't reach targets due to Ukrainian countermeasures. The attacks struck the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions, as well as the capital, Kyiv.
Three people, including a 5-year-old child, were killed and 10 others were injured in a drone attack on Kyiv, the city’s military administration said. Extended sounds of explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital in the early hours as the air raid blared for over five hours. Russian drones and debris from shot-down drones, which were flying at lower altitudes to evade air defenses, fell on residential buildings.
Residents in Kyiv surveyed the damage done to their homes and neighborhoods on Sunday morning. Many were disparaging of the upcoming ceasefire talks, pointing to the burned out properties destroyed in the drone attack, saying these were more indicative of Russia’s true intentions.
In an old multistory building on Kyiv’s left bank that was damaged in the overnight attack, Dmytro Zapadnya, 37, said he had no faith in Russia upholding any ceasefire agreement.
“There is no point in signing anything (with Russians), because it will not be worth the cost of paper where you put this signature. Well, the only thing that is not very pleasant is that now the United States seems to have little understanding of our situation,” he said.
Elsewhere, four people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Donetsk region, regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin said, including three who died in a strike on the frontline town of Dobropillya.
In a statement on social media, Zelenskyy said attacks such as the one in Kyiv were a daily occurrence for Ukraine.
“This week alone, more than 1,580 guided aerial bombs, almost 1,100 strike drones and 15 missiles of various types were used against our people,” he said. “New solutions are needed, with new pressure on Moscow to stop both these strikes and this war.”
Also on Sunday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it had shot down 59 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 29 over the region of Rostov and 20 more over southwestern Astrakhan. In Rostov, one person was killed and a car caught fire due to the Ukrainian drone attack, according to the area’s temporary governor, Yuri Slyusar.
A woman also died in the Russian border village of Novostroyevka-Pervaya in the Belgorod region when a Ukrainian drone hit a car in which she was traveling.
The driver, the woman’s daughter, was also seriously injured in the attack, said local Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov.
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Associated Press journalist Bela Szandelszky contributed.
A resident cleans up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after Russia's night drone attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Residents clean up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after Russia's night drone attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Residents clean up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after Russia's night drone attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A resident watches as his neighbour cleans up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after a Russian night drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A resident watches as his neighbour cleans up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after a Russia's night drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A resident cleans up the damaged apartment in a multi-storey house after a Russia's night drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire after a drone hit an apartment in a multi-storey building during Russia's drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following a Russian attack in near Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
