

During his KHL career, Kaprizov was selected to five KHL All-Star Games in each year from 2016 to 2020. However, he and the rest of CSKA team were awarded the title of KHL champions based on regular standings.
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In the postseason, Kaprizov posted four points in CSKA's first-round series sweep against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod before the KHL cancelled its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He registered his 100th career goal on 15 October 2019, becoming the youngest player in KHL history to do so, at 22 years, 172 days old. He played in the 20 Gagarin Cup finals, winning the latter.ĭuring his final season under contract with CSKA in 2019–20, Kaprizov set career-high marks with 33 goals (ranked 1 in the KHL), 29 assists, and 62 points (ranked 3 in the KHL) and tied his career best in games-played with 57. He would play one season for Ufa, totaling 42 points in 49 games before being traded to CSKA Moscow in 2017 in exchange for monetary compensation. On, he was traded to Salavat Yulaev Ufa. On 21 August 2015, Kaprizov was signed to a three-year contract extension to remain with Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Kaprizov made his Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut playing with his hometown club, Metallurg Novokuznetsk, during the 2014–15 KHL season, after being drafted first overall in the 2014 KHL Junior Draft.

Kaprizov playing for Metallurg Novokuznetsk against Dinamo Minsk in 2015.
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Kaprizov played in the Metallurg Novokuznetsk hockey school from a young age, progressing to the Kuznetskie Medvedi junior team before beginning his professional career with the senior team in 2014. He began playing hockey at age four, traveling daily between his village and downtown Novokuzentsk for practice, before eventually moving to the city to further his hockey career. Kaprizov grew up in a small village about 60 miles (97 km) outside Novokuznetsk. Fans have nicknamed him "Dollar Bill Kirill" and "Kirill the Thrill". Kaprizov won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 2021, becoming the first Wild player to win the award. Before joining the Wild, Kaprizov played for Metallurg Novokuznetsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa and CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kirill Olegovich Kaprizov ( Russian: Кирилл Олегович Капризов born 26 April 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kaprizov with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in 2015
