BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Washington Capitals after Kirill Marchenko's hat trick against the Carolina Hurricanes in the Blue Jackets' 4-3 shootout win.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-hockey/columbus-visits-washington-after-marchenkos-hat-trick-6343792

Emil Bemstrom and Kirill Marchenko scored for the Blue Jackets.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-hockey/sabres-make-it-6-straight-with-ot-victory-vs-bruins-6315379

From savvy passes to a take-your-pick selection of highlight-reel goals, Kirill Kaprizov has been showcasing his unique talent ever since he debuted with the Wild two years ago.

Source: https://m.startribune.com/kirill-kaprizovs-natural-hat-trick-rallies-wild-to-3-2-overtime-victory-over-columbus/600254589/

Kings left wing Trevor Moore, right, skates past Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Kirill Marchenko during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/16/sizzling-kings-use-another-big-2nd-period-to-top-blue-jackets/

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Brandon Duhaime added a goal for Minnesota, which won in regulation for the first time in 13 games since Jan.

Source: https://wtop.com/sports/2023/02/rantanen-scores-late-in-overtime-avalanche-beat-oilers-6-5/

Kirill was joined on Thursday by an unlikely ally in calling for a unilateral ceasefire: radical Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2023/01/05/putin-orders-orthodox-christmas-truce-ukraine-appears-reject/

March 12 (UPI) -- Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has blasted Ukrainian officials for ordering a Russian-aligned church to leave a Kyiv monastery.

Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2023/03/12/On-This-Day-Kidnapped-teen-Elizabeth-Smart-found-alive-in-Utah/1161678551488/

Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov, and Freddy Gaudreau all converted in the shootout, while Marc-Andre Fleury made a big save that proved to be the difference.

Source: https://www.twincities.com/2023/01/28/wild-close-out-hockey-day-minnesota-with-shootout-win-over-sabres/

Patriarch Kirill is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and has strongly backed the war in Ukraine, in which tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions more driven from their homes.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/25/patriarch-says-russians-who-dont-serve-country-are-internal-enemies/

Should this criminalisation of feminism be passed into law, it will be another coup for Patriarch Kirill and his ‘family values’.

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/04/putins-feminist-crackdown-wont-crush-the-spirit-of-russias-women/

Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson scores against Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo as Kirill Marchenko defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Friday, January 27, 2023.

Source: https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/columbus-blue-jackets-5-2-win

“We didn’t believe it to the last moment,” said Kirill, 31, who wore a Wagner hat and said he had a relationship with the mercenary group but was not a soldier.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-memorial-russia.html