One thousand games into his NHL career, Marcus Johansson is playing some of his best hockey, extending his career-best points streak to nine games in the Minnesota Wild’s 2-0 victory over Calgary on Sunday at Grand Casino Arena.

Even better, the Wild are finally stringing some wins together.

Johansson had the first assist on Matt Boldy’s go-ahead goal late in the second period, and Kirill Kaprizov skated in an empty netter with 50 seconds left as the Wild improved to 4-1-0 in November.

Johansson has six goals and 15 points and is a team-best plus-4 and going 5-6–11 in his past nine games.

“I mean, it’s fun, obviously, but what makes it better is winning,” Johansson said. “That’s always No. 1. You can enjoy it a little bit more, and everyone’s happy and smiling. So, that’s the main thin

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