Recap
Kirill Kaprizov hat trick powers Wild past Panthers 4-1
Kirill Kaprizov scored three goals and added an assist as the Minnesota Wild beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Saturday night at Amerant Bank Arena. Matt Boldy opened the scoring at 0:53 of the first period with his first of the season, and Kaprizov made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 6:18 of the first.
Matthew Tkachuk got Florida within one with an unassisted goal at 2:18 of the second, but Kaprizov answered at 5:00 to restore the two-goal lead. He completed his hat trick with an empty-net goal at 18:56 of the third. The Wild never trailed.
Boldy finished with a goal and an assist, while Jesper Wallstedt stopped 29 of 30 shots for the win. Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves in the loss for the Panthers, who outshot the Wild 30-29 but went 0 for 5 on the power play. Kaprizov, Boldy and Tkachuk were named the three stars.
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