LAS VEGAS — Kirill Kaprizov had two targets and an help Tuesday evening because the Minnesota Wild took benefit of turnover-prone Vegas and beat the Golden Knights 5-2, tying the first-round playoff collection at a recreation apiece.
Sport 3 is Thursday evening in St. Paul, Minn.
This was the Wild’s first victory over the Golden Knights this season and playoffs. Vegas gained all three regular-season conferences after which took Sport 1 4-2 on Sunday evening.
Minnesota’s final regulation victory — earlier than Tuesday — occurred March 27 towards Washington. The Golden Knights’ final regulation loss was April 3 towards Winnipeg.
Matt Boldy scored his third objective in two video games for the Wild and added an help. Marcus Foligno and Mats Zuccarello additionally scored and Filip Gustavsson stopped 29 pictures. Kaprizov has two targets and three assists this collection.
Noah Hanifin and Tomas Hertl scored for the Golden Knights and Adin Hill made 12 saves.
The Golden Knights got here out firing, taking the primary 5 pictures on objective, however none obtained previous Gustavsson. Minnesota then took cost, scoring three targets within the first interval. Two targets got here off Vegas turnovers and one other on a puck battle that Ryan Hartman gained.
One other Golden Knights giveaway, this one by Shea Theodore, led to Kaprizov making the rating 4-0 practically 4 minutes into the second interval.
Vegas got here again with a giant push and largely dominated the remainder of the way in which, scoring twice and outshooting the Wild 22-5. The Golden Knights will hope to construct on that with the collection shifting to Minnesota, and if the top of this recreation was any indication, it might get testy.
A number of scrums broke out with 4:38 left, although the referees did not penalize both facet.
Kaprizov scored an empty-netter from practically 200 toes with 2:26 left to finish any lingering doubts.
