Kaprizov became the first player in Wild history with three career multigoal playoff games and the third Wild player to start a postseason with consecutive multipoint games, joining John Klingberg (2023) and Eric Staal, who had a record four assists in the first two games in 2020.

If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason.

The Vegas Golden Knights were all out of sorts Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, and suffered a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild as a result of the off night. ..