Kaprizov’s 3-point game leads the Wild to a 5-2 win over the Golden Knights, tying the series

LAS VEGAS AP Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist Tuesday night as the Minnesota Wild took advantage of turnover-prone Vegas and beat the Golden Knights - tying the first-round playoff series at a contest apiece Championship is Thursday night in St Paul Minnesota This was the Wild s first supremacy over the Golden Knights this season and playoffs Vegas won all three regular-season meetings and then took Event - on Sunday night Minnesota s last regulation triumph before Tuesday occurred March against Washington The Golden Knights last regulation loss was April against Winnipeg Matt Boldy scored his third goal in two games for the Wild and added an assist Marcus Foligno and Mats Zuccarello also scored and Filip Gustavsson stopped shots Kaprizov has two goals and three assists this series Noah Hanifin and Tomas Hertl scored for the Golden Knights and Adin Hill made saves The Golden Knights came out firing taking the first five shots on goal but none got past Gustavsson Minnesota then took charge scoring three goals in the first period Two goals came off Vegas turnovers and another on a puck battle that Ryan Hartman won Another Golden Knights giveaway this one by Shea Theodore led to Kaprizov making the result - nearly four minutes into the second period Vegas came back with a big push and mostly dominated the rest of the way scoring twice and outshooting the Wild - The Golden Knights will hope to build on that with the series shifting to Minnesota and if the end of this battle was any indication it could get testy Several scrums broke out with left though the referees didn t penalize either side Kaprizov scored an empty-netter from nearly feet with left to end any lingering doubts AP NHL playoffs https apnews com hub stanley-cup and https apnews com hub nhl Source