Kaprizov, Wild edge Lightning, extend season-opening point streak to 7

Kaprizov, Wild edge Lightning, extend season-opening point streak to 7

Forward has 2 goals, assist for 4th straight multipoint game; Minnesota wins 4th in row

MIN at TBL | Recap

TAMPA — Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist for his fourth straight multipoint game, and the Minnesota Wild extended their season-opening point streak to seven games with a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Thursday.

Matt Boldy scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and had an assist for the Wild (5-0-2), who matched their longest point streak to open a season (2008-2009). Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves.

Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning (4-3-0), who have lost three of four. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 14 saves.

Kaprizov gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead at 6:23 of the first period when he scored on a one-timer that beat Vasilevskiy short side off a cross-ice pass from Marco Rossi.

Hagel tied it 1-1 at 8:55 of the second period with a short-handed goal on a shot past Fleury from above the hash marks.

Kucherov put the Lightning ahead 2-1 at 11:31 on a one-timer off a pass from Nick Paul.

Joel Eriksson Ek tied it 2-2 at 18:22, burying it from the low slot.

Boldy gave the Wild a 3-2 lead with a power-play goal 54 seconds into the third period, a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Mats Zuccarello.

Kaprizov scored an empty-net goal at 19:26 for the 4-2 final.