In the building where it all started for Kirill Kaprizov, the Minnesota Wild relied on the scoring touch of their depth players to earn the 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings. It wasn’t pretty but they got the job done in the end.
We might have been used to season-opening matches at Staples Center to involve last-minute equalizers and Kaprizov notching milestone goals in overtime to put the entire win on his shoulders, but this was a game with a very different story; one that might speak volumes for how this Wild team plans to win more games this season.