Boldy scores twice, Kaprizov has three assists in Wild's 5-2 win over Sharks

Matt Boldy had 2 goals, Kirill Kaprizov recorded 3 assists and nan Wild hit nan Sharks 5-2

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Matt Boldy had 2 goals, Kirill Kaprizov recorded 3 assists and nan Wild hit nan Sharks 5-2 connected Thursday night.

Mats Zuccarello’s extremity put nan Wild up 2-1 successful nan 2nd period, group up by a no-look walk done aggregate defenders by Kaprizov. Kaprizov entered nan nighttime sixth successful nan convention pinch 17 assists.

Boldy scored connected nan powerfulness play successful nan 2nd to double Minnesota’s lead, and Jonas Brodin made it 4-1 pinch a slap changeable from nan constituent successful nan third. Boldy added an empty-net extremity pinch 1:35 remaining.

Zach Bogosian put nan Wild up 1-0 successful nan first.

Macklin Celebrini, nan apical prime successful nan 2024 NHL draft, scored some goals for nan Sharks.

Celebrini tied nan crippled early successful nan 2nd for nan Sharks, and he scored again successful nan 3rd period. His 2 goals marked a statistical novelty, arsenic Celebrini, nan NHL's youngest player, scored connected Marc-Andre Fleury, nan league's oldest player.

Fleury, playing successful his 1,029th profession game, had 24 saves and tied Patrick Roy for third-most games played successful NHL history among goaltenders.

Wild: Boldy’s extremity snapped an 0 for 17 streak connected nan powerfulness play for Minnesota, which rebounded from a 5-1 conclusion to nan Kings connected Tuesday.

Sharks: Celebrini has 3 goals successful his first 3 NHL games. In his 2nd crippled since coming backmost from a hep injury, Celebrini had a team-high 7 shots and recorded nan 2nd multi-point crippled of his young career.

Celebrini energized nan Sharks pinch his game-tying extremity early successful nan 2nd period, but Kaprizov’s assistance connected Zuccarello’s extremity minutes later gave nan Wild nan lead and momentum back.

The Wild play nan Ducks connected nan roadworthy connected Friday, while nan Sharks statesman a four-game travel against nan Devils connected Sunday.

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