LAS VEGAS — Kirill Kaprizov had two targets and an help Tuesday night time because the Minnesota Wild took benefit of turnover-prone Vegas and beat the Golden Knights 5-2, tying the first-round playoff sequence at a recreation apiece.

Sport 3 is Thursday night time in St. Paul, Minn.

This was the Wild’s first victory over the Golden Knights this season and playoffs. Vegas received all three regular-season conferences after which took Sport 1 4-2 on Sunday night time.

Minnesota’s final regulation victory — earlier than Tuesday — occurred March 27 in opposition to Washington. The Golden Knights’ final regulation loss was April 3 in opposition to Winnipeg.

Matt Boldy scored his third aim in two video games for the Wild and added an help. Marcus Foligno and Mats Zuccarello additionally scored and Filip Gustavsson stopped 29 pictures. Kaprizov has two targets and three assists this sequence.

Noah Hanifin and Tomas Hertl scored for the Golden Knights and Adin Hill made 12 saves.

The Golden Knights got here out firing, taking the primary 5 pictures on aim, however none obtained previous Gustavsson. Minnesota then took cost, scoring three targets within the first interval. Two targets got here off Vegas turnovers and one other on a puck battle that Ryan Hartman received.

One other Golden Knights giveaway, this one by Shea Theodore, led to Kaprizov making the rating 4-0 almost 4 minutes into the second interval.

Vegas got here again with a giant push and principally dominated the remainder of the way in which, scoring twice and outshooting the Wild 22-5. The Golden Knights will hope to construct on that with the sequence shifting to Minnesota, and if the tip of this recreation was any indication, it may get testy.

A number of scrums broke out with 4:38 left, although the referees did not penalize both facet.

Kaprizov scored an empty-netter from almost 200 ft with 2:26 left to finish any lingering doubts.