{"id":424615,"date":"2026-10-11T03:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424615\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:18:11","slug":"kirill-kaprizovs-hat-trick-powers-wild-past-panthers-4-1-in-floridas-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424615\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirill Kaprizov’s hat trick powers Wild past Panthers 4-1 in Florida’s home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirill Kaprizov had three goals and an assist, Matt Boldy scored his first goal of the season in the game’s first minute, and the Minnesota Wild spoiled Florida’s home opener by beating the Panthers 4-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt continued his hot start, stopping 28 shots. Wallstedt has been in net for all five of Minnesota’s games so far, going 3-1-1 with a .935 save percentage and a stingy goals-against average of just 1.79.<\/p>\n

Boldy gave the Wild the lead 53 seconds into the game. Kaprizov made it 2-0 with 13:42 left in the opening period, added his second 5 minutes into the middle frame, and finished his hat trick on an empty-netter with 1:04 left.<\/p>\n

Matthew Tkachuk had the goal for Florida (2-1-2), putting home his own rebound for his team-leading third score of the season. The Panthers \u2014 who are without Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand \u2014 have just nine goals in the season’s first five games and have led for a total of 8 minutes, 40 seconds in that span.<\/p>\n

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

Brady Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers skates for possession against Olli Maatta of the Minnesota Wild at the Amerant Bank Arena on Oct. 10, 2026, in Sunrise, Florida.<\/p>\n

Eliot J. Schechter\/NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jacob Markstrom stopped 25 shots for Florida. The Panthers were 0 for 5 on the power play and are now 1 for 28 with the man advantage to start this season.<\/p>\n

The Wild improved to 42-5-2 all-time when Kaprizov has at least three points. He’s done it 49 times for the Wild, by far the most in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Florida was the last team to play its home opener this season. Each of the first five Panthers games was a home opener; Carolina, San Jose, Anaheim, and Los Angeles all began their home schedules with games against Florida.<\/p>\n

The game was the 807th for Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad, breaking a tie with Barkov for the most by a Panthers player.<\/p>\n

Wild: Host Vegas on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Panthers: Visit Buffalo on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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