The Tampa Bay Lightning saw their three-game winning streak come to a close in Minnesota on Friday.
Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals in the third period and finished with a game-high three points to help the host Wild to a 5-3 victory at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul. Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 17 saves.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
TBL 1, COL 0
19:15 Brayden Point (7) - Victor Hedman, Brandon Hagel - PP
Tampa Bay claimed a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal from Brayden Point, who found a rebound in front of the Minnesota net after a Victor Hedman point shot in the final minute of the first period.
Shots: TBL 15, MIN 6
2nd Period
TBL 1, MIN 1
00:47 Eriksson Ek (5) - Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello
The Wild tied the game less than a minute into the second period. Kirill Kaprizov skated through the left faceoff circle before feeding Joel Eriksson Ek for a one-timer at the right circle.
Shots: TBL 7, MIN 7
3rd Period
MIN 2, TBL 1
2:41 Brock Faber (2) - Jake Middleton, Jakub Lauko
Minnesota claimed its first lead of the game in the earlygoing of the second period. Defenseman Brock Faber sent a snap shot from above the circles.
TBL 2, MIN 2
6:23 Jake Guentzel (5) - Hedman, Nikita Kucherov - PP
Forward Jake Guentzel tied the game on the second power-play goal of the night for Tampa Bay. Guentzel took a pass from Hedman at the left faceoff dot before ripping a shot through Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson.
MIN 3, TBL 2
14:37 Kaprizov (6) - Marco Rossi, Zuccarello
Kaprizov crashed the net and found a bouncing puck, putting it into the net to regain Minnesota's lead.
MIN 4, TBL 2
16:57 Matt Boldy (5) - EN
Forward Matt Boldy scored on an empty-net goal from center ice with just over three minutes remaining.
MIN 4, TBL 3
17:34 Nick Paul (4) - Ryan McDonagh, Erik Cernak
Lightning forward Nick Paul banged home a bouncing puck in front of the Minnesota net to get Tampa Bay back within a goal of the Wild late.
MIN 5, TBL 3
19:29 Kaprizov (7) - Frederick Gaudreau - EN
Kaprizov scored his third point of the night, closing the scoring on Friday with an empty-net goal.
Total shots: TBL 30, MIN 20
