Minnesota could have split up Kaprizov and Boldy for scoring-depth purposes, but they've been fantastic together.

Everything pointed to Matt Boldy being a big-game performer. The COVID pandemic didn't leave much room for Boldy to shine in high-stakes games at Boston College, but he was a huge part of Team USA winning a Gold Medal at the 2021 World Junior Championship.

Boldy has three goals in the first two games of the Wild’s playoff series against Vegas, including one brilliantly set up by Kirill Kaprizov.

The Wild stars put on another show on Thursday night in Game 3, as each recorded two points and helped chase Adin Hill from Vegas’ net by the start of the third period during a 5-2 victory that had fans inside Xcel Energy Center screaming, dancing and waving towels all night.

What a night it was for the State of Hockey. The Wild got out to an early lead in front of their home crowd against the Golden Knights and never relinquished it. Kristina Rutherford has the takeaways from Minnesota's Game 3 victory.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals for the second straight game, and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 in Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday.