Kirill Kaprizov's hat trick powers Wild past Panthers 4-1 in Florida's home opener

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.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.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.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 who are without Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand 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.Brady T