Kaprizov has 4-point night, Wild top Panthers 4-1 to spoil Florida’s home opener

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE, Fla.— 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 29 shots. Wallstedt has been in net for all five of Minnesota s games so far, going 3-1-1 with a .936 save percentage and a stingy goals-against average of just 1.78. 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 minute