That’s what you need. I thought it was channeling his competitive nature the right way,” Wild coach John Hynes said Monday afternoon.

Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist as the Minnesota Wild took advantage of turnover-prone Vegas and beat the Golden Knights 5-2, tying the first-round playoff series at a game apiece.

The Minnesota Wild dropped Game 1 of the best-of-seven series against the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 Sunday night. It was a grind from start to finish and the difference was Vegas needing only five seconds to score on their first and only full power play opportunity while the Wild sent without a shot on goal on their lone power play.