Howden, Vegas’ fourth-line center, has made for an unlikely hero in the series now with a pair of game-winning goals. He’s also tied for the team lead with Tomas Hertl with three postseason goals.

Kaprizov became the first player in Wild history with three career multigoal playoff games and the third Wild player to start a postseason with consecutive multipoint games, joining John Klingberg (2023) and Eric Staal, who had a record four assists in the first two games in 2020.

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.