This wasn’t the way many envisioned this series shaking out. The play of Minnesota Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov and the rest of the youngsters have the State of Hockey believing.

Kirill Kaprizov missed half of the regular season with a lingering lower-body injury that kept him out until just before the NHL playoffs began as the Minnesota Wild barely got in.He's fully recovered now.

It always feels good when you win games,” Kirill Kaprizov said. “We don’t care now who scored and who have how many points and whatever, you just want to win games. Just