Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy each scored to continue their torrid starts to the season, and the Minnesota Wild escaped with a 4-3 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

Jared Spurgeon also scored and Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists for Minnesota, which earned its first home victory of the season. Kaprizov and Boldy both have three goals through the team's three games. Marco Rossi netted the lone goal of the four-round shootout.

Quinton Byfield and Adrian Kempe each had a goal and an assist while Kevin Fiala also scored for Los Angeles, which picked up one point in the standings by wiping out a 3-0 third-period deficit and sending the game to overtime.

Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt stopped 31 shots to earn the win in his season debut.

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