PITTSBURGH – The night before Halloween, the Wild lost a disheartening home game versus Pittsburgh, finishing October with three wins in their first 12 games.

A clear sign of their ongoing November resurgence came Friday night in Pittsburgh, where Minnesota dominated those same Penguins on both ends of the ice, winning 5-0 and running their record to 8-1-1 in the season’s second month.

Matt Boldy had a pair of goals and an assist for the Wild, who got 19 saves from Filip Gustavsson and improved to 11-7-4 overall this season. Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each added a goal and assist for Minnesota. It was the Wild’s most dominant performance since a 5-0 win in St. Louis on the opening night of the regular season.

For Kaprizov, it was nothing new, as he now has at least a point in

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