In the third period, Kaprizov scored his first goal of the season when he deflected in a Marco Rossi shot at 1:41; Zuccarello didn’t pick up an assist on the play, but he was key to the goal — tying up the Kraken’s lone defenseman in front of the net in Larsson.
But just 1:06 later, Seattle responded on an uncontested one-timer by Tye Kartye from inside the left faceoff circle.
Cue Ryan Hartman, who was elevated in the lineup to fill Eriksson Ek’s vacancy. He took advantage of the promotion by burying his sixth shot of the game when he accepted a no-look, behind-the-net drop pass from Matt Boldy and wired the puck over goalie Joey Daccord’s glove at 12:33.
Johansson, Eriksson Ek and Boldy led the Wild to a season-opening, 3-2 win over Columbus on Thursday, but the first line rebounded from a tepid debut to set an early tone for the Wild.
At 9:22 of the first, Zuccarello one-timed a behind-the-net Kaprizov pass by Daccord (33 saves) for his second goal of the season and the 200th of his career.
On the Wild’s first power play, they almost doubled their lead, as Kaprizov kept winding up from one-timers on the right side that just missed. His best shot, however, came from the middle, a blistering wrister that Daccord got a piece of to keep out.
