Postgame Hat Trick: Wild 3, Kings 1

Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Friday night:

1. The Wild put together one of its finest periods in a long, long time on Friday night.
All that talk about teams struggling in the first game back after a long road trip? Forget it. Minnesota steamrolled Los Angeles in the opening 20, building a 3-0 lead by scoring three goals in a span of just 3 minutes, 3 seconds.
It was quite the welcome home for Minnesota, which was playing on friendly ice for the first time since Jan. 31, a span of 26 days.
The two teams spent the first 10 minutes or so feeling each other out a bit, but not long after that halfway point of the first, something began to click for Minnesota.
That something was Kirill Kaprizov, who will find himself yet again on the highlight shows all day tomorrow with the goal he scored to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.
With Drew Doughty draped all over him, Kaprizov had a shot from the goal line that hit the side of the net and rolled back to him. He gathered it in and went to try a wraparound, getting hauled down by Doughty in the process.
It didn't matter.
As he was falling Kaprizov swept the puck past Jonathan Quick for his fifth goal of the season.
Ignition sequence, engaged.

Just 1:58 later, Ryan Suter's dump-in bounced off the end wall and came right back into the slot. Quick wasn't ready for it, but Nick Bjugstad was, standing all alone on top of the crease, he swept a backhander over Quick and into the net for his third of the season and 100th of his NHL career.
Only 64 seconds passed until it was 3-0, when the Wild pummeled the Kings net with shots, with Quick stopping each one, until a rebound came to Joel Eriksson Ek in the slot. Finally, he sniped the top half of the net for his seventh goal, one off his career high.

Minnesota outshot Los Angeles 16-7 and hemmed in the Kings for the final minute of the period again, but didn't capitalize. The Wild dominated every facet of the period and could have easily gone to the dressing room up five or six goals if not for a handful of grade-A saves by Quick.
Impressive stuff.
2. Kaprizov and Zuccarello keep streaking.
Kaprizov's goal extended his consecutive games with at least a point to four games. He had several other near misses, and played a spectacular game once again.

Zuccarello assisted on the goal, running his points streak to five games, a new career high for the veteran winger. The goal did snap a streak of three consecutive games where Zuccarello had scored the Wild's first goal, but hey, he still figured into the scoring on it.
3. Scoring from everywhere.
Much has been made about the Wild's getting offense from virtually everyone in the lineup during its current winning streak.
Look no further than the first period.
Kaprizov gets Minnesota's red-hot "top" line on the board, with an assist credited to Zuccarello.
Bjugstad gets the Wild's "fourth" line in on the action by scoring a greasy one. Still, they don't ask how.
Then Eriksson Ek finishes off a heck of a shift by the team's "second" line, getting assists from linemates Kevin Fiala and Jordan Greenway.
As long as the Wild is getting the kind of offensive production that it is from all of its forward lines (three defensemen also had at least a point on Friday), Minnesota is going to be a tough team to beat.