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Danila Yurov also scored, Joel Eriksson Ek also had two assists
and Jesper Wallstedt made 21 saves for Minnesota, which has won
three of four.
Dylan Holloway scored with 15 seconds left for St. Louis after
Robert Thomas scored with 4 minutes remaining. Jonatan Berggren
and Mason McTavish also had goals.
From near the left dot, Boldy hammered home a no-look backhand
pass by Kaprizov for a 5-2 lead late in the second period,
leading to hats aplenty landing on the ice.
Boldy, who scored on a one-timer in the first period and off a
turnover earlier in the second period, is the third-fastest
active American skater to record five hat tricks, doing so in
369 games. Only Tage Thompson of Buffalo (279 games) and Jason
Robertson of Dallas (363) were quicker.
The top-line trio of Boldy, Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek has 12
goals in the past four games. Boldy has five, as does Kaprizov,
including a hat trick last Saturday at Florida and both goals in
Tuesday’s 5-2 loss at Winnipeg.
Hughes, who fed Boldy for his first goal, is the third
defenseman in NHL history to open a season with an assist streak
of at least eight games. Colorado’s John-Michael Liles has the
record at nine in 2010-11, and Ottawa’s Filip Kuba also had
eight in 2008-09.
Joel Hofer made 33 saves for the Blues.
St. Louis played without Pavel Buchnevich. The left wing, who
had three assists in Tuesday’s 7-2 win over Ottawa, returned
home for the birth of his child.
Up next
Blues: At Nashville on Saturday.
Wild: Host Columbus on Sunday.
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