If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota's top line likely will be the reason.
They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of this series, which is 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 on Thursday night. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday night.
Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games and Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet.
"I think the biggest thing with our line is just getting pucks back, forechecking hard, hanging on to pucks," Boldy said. "When you can do that and you can stay in the zone and get second, third chances ... it's hard. As a defender, when you're out there with guys like that, you end up being in the zone for a while."
It's a line that was put together the second-to-last game of the regular season, largely because of injuries. Kaprizov missed 41 games this season and Eriksson Ek was out for 36.