Boldy leads Wild past Kraken

(St. Paul, MN) -- Matt Boldy had a hat trick for the second time in the last five games to lead the Wild past the Seattle Kraken 5-1 in St. Paul. Boldy scored two of his goals in the second period before lighting the lamp for a third time in the first minute of the third.

Jake Middleton and Ryan Hartman also scored for Minnesota, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 35 shots in the victory. The Wild are in first-place in the Central Division with 95 points and a 43-22-9 record.

Minnesota visits second-place Colorado on Wednesday, March 29 in front of a nationally televised audience on TNT.