from Sarah McLellan of the Star Tribune,

Kirill Kaprizov was still in Russia, Jordan Greenway was a rookie who left college earlier in the year and Marc-Andre Fleury was backstopping Vegas.

That's how long it had been since the Wild won in St. Louis.

But this drought finally ended and from a downpour, a 5-1 clinic by the Wild on Friday night in Game 3 at Enterprise Center to earn a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven and reclaim home-ice advantage in the first-round series.

"It's good to get a win here, get some confidence," Mats Zuccarello said. "At the same time, this game is over. You're looking towards the next one."

Kaprizov scored his team-leading fourth goal, Greenway ignited the offense with a record-setter and Fleury stopped 29 shots to tie Grant Fuhr for the third-most playoff victories at 92.

As for the Wild, the team improved to 8-7 overall in Game 3s and 2-2 when on the road while picking up its first victory at St. Louis since Nov. 11, 2018, and end a seven-game losing streak. Game 4 is Sunday afternoon.

"We don't remember what's happened," coach Dean Evason said. "Today we had success. We have to build for the next game. I don't remember anything else."

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