Kaprizov moved into second in the NHL with 24 points, behind Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon (25 points).
Matt Boldy scored twice for the Wild (9-2-2), who have won four of five. Zach Bogosian, Mats Zuccarello, and Jonas Brodin also scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves.
Macklin Celebrini scored two goals and Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves for the Sharks (4-9-2).
Wild forward Matt Boldy (12) attempts to knock the puck away from Sharks Maklin Celebrini (71) – Photo by Jack Lima
Celebrini, the No. 1 pick of the 2024 NHL Draft, was playing his second game after missing 12 games when he re-aggravated a hip injury in the season opener. He has four points and three goals in three games.
Bogosian sent a wrist shot from the right point that deflected off San Jose’s Will Smith’s skate and past Vanecek’s blocker to give the Wild a 1-0 lead 2:22 into the first period.
Joel Eriksson Ek’s score at 1:01 of the second period was waved off for offsides following a San Jose challenge.
Sharks goalie Vitek Vanecek makes a blocker save in traffic of Timothy Liljegren (37) and Marat Khusnutdinov (22) – Photo by Jack Lima
Celebrini took a pass from Mikael Granlund in the slot and shoveled the puck into an open net to make it a 1-1 game at 4:36 of the second period.
Zuccarello gave the Wild a 2-1 lead at 8:01 after Kaprizov fed a spinning, no-look pass across the net mouth.
The Sharks again won an offside challenge after Ryan Hartman’s deflection at 10:37 was waved off.
With Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury out of position defenseman Zach Bogosian (24) saves a goal by knocking the puck away from a wide-open Tyler Toffoli (73) – Photo by Jack Lima
Boldy gave the Wild a 3-1 lead with a power-play goal at 13:26 with a shot over Vanecek’s glove from the right circle.
Brodin walked the blue line before taking a slap shot that got past Vanecek’s glove at 6:02 of the third period to give the Wild a 4-1 lead.
Celebrini beat Fleury over the glove with a wrist shot from the high slot at 16:08 to make it a 4-2 game.
Boldy skated the puck into the net for the empty-net goal at 18:25 to make the 5-2 final.
Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stops a shot by Tyler Toffoli (73) – Photo by Jack Lima
Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury make a chest save during second period action – Photo by Jack Lima
Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury dives to knock the puck away from Fabian Zetterlund (20) – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks Maklin Celebrini (right) scores his first of two goals on the night as he scores past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks Maklin Celebrini (71) and Wild Marco Rossi (23) fight for the loose puck – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks Jan Rutta (84) and Ty Dellandrea (on ice) battle Marcus Johansson (90) for position in front of the net – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks goalie Vitek Vanecek stops a shot from Kirill Kaprizov – Photo by Jack Lima