With something closely resembling their full lineup in place for the first time this season, the Minnesota Wild offered a vision of the team they can be, when everything is clicking, Friday on Long Island.

Leading start to finish, the Wild won for the third time in four games this month, pulling away from the New York Islanders for a 5-2 victory at UBS Arena.

Along the way, the Wild put the game to bed in the third period on a highlight reel back-and-forth passing play between reunited linemates Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello to give Minnesota a three-goal lead late.

Zuccarello, playing for the first time this season after returning from a lower-body injury, wasted no time making his presence felt. Less than two minutes into the game, he hit Ryan Hartman with a long lead pass that

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