Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

2 – 3

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. John Carlson scored twice. Dennis Hildeby made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	2	0	2	36
TBL	2	1	0	3	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:26	TBL	EV	Anthony Cirelli (1) · tip-in	Erik Cernak (1), Brandon Hagel (3)	0–1
1st	06:02	TBL	EV	John Carlson (1) · wrist	Nikita Kucherov (4), Brayden Point (2)	0–2
2nd	02:32	MIN	EV	Quinn Hughes (2) · wrist	Bobby Brink (3), Jared Spurgeon (3)	1–2
2nd	04:55	TBL	PP	John Carlson (2) · slap	Nikita Kucherov (5), Jake Guentzel (3)	1–3
2nd	14:01	MIN	PP	Blake Coleman (2) · wrist	Kirill Kaprizov (1), Quinn Hughes (4)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:34	MIN	Jonas Brodin	interference	2
2nd	04:02	MIN	Michael McCarron	holding	2
2nd	08:11	TBL	Max Crozier	hooking	2
2nd	12:27	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	high sticking	2
2nd	14:52	MIN	Zach Bogosian	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 3.55 · TBL 3.88 · xG% MIN 47.8

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Quinn Hughes	D	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0		32:36	22
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	5		24:54	26
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1		23:07	19
20	Blake Coleman	L	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0		14:20	17
10	Bobby Brink	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		12:01	15
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		23:00	26
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4		22:14	20
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	52.4	21:16	20
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1		19:29	26
49	Maxim Shabanov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		16:36	15
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		12:47	14
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	66.7	11:23	15
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	11:15	14
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	80.0	10:56	13
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		10:54	13
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	62.5	10:50	12
48	Daemon Hunt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:03	15
82	David Spacek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		8:23	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Jesper Wallstedt	L	35	32	3	.914	59:03

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0		20:55	19
74	John Carlson	D	2	0	2	0	0	9	2	3		16:48	19
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		22:55	21
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		21:12	22
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		19:32	24
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	42.9	19:25	21
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	63.6	17:34	19
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4		21:02	22
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		17:16	19
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		16:12	18
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		16:04	15
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:08	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	45.5	14:26	18
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		14:02	16
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		13:21	17
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12:04	16
94	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	14.3	10:30	13
25	Jeffrey Viel	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		8:23	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Dennis Hildeby	W	36	34	2	.944	59:37