Minnesota Wild vs Seattle Kraken

Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2026 · Climate Pledge Arena

MinnesotaWildAway

3–2

Final/OT

SOG 34–28

SeattleKrakenHome

FDSNNOX · KHN/Prime · FDSNWI · KONG

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Climate Pledge Arena. The Wild outshot the Kraken 34-28.

Goals came from Ryan Hartman, Brock Faber, Adam Larsson, Matty Beniers and Mats Zuccarello.

Jesper Wallstedt made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MIN	2	0	0	1	3	34
SEA	0	0	2	0	2	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Hartman (11)Kirill Kaprizov (26)1–005:00 MIN
Brock Faber (10)Quinn Hughes (33), Matt Boldy (23)Beniers 1:05 into shift2–015:54 MIN

3rd period

Adam Larsson (3)Vince Dunn (18)2–103:13 SEA
Matty Beniers (8)Jared McCann (7), Vince Dunn (19)2–209:07 SEA · PPG

OT period

Mats Zuccarello (5)Kirill Kaprizov (27), Brock Faber (16)Beniers 1:18 into shift3–202:09 MIN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:18

3–2 · OT 2:09 · Zuccarello. Beniers was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceSEA on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MIN

1st 5:00 · Hartman

Oleksiak 0:36

Fresh legsOleksiak 0:36

2–0 MIN

1st 15:54 · Faber

Long shift: Beniers 1:05

Long shiftBeniers 1:05

2–1 SEA

3rd 3:13 · Larsson

Hughes 0:24

Fresh legsHughes 0:24

2–2 SEA

3rd 9:07 · PP · Beniers

Spurgeon 0:19

Fresh legsSpurgeon 0:19

3–2 MIN

OT 2:09 · Zuccarello

Long shift: Beniers 1:18

Long shiftBeniers 1:18

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MINSEA

34Shots on goal28

40%Faceoff %60%

0/1Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes2

16Hits13

9Blocked shots19

16Giveaways13

6Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 10:06Adam Larsson · high sticking2 min
1st 16:36Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min
3rd 06:49Jake Middleton · tripping2 min
3rd 08:48Yakov Trenin · elbowing2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

97Kirill KaprizovL	0	2	2	+1	4	2	0	0	–	24:44
7Brock FaberD	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	29:09
12Matt BoldyL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	63	20:09
36Mats ZuccarelloR	1	0	1	+2	3	0	2	0	–	18:41
38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	30	18:41
43Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	–	30:13
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	–	12:09
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	80	07:57
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	13:07
18Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	09:04
22Danila YurovR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	28	15:42
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	46	11:21
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	16:18
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:02
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	13:06
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	20:40
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	16:30
48Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:35

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	W	28	26	2	.929	62:09
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Seattle Kraken

Seattle Kraken skaters

29Vince DunnD	0	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	–	25:32
10Matty BeniersC	1	0	1	-2	4	0	2	0	63	19:55
19Jared McCannL	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0	–	18:48
6Adam LarssonD	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	–	23:51
9Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	20:30
12Tye KartyeL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	12:12
20Eeli TolvanenR	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	–	15:08
26Ryan WintertonC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	11:33
27Berkly CattonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	14:04
51Shane WrightC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	11:24
59Ben MeyersC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	58	13:38
63Jacob MelansonR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	12:20
84Kaapo KakkoR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	16:46
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	46	19:54
8Cale FleuryD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	17:32
24Jamie OleksiakD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	16:32
41Ryker EvansD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	–	18:52
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:56

Seattle Kraken goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	O	34	31	3	.912	62:09
35Joey DaccordG		0	0	0	–	00:00