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Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Grand Casino Arena

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Final

SOG 27–30

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Recap

Kaprizov scores twice as Wild rally past Bruins

The Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena. Tanner Jeannot put Boston ahead 1:53 into the first period with his first goal of the season, assisted by Mark Kastelic and Connor Clifton, but Minnesota answered with four unanswered goals to improve to 2-0-0.

Kirill Kaprizov tied it on the power play at 6:11 of the second, and Quinn Hughes gave the Wild the lead for good at 12:28, also on the power play. Jared Spurgeon made it 3-1 early in the third before Kaprizov iced it with an empty-netter at 18:59. Minnesota went 2 for 3 on the power play while the Bruins finished 0 for 3, and the Wild outshot Boston 30-27.

Kaprizov finished with two goals and Hughes had a goal and an assist. Jesper Wallstedt earned first-star honors with 26 saves on 27 shots, while Michael DiPietro took the loss with 26 saves for Boston.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS100127
Minnesota WildMIN022430

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJesper WallstedtMIN · .963 SV%
  2. ★2nd starQuinn HughesMIN · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJonas BrodinMIN · 0G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
GoalBOS on iceMIN on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 1:53 · Jeannot

Hartman 0:24

1–1 MIN

2nd 6:11 · PP · Kaprizov

Kuraly 0:15

1–2 MIN

2nd 12:28 · PP · Hughes

Zadorov 0:07

1–3 MIN

3rd 3:24 · Spurgeon

Kastelic 0:37

1–4 MIN

3rd 18:59 · EN · Kaprizov

Khusnutdinov 0:48

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

BOSMIN
27Shots on goal30
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits14
13Blocked shots11
24Giveaways20
4Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 2nd 03:15Ryan Hartman · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 05:14Casey Mittelstadt · interference2 min
  • 2nd 10:21Nikita Zadorov · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 10:29Connor Clifton · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 08:49Daemon Hunt · delaying game2 min
  • 3rd 11:26Jared Spurgeon · tripping2 min

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