Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena
MINNHL · Wild+ · The Spot
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Thursday, October 8, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Wild outshot the Lightning 36-35.
John Carlson scored twice. Anthony Cirelli, Quinn Hughes and Blake Coleman also scored.
Dennis Hildeby made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anthony Cirelli (1)Erik Cernak (1), Brandon Hagel (3)Hughes 1:44 into shift0–105:26 TBL
John Carlson (1)Nikita Kucherov (4), Brayden Point (2)0–206:02 TBL
2nd period
Quinn Hughes (2)Bobby Brink (3), Jared Spurgeon (3)Hagel 1:47 into shift1–202:32 MIN- John Carlson (2)Nikita Kucherov (5), Jake Guentzel (3)1–304:55 TBL · PPG
Blake Coleman (2)Kirill Kaprizov (1), Quinn Hughes (4)2–314:01 MIN · PPG
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–2 · 2nd 2:32 · Hughes. TBL stayed on through an icing. Hagel was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 TBL
1st 5:26 · Cirelli
Stuck out there: Hughes 1:44
0–2 TBL
1st 6:02 · Carlson
McCarron 0:36
1–2 MIN
2nd 2:32 · Hughes
Stuck out there: Hagel 1:47
1–3 TBL
2nd 4:55 · PP · Carlson
Spurgeon 0:53
2–3 MIN
2nd 14:01 · PP · Coleman
Hedman 0:40
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 12:34
Jonas Brodin · interference2 min - 2nd 04:02Michael McCarron · holding2 min
- 2nd 08:11
Max Crozier · hooking2 min - 2nd 12:27Pontus Holmberg · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:52Zach Bogosian · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 43Quinn HughesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 32:36 |
| 10Bobby BrinkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 20Blake ColemanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14:20 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:07 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:54 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:14 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:16 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 22Danila YurovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 47Michael McCarronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 49Maxim ShabanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 78Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:29 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 48Daemon HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 82David SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jesper WallstedtG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:03 |
| 31Calvin PickardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16:48 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:55 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:25 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 25Jeffrey VielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:23 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 29Pontus HolmbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 94Conor GeekieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:30 |
| 95Ilya MikheyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 24Max CrozierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dennis HildebyG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 59:37 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |