MargusMinnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning
- 7:00 PM EDT
- Benchmark International Arena
- NHL
Closing odds
Line history →Closing market chance to win, from the best moneylines with the margin removed
- MIN 43%
- TBL 57%
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Box score
| MIN | Team stats | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | SOG | 35 |
| 2 | G | 3 |
| Player | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | PPG | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32:36 |
| Bobby Brink | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:01 |
| Blake Coleman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:07 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24:54 |
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22:14 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12:47 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:16 |
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10:54 |
| Danila Yurov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11:23 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| Michael McCarron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10:50 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| Nico Sturm | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10:56 |
| Player | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:03 |
| Calvin Pickard | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0:00 |
| Player | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | PPG | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:55 |
| John Carlson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:48 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:55 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 |
| Erik Cernak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:32 |
| Jeffrey Viel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:23 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:26 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Conor Geekie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:30 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 |
| Max Crozier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21:02 |
| Player | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hildeby | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 59:37 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0:00 |
Recent form
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Full table →| # | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boston Bruins | 12-4-1 |
| 2 |  Montreal Canadiens | 11-3-3 |
| 3 |  Tampa Bay Lightning | 11-3-2 |
| 4 |  Ottawa Senators | 11-6-1 |
| 5 |  Florida Panthers | 9-6-2 |
| 6 |  Buffalo Sabres | 8-5-3 |
| 7 |  Toronto Maple Leafs | 8-8-2 |
| 8 |  Detroit Red Wings | 7-8-3 |
| # | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Minnesota Wild | 12-3-4 |
| 2 |  Dallas Stars | 10-5-2 |
| 3 |  Colorado Avalanche | 10-6-2 |
| 4 |  Nashville Predators | 8-4-5 |
| 5 |  Utah Mammoth | 10-7-1 |
| 6 |  St. Louis Blues | 7-8-2 |
| 7 |  Winnipeg Jets | 6-8-3 |
| 8 |  Chicago Blackhawks | 4-13-1 |
About this match
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Minnesota Wild 3-2 at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday, October 8, 2026 in the NHL.
Recent form: Minnesota Wild have won 2 of their last 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 of their last 5.
Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota Wild in points (31 P).
Nikita Kucherov leads Tampa Bay Lightning in points (22 P).