Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning

Oct 8, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	2	36
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	35

Scoring

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

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:34	MIN	Jonas Brodin	Interference	2
2nd Period
04:02	MIN	Michael McCarron	Holding	2
08:11	TBL	Max Crozier	Hooking	2
12:27	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	High sticking	2
14:52	MIN	Zach Bogosian	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	61	47	36	2	3.1	44.0
Tampa Bay Lightning	71	50	35	3	3.8	56.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Tampa Bay Lightning had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.8 expected, 3 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild

Tampa Bay Lightning

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy	9:32	35.7	46.8	0-0
Kirill Kaprizov · Danila Yurov · Maxim Shabanov	5:29	25.0	40.4	0-1
Marcus Foligno · Ryan Hartman · Bobby Brink	5:09	25.0	4.9	1-0
Blake Coleman · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy	5:08	71.4	97.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jared Spurgeon · Quinn Hughes	19:37	58.0	64.0	1-0
Zach Bogosian · Jonas Brodin	15:06	29.0	25.8	0-0
Daemon Hunt · David Spacek	4:29	0.0	0.0	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
43	Quinn Hughes	D	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	32:36	0.06	37-30	1.75-1.43
20	Blake Coleman	L	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	14:20	0.59	13-11	0.58-0.86
10	Bobby Brink	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	12:01	0.01	8-17	0.23-0.82
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	24:54	0.06	31-21	1.38-0.78
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	23:07		12-24	0.67-0.62
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	22:14	0.43	17-15	0.69-0.39
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	12:47	0.29	12-8	0.61-0.43
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	21:16	0.57	17-14	0.83-0.43
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	10:54	0.27	10-20	0.57-0.93
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	11:23		12-13	0.73-0.21
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	19:29	0.07	12-24	0.44-1.25
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	23:00	0.02	14-27	0.77-1.30
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11:15	0.07	7-18	0.06-1.40
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	10:50	0.11	9-13	0.35-0.70
48	Daemon Hunt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	10:03		1-11	0.00-0.37
49	Maxim Shabanov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	16:36	0.48	15-17	0.87-0.97
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	10:56	0.03	10-12	0.35-0.64
82	David Spacek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	08:23	0.03	3-10	0.03-0.55

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Jesper Wallstedt	L	35	32	3	59:03	3.75	+0.75

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zemgus Girgensons · Pontus Holmberg · Ilya Mikheyev	11:13	43.5	45.4	0-0
Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point · Gage Goncalves	10:22	62.5	52.2	1-0
Jake Guentzel · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel	9:54	66.7	71.4	1-0
Brandon Hagel · Jeffrey Viel · Conor Geekie	2:49	71.4	65.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Charle-Edouard D'Astous · Max Crozier	13:29	53.8	62.2	0-0
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak	12:07	59.1	36.3	1-0
John Carlson · J.J. Moser	10:55	53.3	49.0	1-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
74	John Carlson	D	2	0	2	0	0	9	2	16:48	0.66	20-19	0.76-0.82
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	20:55	0.20	28-16	0.92-0.98
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	19:25	0.40	18-10	0.78-0.33
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	17:34	0.18	23-18	1.07-0.93
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	22:55	0.61	23-13	1.28-0.54
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	21:12	0.46	15-15	0.92-0.53
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	19:32	0.11	21-10	0.99-0.47
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	21:02	0.10	20-19	1.07-0.89
25	Jeffrey Viel	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	08:23	0.15	11-7	0.68-0.42
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:16	0.01	17-12	0.31-0.59
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:26	0.05	12-13	0.48-0.50
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14:02	0.26	12-14	0.48-0.50
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:04	0.07	16-14	0.99-0.47
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:04		12-8	0.84-0.41
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:21	0.01	16-14	0.68-0.71
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16:12	0.18	23-16	0.95-0.89
94	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	10:30	0.32	8-8	0.49-0.42
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:08	0.05	10-14	0.42-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Dennis Hildeby	W	36	34	2	59:37	3.03	+1.03