Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning

atWild at Lightning

October 8 · 7:00 PM EDT

What's at stake

Where a win or a loss leaves each side.

Where they standLast 5Last 5Record

Minnesota Wild3rd in the Central · 2025-26 Final, 17 backLLWLLW146-24

Tampa Bay Lightning2nd in the Atlantic · 2025-26 Final, 3 backLWLWLL150-26

Injury report

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Minnesota Wild4 listed

Zach BogosianD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Filip GustavssonG · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Jonas BrodinD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Joel Eriksson EkCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Tampa Bay Lightning1 listed

Pontus HolmbergRW · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Rosters

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Minnesota Wild42 players

Forwards23

Caedan Bankier6' 2"23 yrsRookie

Joel Eriksson Ek6' 3"29 yrs10 yrOut

Robby Fabbri5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Dylan Gambrell6' 0"30 yrs5 yr

Justin Kirkland6' 3"30 yrs2 yr

Rieger Lorenz6' 3"22 yrsRookie

Michael McCarron6' 6"31 yrs8 yr

Mason Shaw5' 10"27 yrs3 yr

Nico Sturm6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

Yakov Trenin6' 2"29 yrs7 yr

Matt Boldy6' 2"25 yrs5 yr

Blake Coleman5' 11"34 yrs10 yr

Marcus Foligno6' 3"35 yrs15 yr

Nick Foligno6' 0"38 yrs19 yr

Marcus Johansson6' 1"35 yrs16 yr

Jagger Joshua6' 2"27 yrsRookie

Kirill Kaprizov5' 10"29 yrs6 yr

Nicolas Aube-Kubel6' 0"30 yrs7 yr

Bobby Brink5' 8"25 yrs4 yr

Ryan Hartman6' 0"31 yrs10 yr

Maxim Shabanov5' 9"25 yrsRookie

Vladimir Tarasenko6' 1"34 yrs14 yr

Danila Yurov6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Defensemen13

Zach Bogosian6' 3"36 yrs18 yrOut

Jonas Brodin6' 2"33 yrs14 yrOut

Brock Faber6' 1"24 yrs3 yr

Viking Gustafsson Nyberg6' 6"22 yrsRookie

Quinn Hughes5' 10"26 yrs7 yr

Daemon Hunt6' 1"24 yrs2 yr

Matt Kiersted6' 0"28 yrs3 yr

Carson Lambos6' 1"23 yrsRookie

Olli Maatta6' 2"32 yrs13 yr

Jeff Petry6' 3"38 yrs16 yr

Roman Schmidt6' 5"23 yrsRookie

David Spacek6' 0"23 yrsRookie

Jared Spurgeon5' 9"36 yrs16 yr

Goaltenders6

Filip Gustavsson6' 2"28 yrs5 yrOut

Riley Mercer6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Cal Petersen6' 2"31 yrs5 yr

Calvin Pickard6' 1"34 yrs7 yr

Jesper Wallstedt6' 3"23 yrsRookie

Chase Wutzke6' 2"20 yrsRookie

Tampa Bay Lightning33 players

Forwards16

Nick Abruzzese5' 10"27 yrsRookie

Anthony Cirelli6' 1"29 yrs9 yr

Conor Geekie6' 4"22 yrs2 yr

Zemgus Girgensons6' 3"32 yrs12 yr

Gage Goncalves6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

Yanni Gourde5' 9"34 yrs10 yr

Jake Guentzel5' 11"31 yrs10 yr

Jansen Harkins6' 1"29 yrs7 yr

Dominic James6' 0"24 yrsRookie

Brayden Point5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Brandon Hagel6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Jeffrey Viel6' 1"29 yrs3 yr

Pontus Holmberg6' 0"27 yrs4 yrOut

Nikita Kucherov6' 0"33 yrs12 yr

Ilya Mikheyev6' 2"31 yrs7 yr

Scott Sabourin6' 3"34 yrs2 yr

Defensemen10

Michael Callahan6' 2"26 yrs2 yr

John Carlson6' 3"36 yrs17 yr

Erik Cernak6' 4"29 yrs8 yr

Maxwell Crozier6' 3"26 yrs2 yr

Charle-Edouard D'Astous6' 2"28 yrsRookie

Maxim Groshev6' 2"24 yrsRookie

Victor Hedman6' 7"35 yrs17 yr

Emil Lilleberg6' 3"25 yrs3 yr

Ryan McDonagh6' 1"37 yrs16 yr

J.J. Moser6' 2"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders7

Dennis Hildeby6' 7"25 yrsRookie

Jonas Johansson6' 5"30 yrs5 yr

Kyle Konin6' 0"28 yrsRookie

Harrison Meneghin6' 3"21 yrsRookie

Olivier Rodrigue6' 1"26 yrsRookie

Mads Sogaard6' 7"25 yrs2 yr

Andrei Vasilevskiy6' 4"32 yrs12 yr

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

Atlantic · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Buffalo Sabres50-23.665OT1

2Tampa Bay Lightning50-26.646L1

3Montreal Canadiens48-24.646L1

4Boston Bruins45-27.610W2

5Ottawa Senators44-27.604W1

6Detroit Red Wings41-31.561L1

7Florida Panthers40-38.512W3

8Toronto Maple Leafs32-36.476L5

Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Carolina Hurricanes53-22.689W1

2Pittsburgh Penguins41-25.598L3

3Philadelphia Flyers43-27.598W3

4Washington Capitals43-30.579W4

5Columbus Blue Jackets40-30.561L2

6New York Islanders43-34.555L3

7New Jersey Devils42-37.530L1

8New York Rangers34-39.470W1

Central · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Colorado Avalanche55-16.738W3

2Dallas Stars50-20.683W5

3Minnesota Wild46-24.634W1

4Utah Hockey Club43-33.561L1

5St. Louis Blues37-33.524W4

6Nashville Predators38-34.524L2

7Winnipeg Jets35-35.500L4

8Chicago Blackhawks29-39.439W1

Pacific · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Vegas Golden Knights39-26.579W3

2Edmonton Oilers41-30.567W1

3Anaheim Ducks43-33.561W1

4Los Angeles Kings35-27.549L1

5San Jose Sharks39-35.524W1

6Seattle Kraken34-37.482L3

7Calgary Flames34-39.470W1

8Vancouver Canucks25-49.354L1

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Post Game SummaryStat Savant

atWild at Lightning

October 8 · 7:00 PM EDT

What's at stake

Where a win or a loss leaves each side.

Where they standLast 5Last 5Record

Minnesota Wild3rd in the Central · 2025-26 Final, 17 backLLWLLW146-24

Tampa Bay Lightning2nd in the Atlantic · 2025-26 Final, 3 backLWLWLL150-26

Injury report

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Minnesota Wild4 listed

Zach BogosianD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Filip GustavssonG · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Jonas BrodinD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Joel Eriksson EkCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Tampa Bay Lightning1 listed

Pontus HolmbergRW · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Rosters

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Minnesota Wild42 players

Forwards23

Caedan Bankier6' 2"23 yrsRookie

Joel Eriksson Ek6' 3"29 yrs10 yrOut

Robby Fabbri5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Dylan Gambrell6' 0"30 yrs5 yr

Justin Kirkland6' 3"30 yrs2 yr

Rieger Lorenz6' 3"22 yrsRookie

Michael McCarron6' 6"31 yrs8 yr

Mason Shaw5' 10"27 yrs3 yr

Nico Sturm6' 3"31 yrs6 yr

Yakov Trenin6' 2"29 yrs7 yr

Matt Boldy6' 2"25 yrs5 yr

Blake Coleman5' 11"34 yrs10 yr

Marcus Foligno6' 3"35 yrs15 yr

Nick Foligno6' 0"38 yrs19 yr

Marcus Johansson6' 1"35 yrs16 yr

Jagger Joshua6' 2"27 yrsRookie

Kirill Kaprizov5' 10"29 yrs6 yr

Nicolas Aube-Kubel6' 0"30 yrs7 yr

Bobby Brink5' 8"25 yrs4 yr

Ryan Hartman6' 0"31 yrs10 yr

Maxim Shabanov5' 9"25 yrsRookie

Vladimir Tarasenko6' 1"34 yrs14 yr

Danila Yurov6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Defensemen13

Zach Bogosian6' 3"36 yrs18 yrOut

Jonas Brodin6' 2"33 yrs14 yrOut

Brock Faber6' 1"24 yrs3 yr

Viking Gustafsson Nyberg6' 6"22 yrsRookie

Quinn Hughes5' 10"26 yrs7 yr

Daemon Hunt6' 1"24 yrs2 yr

Matt Kiersted6' 0"28 yrs3 yr

Carson Lambos6' 1"23 yrsRookie

Olli Maatta6' 2"32 yrs13 yr

Jeff Petry6' 3"38 yrs16 yr

Roman Schmidt6' 5"23 yrsRookie

David Spacek6' 0"23 yrsRookie

Jared Spurgeon5' 9"36 yrs16 yr

Goaltenders6

Filip Gustavsson6' 2"28 yrs5 yrOut

Riley Mercer6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Cal Petersen6' 2"31 yrs5 yr

Calvin Pickard6' 1"34 yrs7 yr

Jesper Wallstedt6' 3"23 yrsRookie

Chase Wutzke6' 2"20 yrsRookie

Tampa Bay Lightning33 players

Forwards16

Nick Abruzzese5' 10"27 yrsRookie

Anthony Cirelli6' 1"29 yrs9 yr

Conor Geekie6' 4"22 yrs2 yr

Zemgus Girgensons6' 3"32 yrs12 yr

Gage Goncalves6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

Yanni Gourde5' 9"34 yrs10 yr

Jake Guentzel5' 11"31 yrs10 yr

Jansen Harkins6' 1"29 yrs7 yr

Dominic James6' 0"24 yrsRookie

Brayden Point5' 11"30 yrs10 yr

Brandon Hagel6' 2"28 yrs6 yr

Jeffrey Viel6' 1"29 yrs3 yr

Pontus Holmberg6' 0"27 yrs4 yrOut

Nikita Kucherov6' 0"33 yrs12 yr

Ilya Mikheyev6' 2"31 yrs7 yr

Scott Sabourin6' 3"34 yrs2 yr

Defensemen10

Michael Callahan6' 2"26 yrs2 yr

John Carlson6' 3"36 yrs17 yr

Erik Cernak6' 4"29 yrs8 yr

Maxwell Crozier6' 3"26 yrs2 yr

Charle-Edouard D'Astous6' 2"28 yrsRookie

Maxim Groshev6' 2"24 yrsRookie

Victor Hedman6' 7"35 yrs17 yr

Emil Lilleberg6' 3"25 yrs3 yr

Ryan McDonagh6' 1"37 yrs16 yr

J.J. Moser6' 2"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders7

Dennis Hildeby6' 7"25 yrsRookie

Jonas Johansson6' 5"30 yrs5 yr

Kyle Konin6' 0"28 yrsRookie

Harrison Meneghin6' 3"21 yrsRookie

Olivier Rodrigue6' 1"26 yrsRookie

Mads Sogaard6' 7"25 yrs2 yr

Andrei Vasilevskiy6' 4"32 yrs12 yr

League standings

The full ladder, with both clubs marked.

Atlantic · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Buffalo Sabres50-23.665OT1

2Tampa Bay Lightning50-26.646L1

3Montreal Canadiens48-24.646L1

4Boston Bruins45-27.610W2

5Ottawa Senators44-27.604W1

6Detroit Red Wings41-31.561L1

7Florida Panthers40-38.512W3

8Toronto Maple Leafs32-36.476L5

Metropolitan · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Carolina Hurricanes53-22.689W1

2Pittsburgh Penguins41-25.598L3

3Philadelphia Flyers43-27.598W3

4Washington Capitals43-30.579W4

5Columbus Blue Jackets40-30.561L2

6New York Islanders43-34.555L3

7New Jersey Devils42-37.530L1

8New York Rangers34-39.470W1

Central · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Colorado Avalanche55-16.738W3

2Dallas Stars50-20.683W5

3Minnesota Wild46-24.634W1

4Utah Hockey Club43-33.561L1

5St. Louis Blues37-33.524W4

6Nashville Predators38-34.524L2

7Winnipeg Jets35-35.500L4

8Chicago Blackhawks29-39.439W1

Pacific · 2025-26 Final

#ClubW-LPCTStreak

1Vegas Golden Knights39-26.579W3

2Edmonton Oilers41-30.567W1

3Anaheim Ducks43-33.561W1

4Los Angeles Kings35-27.549L1

5San Jose Sharks39-35.524W1

6Seattle Kraken34-37.482L3

7Calgary Flames34-39.470W1

8Vancouver Canucks25-49.354L1

Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning — Oct 8, 2026

What's at stake

Injury report

Rosters

League standings

Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning — Oct 8, 2026

What's at stake

Injury report

Rosters

League standings