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Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning Box Score & Player Stats: Lightning win 3-2, Oct 8, 2026

NHL · Final · Thu, Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark International Arena
Summary
1
2
3
T
Minnesota Wild7-3 · 1-1-1 away
2
Tampa Bay Lightning7-3 · 3-0-0 home
3
MIN
0
2
0
2
TBL
2
1
0
3

Tampa Bay beats Minnesota, 3-2

J. Carlson scored two goals. N. Kucherov had two assists.

Every play in the reel, in the order it happened. The biggest swing: Anthony Cirelli scores goal for Lightning.
How they scored
1st
Anthony Cirelli Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Erik Cernak (1), Brandon Hagel (3)
0–1
TBL
1st
John Carlson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (4), Brayden Point (2)
0–2
TBL
2nd
Quinn Hughes Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Bobby Brink (3), Jared Spurgeon (3)
1–2
MIN
2nd
John Carlson Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (5), Jake Guentzel (3)
1–3
TBL
2nd
Blake Coleman Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (1), Quinn Hughes (4)
2–3
MIN
Minnesota
BS
HT
TK
+/-
TOI
PPTOI
SHTOI
Matt Boldy
4
4
1
0
22:14
3:15
1:12
Bobby Brink
1
1
0
1
12:01
1:21
0:00
Blake Coleman
0
1
0
0
14:20
1:17
2:02
Joel Eriksson Ek
0
0
0
0
21:16
2:11
1:09
Marcus Foligno
0
3
0
1
10:54
0:00
0:00
Ryan Hartman
0
1
0
1
11:15
1:07
0:00
Kirill Kaprizov
1
1
0
-1
23:07
2:27
0:00
Michael McCarron
0
1
0
-1
10:50
0:00
1:11
Maxim Shabanov
1
0
0
-1
16:36
2:15
0:00
Nico Sturm
1
2
0
-1
10:56
0:00
2:18
Yakov Trenin
0
4
0
-1
12:47
0:04
1:54
Danila Yurov
2
4
1
-1
11:23
0:13
0:00
Defensemen
BS
HT
TK
+/-
TOI
PPTOI
SHTOI
Zach Bogosian
1
0
1
0
19:29
0:06
1:12
Jonas Brodin
2
0
1
-1
23:00
0:05
1:29
Quinn Hughes
0
0
0
0
32:36
3:26
0:08
Daemon Hunt
0
0
0
-1
10:03
0:00
2:09
David Spacek
2
0
0
-1
8:23
0:00
1:46
Jared Spurgeon
5
2
0
1
24:54
0:03
3:02
Goalies
GA
SA
SOS
SOSA
SV
SV%
ESSV
Jesper Wallstedt
3
35
0
0
32
.914
27
Tampa Bay
BS
HT
TK
+/-
TOI
PPTOI
SHTOI
Anthony Cirelli
0
0
0
1
19:25
1:13
1:51
Conor Geekie
0
1
1
0
10:30
0:58
0:00
Zemgus Girgensons
0
2
0
0
14:26
0:07
1:08
Gage Goncalves
0
1
0
1
16:12
0:59
0:00
Jake Guentzel
1
1
0
0
21:12
3:50
1:01
Brandon Hagel
1
0
0
0
22:55
3:29
1:16
Pontus Holmberg
0
0
0
0
14:02
0:51
0:00
Nikita Kucherov
0
0
0
1
20:55
3:51
0:05
Ilya Mikheyev
0
0
0
0
15:08
0:08
1:37
Brayden Point
0
0
0
0
17:34
3:30
0:06
Jeffrey Viel
0
1
0
0
8:23
0:00
0:00
Defensemen
BS
HT
TK
+/-
TOI
PPTOI
SHTOI
John Carlson
3
2
0
0
16:48
3:41
0:00
Erik Cernak
0
1
0
1
19:32
0:09
1:50
Maxwell Crozier
4
1
0
0
21:02
0:06
0:00
Charle-Edouard D'Astous
1
2
0
0
16:04
1:12
0:00
Victor Hedman
1
0
0
0
12:04
0:21
1:46
Ryan McDonagh
1
0
1
1
17:16
0:00
1:52
J.J. Moser
2
0
1
0
13:21
0:00
1:44
Goalies
GA
SA
SOS
SOSA
SV
SV%
ESSV
Dennis Hildeby
2
36
0
0
34
.944
31

Questions

Who won the Wild vs Lightning game?

The Lightning beat the Wild 3-2 on Thursday, Oct 8, at Benchmark International Arena.

What was the final score of Wild vs Lightning?

Lightning 3, Wild 2.

Played Thursday, October 8, 2026. Score and box score from ESPN. How we get our numbers

Win probability
TBL 76%
The marked point is Start of 3rd Period: 70% to 99% for Lightning on one play, the biggest of the game.
Atlantic
W
L
OT
PTS
Bruins
9
2
1
19
Senators
8
4
0
16
Maple Leafs
7
4
2
16
Lightning
7
3
1
15
Canadiens
6
3
2
14
Panthers
6
4
2
14
Red Wings
4
4
3
11
Sabres
4
4
3
11
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