The Minnesota Wild are finally home at the X and they faced the Tampa Bay Lightning who they beat 4-2 just 8 days ago when they came back from their first deficit of the season. Tampa Bay has won 3 straight games after that loss and you know they want some redemption for that loss.
So it’s another test for the Minnesota Wild facing a team for the 2nd time again but this isn’t the Columbus Blue Jackets. This is the experienced Tampa Bay Lightning who still play to win and aren’t very far removed from the team that won consecutive Stanley Cups in 2020 & 2021 and lost in the Finals to Colorado in 2022.
2024-25 Minnesota Wild Schedule and Results
6-1-2 (W-L-OTL) (14 points)
3rd in NHL Central Division
2024-25 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule and Results
7-3-0 (W-L-OTL) (14 points)
2nd in NHL Atlantic Division
Alright. Enough words. Let’s do this!
Drop the ClutterPuck!!!
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Here’s how the teams lined up:
Minnesota Wild
Status Report
Hartman will return after missing five games because of an upper-body injury. … The Wild reassigned forwards Liam Ohgren and Luke Toporowski to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Status Report
Cernak will play after leaving during the second period of a 5-2 win at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday after taking a hit to the head from Avalanche forward Matt Stienburg. Stienburg received a two-game suspension from the NHL Department of Player Safety for the hit.
Game Recap
1st Period
Power play goal for Tampa Bay!
Scored by Brayden Point with 00:45 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Victor Hedman and Brandon Hagel.
Minnesota: 0
Tampa Bay: 1#TBLvsMIN #mnwild #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/9MYaZDcpzK— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) November 2, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 | 0 Minnesota Wild
2nd Period
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 | 1 Minnesota Wild
3rd Period
https://twitter.com/nhl_goal_bot/status/1852533510294159376
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 | 2 Minnesota Wild
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 | 2 Minnesota Wild
https://twitter.com/nhl_goal_bot/status/1852539025258623295
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 | 3 Minnesota Wild
https://twitter.com/nhl_goal_bot/status/1852546526796562755
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 | 4 Minnesota Wild
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 | 4 Minnesota Wild
https://twitter.com/nhl_goal_bot/status/1852541298630103533
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 | 5 Minnesota Wild
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Final
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 | 5 Minnesota Wild
Goals
MN:
Jakub Lauko (2); Frederick Gaudreau (1, 2); Mats Zuccarello (5); Kirill Kaprizov (5)-ENG
TBL:
Valtteri Puustinen (1)-PPG; Rickard Rakell (5, 6)
Assists
MN:
Marat Khusnutdinov (2); Unassisted; Kirill Kaprizov (12) & Brock Faber (4); Kirill Kaprizov (13), Marco Rossi (5); Frederick Gaudreau (1), Jake Middleton (5)-ENG
TB::
Matt Grzelcyk (5), Sidney Crosby (7)-PPG; Kris Letang (2), Sidney Crosby (8); Marcus Pettersson (5), Sidney Crosby (9)
Goalies
MN:
Filip Gustavsson
26 Saves on 29 Shots; .897 Save %, 2.93 GAA*; 2nd Win
TBL:
Andrei Vasilevsky
35 Saves on 39 Shots; .897 Save %, 3.46 GAA*; 4th Loss
*Goals Against Average
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Next up:
Toronto at home on Sunday at 5 pm on FanDuel Sports Network North!
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