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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Minnesota Wild

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	4	2	0	0	2.53	.886
D. Hildeby	1	0	0	0	2.01	.944

Wild

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Wallstedt	5	1	1	0	2.13	.920
C. Pickard	0	1	0	0	5.00	.800

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1:00 AM, 8 November 2026

Saint Paul, MN

MIN

Points

Brandon HagelLW #38

10PTS

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

14PTS

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

0PPG

33S

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

2PPG

25S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

2PPA

1+/-

Quinn HughesD #43

10A

4PPA

2+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

Minnesota Wild

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Olli Maatta D	Day-To-Day	18 Oct
Kirill Kaprizov LW	Day-To-Day	18 Oct
Jared Spurgeon D	OUT	22 Oct
Nico Sturm C	IR	20 Oct
Marcus Foligno LW	IR	20 Oct

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.00	2.71	30.3	24.3	62	2	7.4	4	77.8	0	0
MIN	3.25	2.50	29.0	26.6	76	8	33.3	3	88.5	0	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
16/10/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT
14/10/26	@NYR	L4-1
11/10/26	@NYI	W5-3
9/10/26	vsMIN	W3-2
6/10/26	vsPHI	W4-1

Wild Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
16/10/26	vsSTL	W5-4
14/10/26	@WPG	L5-2
13/10/26	vsVGK	W4-2
10/10/26	@FLA	W4-1
9/10/26	@TB	L3-2

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Wild
2
Lightning
3

Game 1

9/10

Lightning
Wild

Game 2

8/11

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Ottawa	6	2	0	12
Boston	5	2	0	10
Tampa Bay	5	2	0	10
Florida	4	2	2	10
Buffalo	4	3	1	9
Toronto	3	3	2	8
Montreal	3	3	1	7
Detroit	2	3	2	6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Utah	6	2	0	12
Minnesota	5	2	1	11
Winnipeg	4	1	2	10
Colorado	4	2	1	9
St. Louis	3	3	1	7
Dallas	3	3	1	7
Nashville	2	2	3	7
Chicago	3	5	0	6

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Minnesota Wild

Scoring Leaders

Brandon HagelLW #38

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Brandon HagelLW #38

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Quinn HughesD #43

Injury Report

Team Stats

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