2-0-1, 1-0-1 Away

TB -142

2-1-0, 2-0-0 Home

Minnesota Wild @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Wild

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Wallstedt	2	0	1	0	1.63	.933

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	2	1	0	0	2.05	.898

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, October 8, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

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Lightning and Wild face off in out-of-conference matchup

Minnesota Wild (2-0-1, in the Central Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (2-1, in the Atlantic Division)

Oct 7, 2026, 04:11 am - Data Skrive

MIN

Points

Quinn HughesD #43

4PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

4PTS

Goals

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

1PPG

Nikita KucherovRW #86

0PPG

Assists

Quinn HughesD #43

0PPA

2+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

0PPA

2+/-

Minnesota Wild

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Nick Foligno LW	OUT	Oct 12
Brock Faber D	IR	Oct 15
Filip Gustavsson G	IR	Nov 1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Dominic James C	IR-NR	Oct 10
Emil Lilleberg D	OUT	Oct 13
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MIN	3.00	1.67	26.7	25.0	18	4	36.4	0	100.0	0	0
TB	2.67	2.33	30.0	20.0	30	0	0.0	1	85.7	0	0

Wild Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/6/26	@BUF	L3-2 OT
10/3/26	vsBOS	W4-1
10/1/26	@NSH	W3-1
9/25/26	vsDAL	L2-1
9/23/26	@DAL	L2-0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/5/26	vsPHI	W4-1
10/3/26	vsWSH	W3-1
10/1/26	@NYR	L5-1
9/26/26	@FLA	W3-2 SO
9/24/26	vsFLA	L5-3

2026-10-08T23:00ZOpenMLTotalSpread

Minnesota WildWildMIN

(2-0-1)

(2-0-1, 1-0-1 Away)

o5.5

-125

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

(2-1-0)

(2-1-0, 2-0-0 Home)

-148

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/8

Wild
Lightning

Game 1

10/8

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Lightning
Wild

Game 2

11/7

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

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	2	0	2	6
Ottawa	2	1	0	4
Tampa Bay	2	1	0	4
Buffalo	2	1	0	4
Toronto	2	2	0	4
Boston	2	2	0	4
Montreal	1	1	1	3
Detroit	1	2	0	2

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Minnesota Wild @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning and Wild face off in out-of-conference matchup

Scoring Leaders

Quinn HughesD #43

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Kirill KaprizovLW #97

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Quinn HughesD #43

Nikita KucherovRW #86

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