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Lightning vs Wild

Final · Tue Mar 3 · 9:30 PM ET · Grand Casino Arena

Tampa Bay LightningLightning38-17-4
1
FinalMar 3, 2026
Minnesota WildWild36-16-10
5
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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
TB−142
MIN+120
Puck line
TB −1.5+185
MIN +1.5−225
Total O/U
Over 6.5+105
Under 6.5−125
  • Puck line: Wild +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: under 6.5 (6 goals).

Recap

The Minnesota Wild routed the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul on Mar 3, 2026, a 4-goal win to move to 36-16-10.

The Wild won despite being outshot 25-22.

Score by period

Tampa Bay Lightning and Minnesota Wild, score by period
Team123T
TB0101
MIN1225

W: Gustavsson · L: Vasilevskiy

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. MINGoal · 3:46Brock Faber Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (26), Matt Boldy (35)0-1

Second Period

  1. MINGoal · 4:59Mats Zuccarello Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (55), Matt Boldy (36)0-2
  2. TBGoal · 15:07Nikita Kucherov Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (22), Jake Guentzel (38)1-2
  3. MINGoal · 17:10Yakov Trenin Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Mats Zuccarello (26)1-3

Third Period

  1. MINGoal · 6:53Quinn Hughes Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none1-4
  2. MINGoal · 16:41Kirill Kaprizov Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Brock Faber (26), Matt Boldy (37)1-5

Team stats

TBMIN
Shots
25
22
Power Play Goals
0
1
Faceoff Win Percent
48.1
51.9
Hits
25
22
Blocked Shots
13
16
Penalty Minutes
20
8

Top performers

Tampa Bay LightningMinnesota Wild

Goals

Nikita Kucherov1
Brock Faber1

Assists

Jake Guentzel1
Matt Boldy3

Points

Nikita Kucherov1
Matt Boldy3

Player stats

Lightning · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW120-115:5600300.00
Anthony Cirelli C200-216:12000050.02
Conor Geekie C141-210:40001075.00
Zemgus Girgensons C060013:070000100.00
Yanni Gourde C000-116:19003035.30
Jake Guentzel C001022:11015066.70
Brandon Hagel LW010-220:50002050.02
Pontus Holmberg RW110-112:5900100.00
Nikita Kucherov RW000-122:5610100.00
Brayden Point C000019:50010042.92
Scott Sabourin RW00007:2900000.010

Lightning · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Erik Cernak D120-115:3700000.00
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D420-215:4300100.00
Victor Hedman D020-216:5100100.00
Emil Lilleberg D020-111:0800100.00
Ryan McDonagh D201014:4900100.00
J.J. Moser D100016:1400100.00
Darren Raddysh D030023:0700400.02

Lightning · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy G42117.81058:180

Wild · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Matt Boldy LW110219:5703300.00
Joel Eriksson Ek C011218:20000035.30
Robby Fabbri C02009:1600200.00
Ryan Hartman RW230016:29000070.60
Vinnie Hinostroza C02008:0500000.02
Marcus Johansson LW100010:4501000.00
Kirill Kaprizov LW200222:1110300.02
Nico Sturm C040010:06000040.00
Vladimir Tarasenko RW010014:2100000.00
Yakov Trenin C060115:1810400.00
Danila Yurov RW111113:54000054.50
Mats Zuccarello RW000120:241120100.00

Wild · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Zach Bogosian D001014:2500000.02
Jonas Brodin D100115:2400100.02
Brock Faber D000324:1211200.00
Quinn Hughes D200126:0111400.00
Jake Middleton D411118:2600100.00
Jared Spurgeon D200015:2700000.00

Wild · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Filip Gustavsson G12524.96060:000

Three stars

  1. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)
  2. Quinn Hughes (MIN)
  3. Brock Faber (MIN)

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