NHL · Friday 9 October · Benchmark International Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning – Minnesota Wild 3:2: NHL, 09/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 1
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning – Minnesota Wild 3:2 (9 October). Tampa Bay Lightning won. Venue: Benchmark International Arena.
By period: 2:0, 1:2, 0:0.
Goals: A. Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning); J. Carlson (Tampa Bay Lightning) ×2; Q. Hughes (Minnesota Wild); B. Coleman (Minnesota Wild).
Table now: Tampa Bay Lightning — 5th, 24 points from 17 matches; Minnesota Wild — 1st, 28 points from 19 matches.
Head to head (1): Tampa Bay Lightning — 1 win, Minnesota Wild — 0.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 Zemgus GirgensonsTampa Bay Lightningseason: 1+4=5
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Minnesota Wild | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 05'
🏒 A. Cirelli1:0
- 06'
🏒 J. Carlson2:0
assist: N. Kucherov, B. Point
- 12'pen.
Interference
2nd period
- 02'
🏒 Q. Hughes2:1
assist: B. Brink, J. Spurgeon
- 04'pen.
Holding
- 04'
🏒 J. Carlson3:1
Power-play
- 08'pen.
Hooking
- 12'pen.
High sticking
- 14'
🏒 B. Coleman3:2
assist: K. Kaprizov, Q. Hughes · Power-play
- 14'pen.
Holding
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Carlson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Hagel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Point | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Cernak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Crozier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q. Hughes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Coleman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Brink | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Spurgeon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Kaprizov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Brodin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. McCarron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Bogosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Hildeby(W) | 36 | 34 | 2 | 94.4% |
Minnesota Wild
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Wallstedt | 35 | 32 | 3 | 91.4% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 35Shots on goal36
- 34Saves32
- 94%Save %91%
- 22Faceoffs won29
- 4Penalty minutes6
- 2Penalties3
- 1Power-play goals1
- 33%Power play %50%
- 50%Penalty kill %66%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | LWWWL | |
| 1 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 | LWWWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 : 0 Minnesota Wild
- 08.11.Full time · OTMinnesota Wild
3:4
Tampa Bay Lightning