Tampa Bay Lightning vs Minnesota Wild

NHL

Lightning

38-17-4, 80 PTS

1-5

Final

Wild

36-16-10, 82 PTS

Grand Casino Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

TB shoots leftMIN shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TB	12	6	7	25
MIN	5	7	10	22

In net

Andrei Vasilevskiy17/21 SV, .810

Filip Gustavsson24/25 SV, .960

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	0	1	0	1
MIN	1	2	2	5

Who won: Wild 5-1

The Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at Grand Casino Arena. The Wild lead the series 1-0. The Wild outscored the Lightning 2-0 in the 3rd period. Brock Faber led the Wild in goals (1). Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (1).

Play by play

End of the 3rd period
End of the 3rd period
P3 0:24
Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot Wide Left
P3 0:41
Yakov Trenin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
P3 0:59
Brayden Point faceoff won against Nico Sturm
P3 0:59
FLAG
Zach Bogosian Holding the stick against Scott Sabourin (2 min)
P3 1:03
Oliver Bjorkstrand shot blocked by Jake Middleton
P3 1:13
Charle-Edouard D'Astous Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
P3 1:28
Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot Wide Left
P3 2:06
Erik Cernak hit Nico Sturm
P3 2:25
Yanni Gourde Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
P3 3:07
Scott Sabourin Wrist Shot Wide Left
P3 3:19
Conor Geekie faceoff won against Danila Yurov
GOALP3 3:19
Goal! Backhand
Kirill Kaprizov
Kirill Kaprizov Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Brock Faber (26), Matt Boldy (37)
TB 1 - 5 MIN
P3 3:29
Yanni Gourde Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
P3 3:30
Yanni Gourde Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
P3 3:42
Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
P3 3:46
Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot Wide Left
P3 4:32
Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot Wide Right
P3 4:36
Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
P3 5:01
Nico Sturm faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
P3 5:08
Conor Geekie hit Brock Faber
P3 5:42
Zemgus Girgensons hit Ryan Hartman
P3 5:52
TO
Giveaway by Ryan Hartman
P3 6:14
Darren Raddysh Wrist Shot Wide Left