Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild

Saturday, January 20, 2018, 9:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	54-23-5
at Minnesota Wild	5	45-26-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	1	1	2
Minnesota Wild	2	1	2	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	6	6	11	23
Minnesota Wild	10	11	14	35

Three stars

N. Prosser, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
M. Cullen, Minnesota Wild (1 assist)
J. Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:07	Minnesota Wild	Jared Spurgeon (6)	Eric Staal (20)	Power play	TBL 0, MIN 1
1st	17:24	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise (1)	Ryan Suter (24), Eric Staal (21)	Even strength	TBL 0, MIN 2
2nd	07:11	Minnesota Wild	Nate Prosser (2)	Joel Eriksson Ek (6), Kyle Rau (1)	Even strength	TBL 0, MIN 3
2nd	15:35	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brayden Point (18)	Mikhail Sergachev (19), Tyler Johnson (20)	Even strength	TBL 1, MIN 3
3rd	03:10	Minnesota Wild	Marcus Foligno (4)	Matt Cullen (7), Tyler Ennis (7)	Even strength	TBL 1, MIN 4
3rd	06:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brayden Point (19)	Tyler Johnson (21), Steven Stamkos (37)	Power play	TBL 2, MIN 4
3rd	19:01	Minnesota Wild	Jason Zucker (18)	Devan Dubnyk (3)	Even strength, Empty net	TBL 2, MIN 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Stat	Tampa Bay Lightning	Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal	23	35
Power play	1 of 4	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	8	10
Hits	25	23
Blocked shots	16	18
Giveaways	5	5
Takeaways	2	8
Faceoffs won	25/55 (45.5%)	30/55 (54.5%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Johnson	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	1	0	42.9%	20:13
Number 13 C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	16.7%	10:21
Number 14 C. Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0	100%	11:41
Number 17 A. Killorn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	1	0		14:39
Number 18 O. Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	100%	16:01
Number 21 B. Point	C	2	0	2	-2	0	5	0	0	1	52.4%	22:27
Number 24 R. Callahan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		15:02
Number 37 Y. Gourde	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	37.5%	11:36
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0		23:36
Number 90 V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	50%	19:25
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	57.1%	22:01
Number 5 D. Girardi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0		17:13
Number 6 A. Stralman	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	3	0		22:11
Number 29 S. Koekkoek	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0		10:00
Number 55 B. Coburn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	0		17:35
Number 59 J. Dotchin	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0		16:23
Number 62 A. Sustr	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0		08:47
Number 98 M. Sergachev	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0		19:13

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	34	30	4	.882	59:23	Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	5	2	0	40%	16:53
Number 7 M. Cullen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0	71.4%	10:23
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	0	35.3%	19:54
Number 11 Z. Parise	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	5	0		16:48
Number 12 E. Staal	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	66.7%	18:55
Number 14 J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	4	0	0	71.4%	14:41
Number 16 J. Zucker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	0		19:31
Number 17 M. Foligno	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0		08:03
Number 26 D. Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	0		15:39
Number 37 K. Rau	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0		06:56
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		05:13
Number 64 M. Granlund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	1	0		19:17
Number 20 R. Suter	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0		24:58
Number 23 G. Olofsson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	1	0		13:26
Number 24 M. Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		23:09
Number 25 J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0		23:29
Number 39 N. Prosser	D	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	2	0		11:28
Number 46 J. Spurgeon	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1		23:55

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 D. Dubnyk	23	21	2	.913	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:58	Minnesota Wild	Nate Prosser	Roughing	2
1st	04:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jake Dotchin	Roughing	2
1st	04:58	Minnesota Wild	Nate Prosser	Roughing	2
1st	10:04	Tampa Bay Lightning	Andrej Sustr	Hooking	2
2nd	00:41	Minnesota Wild	Daniel Winnik	High sticking	2
2nd	10:20	Tampa Bay Lightning	Slater Koekkoek	Holding	2
3rd	05:15	Minnesota Wild	Gustav Olofsson	Cross checking	2
3rd	05:15	Minnesota Wild	Mathew Dumba	Roughing	2
3rd	19:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jake Dotchin	Tripping	2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Minnesota Wild head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Referees: Kendrick Nicholson, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Travis Gawryletz
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Victor Hedman, Cory Conacher
Minnesota Wild scratches: Chris Stewart, Nino Niederreiter, Mike Reilly

2017-2018 season series

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Minnesota Wild game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Minnesota Wild 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Dec 23, 2017
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Minnesota Wild 5	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Jan 20, 2018

Other NHL games on Jan 20

Other NHL games on Saturday, January 20, 2018
Matchup	Status	Details
Dallas Stars 7 at Buffalo Sabres 1	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
New Jersey Devils 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 3	Final	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
New York Rangers 1 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Winnipeg Jets 2 at Calgary Flames 1	Final/SO	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Calgary Flames, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Boston Bruins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Ottawa Senators 3	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Detroit Red Wings 1	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Arizona Coyotes 5 at St. Louis Blues 2	Final	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Florida Panthers 3 at Nashville Predators 4	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Nashville Predators, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at San Jose Sharks 2	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
New York Islanders 7 at Chicago Blackhawks 3	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Chicago Blackhawks, Sat, Jan 20, 2018
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Edmonton Oilers 5	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Jan 20, 2018

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