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Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Minnesota Wild 6–3 on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Minnesota Wild 3 46-24-12
at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 50-26-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 2 1 0 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 3 3 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 10 7 7 24
Tampa Bay Lightning 11 8 6 25

Three stars

  1. E. Cernak, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
  2. D. Raddysh, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. J. Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:28 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello (14) Quinn Hughes (64), Matt Boldy (38) Power play MIN 1, TBL 0
1st 18:49 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber (15) Vladimir Tarasenko (21), Bobby Brink (15) Power play MIN 2, TBL 0
2nd 05:45 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (17) Brandon Hagel (36), Darren Raddysh (43) Power play MIN 2, TBL 1
2nd 09:51 Minnesota Wild Vladimir Tarasenko (21) Marcus Johansson (30), Ryan Hartman (16) Even strength MIN 3, TBL 1
2nd 12:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (32) Darren Raddysh (44), Gage Goncalves (17) Even strength MIN 3, TBL 2
2nd 15:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Darren Raddysh (20) Nikita Kucherov (80), Jake Guentzel (42) Power play MIN 3, TBL 3
3rd 17:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Erik Cernak (2) Charle-Edouard D'Astous (18), Andrei Vasilevskiy (2) Even strength MIN 3, TBL 4
3rd 18:42 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel (33) Nick Paul (7) Power play, Empty net MIN 3, TBL 5
3rd 19:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Pontus Holmberg (11) Ryan McDonagh (9) Even strength MIN 3, TBL 6

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 24 25
Power play 2 of 4 3 of 4
Penalty minutes 20 20
Hits 20 20
Blocked shots 19 10
Giveaways 17 10
Takeaways 7 2
Faceoffs won 32/61 (52.5%) 29/61 (47.5%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
10 B. Brink R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12:24
12 M. Boldy L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 3 0 21:15
13 Y. Trenin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 100% 11:43
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 59.1% 19:52
22 D. Yurov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 57.1% 11:27
36 M. Zuccarello R 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 0 1 15:48
38 R. Hartman R 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 2 0 57.1% 16:10
47 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 33.3% 11:07
71 N. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 57.1% 10:18
90 M. Johansson L 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 14:10
91 V. Tarasenko R 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 0 0 15:25
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 21:31
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:16
7 B. Faber D 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 1 1 24:39
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 11:52
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 18:13
43 Q. Hughes D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 1 0 28:52
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0 19:48
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 F. Gustavsson 24 20 4 .833 58:16 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 C. Perry R 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 08:37
20 N. Paul L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 64.7% 12:44
21 B. Point C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 14.3% 17:33
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 100% 12:49
29 P. Holmberg R 1 0 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 13:57
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 42.9% 15:00
38 B. Hagel L 1 1 2 +1 2 2 0 0 1 50% 18:49
46 S. Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 09:11
59 J. Guentzel C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 72.7% 19:14
71 A. Cirelli C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 0 0 28.6% 16:06
86 N. Kucherov R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 19:26
93 G. Goncalves C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 0 0 15:31
27 R. McDonagh D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 3 0 17:44
43 D. Raddysh D 1 2 3 +1 0 5 1 1 1 23:48
51 C. D'Astous D 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 20:27
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 19:01
81 E. Cernak D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 2 1 0 15:28
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 20:26
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 24 21 3 .875 59:27 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Hooking 2
1st 02:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Corey Perry Roughing 2
1st 02:50 Minnesota Wild Michael McCarron Roughing 2
1st 02:50 Minnesota Wild Michael McCarron Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Corey Perry Fighting (major) 5
1st 05:08 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber Holding 2
1st 18:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel Abuse of officials 2
1st 18:55 Minnesota Wild Nick Foligno Fighting (major) 5
1st 18:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Fighting (major) 5
2nd 05:10 Minnesota Wild Jonas Brodin Slashing 2
2nd 06:49 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves Cross checking 2
2nd 07:10 Tampa Bay Lightning Erik Cernak Tripping 2
2nd 15:04 Minnesota Wild Marcus Johansson Holding 2
3rd 17:38 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Cross checking 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen
Brad Kovachik, Kiel Murchison
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jeff Petry, Robby Fabbri, Nico Sturm, Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Victor Hedman, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Steven Santini

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 24

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 4 at Florida Panthers 5 Final/SO Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at New York Islanders 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 0 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Nashville Predators 6 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 6 at Dallas Stars 4 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Winnipeg Jets 4 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Calgary Flames 3 Final/SO Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Utah Mammoth 2 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 5 at Vancouver Canucks 3 Final Game page

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