Game Preview: Wild at Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Minnesota Wild is back on the road tonight, heading South to Florida for a warm-weather week of hockey starting in Tampa Bay tonight. The Wild arrives in Tampa fresh off of a 2-1 overtime win against the Stars on Saturday in Saint Paul.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Tuesday, March 24th at 6:30 p.m. CT
• Where: Benchmark International Arena (Tampa, Florida)
• Stream: TNT/truTV/MAX
• Listen: KFAN
• Gamecenter: Wild at Lightning

Wild Record: 40-19-12

Lightning Record: 43-21-5

2025-26 Series Record: 1-0-0

All-Time Wild Record: 23-10-4 (7-7-4 at Tampa Bay)

Last Time Out

This Season on Wild vs. Lightning

Minnesota won the series-opening game, 5-1, in St. Paul (3/3).

LW Matt Boldy led the Wild with three assists. D Brock Faber (1-1=2), D Quinn Hughes (1-1=2) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-1=2) each had two points. G Filip Gustavsson saved 24-of-25 shots faced to earn the win for Minnesota.

RW Nikita Kucherov scored the Lightning’s lone goal, assisted by C Jake Guentzel and C Brayden Point. G Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17-21 shots faced for Tampa Bay.

Lightning Leaders Against Stars

• LW Nick Foligno leads Minnesota with 24 points (12-12=24) in 52 career games against Tampa Bay
• LW Marcus Johansson has 23 points (8-15=23) in 44 career games
• Zuccarello has 20 points (7-13=20) in 28 matches
• RW Vladimir Tarasenko has 17 points (11-6=17) in 25 games

Lightning Leaders Against Wild

• RW Corey Perry leads Tampa Bay with 46 points (25-21=46) in 59 career games against the Wild
• Kucherov owns 20 points (10-10=19) in 20 games
• D Ryan McDonagh owns 18 points (4-14=18) in 24 career game
• LW Jake Guentzel owns 16 points (6-10=16) in 15 games

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On the Mend

Joel Eriksson Ek: lower (three games missed)

Marcus Foligno: lower body (11 games missed)

Kirill Kaprizov: lower body (two games missed)

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Connections

• D Zach Bogosian collected 15 points (4-11=15) in 106 games over parts of four seasons (2019-20, 2021-24) with the Lightning and was a member of Tampa Bay’s 2020 Stanley Cup Championship team
• LW Jake Guentzel played two seasons (2010-12) at Hill-Murray High School
• Lightning CEO Steve Griggs spent eight years as Vice President of Sales and Service for the Wild
• McDonagh is from Saint Paul

Fast Facts

• The Wild owns a .676 all-time point percentage (23-10-4) against Tampa Bay, the best of any active franchise
• Minnesota is 10-3-1 in its last 13 games against Tampa Bay
• The Wild recorded a 10-game win streak vs. the Lightning in Saint Paul (11/28/11 to 1/4/24)
• Minnesota earned its first-ever franchise win, 6-5, against Tampa Bay at Grand Casino Arena (10/18/00)

For more information on today's matchup, check out the game notes below.