Game Preview: Wild vs Bruins

SAINT PAUL, MINN. -- The Minnesota Wild hosts the Boston Bruins tonight, Saturday, Oct. 3, for its 2026-27 Home Opener at Grand Casino Arena.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Saturday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Grand Casino Arena (St. Paul, Minnesota)
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• Listen: KFAN
• Gamecenter: Bruins vs. Wild

Records:

• Wild Record: 1-0-0, 2 points
• Bruins Record: 2-0-0, 4 points
• 2025-26 Series Record: 1-1-0
• All-Time Wild Record: 20-11-5 (10-5-3 at Grand Casino Arena, 10-6-2 at Boston)

Connections

• Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin skated in 142 games in two seasons (2000-02) with Boston, collecting 129 points (69-60=129) and 213 PIM
• Wild Head Coach John Hynes played forward at Boston University (1993-97) and helped the Terriers advance to four consecutive Frozen Four appearances and win the 1995 NCAA championship
• Wild Associate Coach Jack Capuano played two games with the Bruins in 1991-92
• Minnesota Assistant General Manager Michael Murray is from Dover, Mass.
• Minnesota Assistant General Manager Chris Kelleher is from Belmont, Mass., and played four seasons (1994-98) at Boston University and in one game for the Bruins during the 2001-02 season
• N. Foligno collected 39 points (12-27=39) in 124 games across two seasons (2021-23) with the Bruins
• LW Matt Boldy was born in Milford, Mass., and played two seasons (2019-21) at Boston College
• C Marat Khusnutdinov was selected by Minnesota in the second round (37th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft and collected 11 points (3-8=11) in 73 games with the Wild (2023-25)
• Mittelstadt is from Eden Prairie and played one season at the University of Minnesota (2017-18)
• D Will Borgen is from Moorhead and played three seasons at Moorhead High School (2012-15) and three seasons at St. Cloud State University (2015-18).

Wild Leaders Against Bruins

• LW Nick Foligno leads Minnesota with 26 points (10-16=26) in 55 career games against Boston
• LW Marcus Johansson owns 11 points (3-8=11) in 33 games
• LW Kirill Kaprizov has 10 points (9-1=10) in seven contests
• C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-8=9 in 15 games), D Jared Spurgeon (2-7=9 in 18 games) and D Quinn Hughes (1-8=9 in 12 games) all have nine points
• G Filip Gustavsson is 2-2-0 with a 2.02 GAA, .938 SV% and one shutout in three games vs. Boston
• G Calvin Pickard owns a 1-0-0 record with a 1.35 GAA and a .955 SV% in three games
• G Jesper Wallstedt has not faced Boston

Bruins Leaders Against Wild

• C Elias Lindholm has 21 points (7-14=21) in 28 career games vs. Minnesota
• RW David Pastrnak owns 17 points (8-9=17) in 18 games
• D Hampus Lindholm owns 15 points (3-12=15) in 30 games
• C Casey Mittelstadt has 11 points (2-9=11) in 16 career games
• G Jeremy Swayman is 2-4-0 with a 2.70 GAA, a .914 SV% and one shutout in six career starts vs. Minnesota
• G Michael DiPietro and Jiri Patera have not faced Minnesota

Fast Facts

• Minnesota has collected a point in seven of its last 10 contests against Boston (6-3-1), including sweeping the season series in two of the past five seasons (2021-22, 2023-24)…10 of the 18 all-time games played in Saint Paul have been decided by one goal

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