Wild rally for overtime victory at Winnipeg to kick off road trip

Sarah McLellan, The Minnesota Star Tribune on Dec 27, 2025

Published in Hockey

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The Wild lightened their load as they started a season-long road trip.

They kicked off a seven-game, six-city, 14-day trek by rallying for a 4-3 overtime win against the Jets at Canada Life Centre for their first victory in three games.

Matt Boldy capped off the comeback 39 seconds into 3-on-3 overtime after Mats Zuccarello forced extra time during a 6-on-4 power play with 22 seconds to go in the third period: Zuccarello whacked in a seeing-eye pass from Kirill Kaprizov through traffic.

Earlier, Winnipeg scored twice in 2:01 late in the second period to overcome a 2-1 lead for the Wild on goals from Boldy and Kaprizov.

After Mark Scheifele set up Kyle Connor for a one-timer at 17:56, Scheifele hauled the puck to the middle and wired in the go-ahead goal with 3 seconds left in the second.

The Wild went 1 for 4 on the power play.

Before breaking for the holidays, the Wild lost to the Avalanche and Predators (in overtime) at home.

They are on the road while Grand Casino Arena hosts the World Junior Championship, and a change of scenery gave the Wild the fresh start they needed.