Wild blow lead in third period, lose 4-3 in overtime to Lightning

Sarah McLellan, The Minnesota Star Tribune on Nov 7, 2026

Published in Hockey

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild never trailed until the very end.

They uncharacteristically blew a two-goal lead in the third period, and the Lightning completed their 4-3 comeback in overtime on Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena to snap the Wild’s three-game win streak.

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov – on his ninth shot of the game and 20th attempt – wired the puck off the post and in during a 4-on-3 power play for the Lightning after Matt Boldy was penalized for tripping last season's NHL MVP. That was Tampa Bay's third power play goal of the game.

Blake Coleman capitalized only 55 seconds in for the Wild’s fourth goal in the opening minute, which is the most in the NHL.

Max Shabanov extended that lead two minutes later with his second power play goal in as many games and third in his last four.

Tampa Bay’s power play answered for the Lightning late in the second, on a Jake Guentzel shot during a four-minute penalty against Ryan Hartman.

Shabanov’s end-to-end, highlight-reel goal in the third period helped the Wild regain control, but the Lightning rallied on another goal for Guentzel and a power play blast by Charle-Edouard D’Astous.

Kirill Kaprizov, Quinn Hughes and Joel Eriksson Ek pushed their point streaks to eight games with assists.

Calvin Pickard made 30 saves in his home debut, and the Wild dropped to 5-0-2 at home. But they remain second in the league at 12-3-4 and have points in their past eight games (6-0-2).

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