Gustavsson stays hot, Wild roll past Panthers 5-1 to extend season-opening point streak

— Filip Gustavsson continued his sizzling start to the season by making 24 saves, Jake Middleton tied a career-best with three assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Oct 23, 2025, 02:03 am - AP
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1st PeriodMINFLA
11:40Marco Rossi (3)
Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (7), Jake Middleton (1)
10
12:02Marcus Johansson (1)
Assists: Matt Boldy (5), Jonas Brodin (3)
20
2nd PeriodMINFLA
2:40Matt Boldy (3) (Power Play)
Assists: Mats Zuccarello (3), Joel Eriksson Ek (1)
30
11:19Sam Bennett (5)
Assists: Carter Verhaeghe (4), Matthew Tkachuk (3)
31
13:58Mats Zuccarello (4)
Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (8), Jake Middleton (2)
41
16:05Joel Eriksson Ek (2)
Assists: Jake Middleton (3)
51
3rd Period
No Goals Scored

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Marcus Johansson
  • Sam Bennett Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Jesper Boqvist faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
  • Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Nate Schmidt Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Eetu Luostarinen faceoff won against Marco Rossi
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  • Kirill Kaprizov shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Giveaway by Jesper Boqvist
  • Joel Eriksson Ek shot blocked by Adam Boqvist
  • Patrick Giles faceoff won against Yakov Trenin
  • Jon Merrill shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  • Kirill Kaprizov shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Sam Bennett hit Brock Faber
  • Nate Schmidt hit Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Takeaway by Dmitry Kulikov
  • Jesper Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Joel Eriksson Ek shot blocked by Niko Mikkola
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Marcus Johansson
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Marco Rossi
  • Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Nate Schmidt hit Liam Ohgren
  • Mackie Samoskevich hit Jonas Brodin
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Zach Bogosian
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Jon Merrill
  • Anton Lundell Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Matt Boldy
  • Niko Mikkola Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Marcus Johansson
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Sam Bennett hit Matt Boldy
  • Evan Rodrigues Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  • Giveaway by Jesper Boqvist
  • Jesper Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • A.J. Greer hit Jon Merrill
  • Giveaway by Sam Reinhart
  • Anton Lundell hit Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Marco Rossi
  • Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Jesper Boqvist
  • Mackie Samoskevich Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Zach Bogosian shot blocked by Jesper Boqvist
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Aaron Ekblad Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Niko Mikkola hit Matt Boldy
  • Sam Bennett hit Brock Faber
  • Marcus Johansson shot blocked by Sam Bennett
  • Sam Bennett Interference against Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Kirill Kaprizov
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Matt Boldy
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Jonas Brodin
  • Nate Schmidt hit Jakub Lauko
  • Patrick Giles hit Jake Middleton
  • Uvis Balinskis hit Jon Merrill
  • Takeaway by Sam Reinhart
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Zach Bogosian
  • Adam Boqvist Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • A.J. Greer Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Uvis Balinskis Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Yakov Trenin
  • Niko Mikkola hit Yakov Trenin
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Marcus Foligno
  • Takeaway by Aaron Ekblad
  • Takeaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Sam Reinhart hit Brock Faber
  • Anton Lundell hit Jake Middleton
  • Sam Reinhart Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Sam Reinhart hit Jake Middleton
  • Sam Bennett Goal (5) Deflected, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (4), Matthew Tkachuk (3)
  • A.J. Greer hit Declan Chisholm
  • Takeaway by Adam Boqvist
  • Jon Merrill shot blocked by Adam Boqvist
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Jonas Brodin
  • Jesper Boqvist Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Nate Schmidt hit Marcus Johansson
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Eetu Luostarinen Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Jesper Boqvist faceoff won against Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Sam Bennett hit Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Sam Bennett Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
  • Nate Schmidt Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  • Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
  • Sam Reinhart hit Jake Middleton
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Matt Boldy
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Marco Rossi
  • Mackie Samoskevich hit Declan Chisholm
  • Niko Mikkola hit Yakov Trenin
  • Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues
  • Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Patrick Giles
  • A.J. Greer hit Declan Chisholm
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Liam Ohgren
  • Matt Boldy shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Gustav Forsling Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Takeaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  • Giveaway by Matthew Tkachuk
  • Brock Faber shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
  • Niko Mikkola hit Kirill Kaprizov
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Marco Rossi
  • Takeaway by Mackie Samoskevich
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Zach Bogosian
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Carter Verhaeghe hit Jon Merrill
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Niko Mikkola hit Matt Boldy
  • Jake Middleton shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  • Takeaway by Gustav Forsling
  • Matthew Tkachuk Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Zach Bogosian
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Marcus Foligno
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Jon Merrill
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Kirill Kaprizov
  • Giveaway by Sam Reinhart
  • Giveaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Declan Chisholm
  • Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  • Carter Verhaeghe faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
  • Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Sam Bennett Slashing against Yakov Trenin
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Marcus Johansson
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Marco Rossi
  • Jesper Boqvist hit Marco Rossi
  • Marcus Johansson hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Marcus Foligno
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Yakov Trenin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Yakov Trenin hit Nate Schmidt
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
  • Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Jakub Lauko
  • Off-side
  • Matt Boldy faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Marcus Johansson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Marcus Foligno hit Uvis Balinskis
  • Frederick Gaudreau hit Uvis Balinskis
  • Yakov Trenin hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Puck in Netting
  • Mats Zuccarello faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Jonas Brodin Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  • Icing
  • Icing
  • Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Frederick Gaudreau Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Yakov Trenin hit Gustav Forsling
  • Off-side
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Jesper Boqvist
  • Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
  • Takeaway by Marco Rossi
  • Mats Zuccarello Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Marco Rossi Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (7), Jake Middleton (1)
  • Sam Bennett shot blocked by Jonas Brodin
  • Puck in Netting
  • Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Marcus Johansson Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (5), Jonas Brodin (3)
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Joel Eriksson Ek hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Patrick Giles
  • Frederick Gaudreau Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jakub Lauko hit Anton Lundell
  • Sam Bennett shot blocked by Jonas Brodin
  • Joel Eriksson Ek hit Jesper Boqvist
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Jake Middleton
  • Puck in Netting
  • Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Brock Faber
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Yakov Trenin
  • Zach Bogosian hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Zach Bogosian Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Marcus Johansson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  • Matt Boldy Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Mats Zuccarello (3), Joel Eriksson Ek (1)
  • Jonas Brodin Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Icing
  • Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Frederick Gaudreau Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Sam Bennett shot blocked by Joel Eriksson Ek
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Jake Middleton
  • Yakov Trenin hit Mackie Samoskevich
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Hand Pass
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Marcus Foligno hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Zach Bogosian Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Yakov Trenin Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Yakov Trenin Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Frederick Gaudreau hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Marco Rossi faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Icing
  • Marco Rossi faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Mats Zuccarello Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Marat Khusnutdinov hit Uvis Balinskis
  • Nate Schmidt shot blocked by Liam Ohgren
  • Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Jakub Lauko
  • Liam Ohgren hit Uvis Balinskis
  • Joel Eriksson Ek hit Mackie Samoskevich
  • Hand Pass
  • Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Jesper Boqvist
  • Mats Zuccarello Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (8), Jake Middleton (2)
  • Icing
  • Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Middleton (3)
  • Declan Chisholm Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Icing
  • Marco Rossi faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Brock Faber Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Mats Zuccarello faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
  • Brock Faber hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  • Icing
  • Giveaway by Zach Bogosian
  • Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Jon Merrill
  • Jon Merrill hit Niko Mikkola
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Giveaway by Frederick Gaudreau
  • Marcus Johansson Tip-In Wide Left
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Jake Middleton
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Kirill Kaprizov
  • Frederick Gaudreau hit Adam Boqvist
  • Yakov Trenin Backhand Wide Left
  • Takeaway by Liam Ohgren
  • Giveaway by Liam Ohgren
  • Takeaway by Matt Boldy
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Mats Zuccarello Slap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
  • Takeaway by Mats Zuccarello
  • Kirill Kaprizov Backhand Wide Right
  • Puck in Benches
  • Yakov Trenin hit Mackie Samoskevich
  • Jonas Brodin hit Mackie Samoskevich
  • Liam Ohgren hit Niko Mikkola
  • Jakub Lauko Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sam Bennett shot blocked by Jon Merrill
  • Icing
  • Icing
  • Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Joel Eriksson Ek hit Sam Bennett
  • Icing
  • Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Marcus Foligno hit Anton Lundell
  • Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  • Marcus Johansson Deflected saved by Spencer Knight
  • Jonas Brodin Slap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
  • Puck in Benches
  • Marco Rossi faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  • Jonas Brodin Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
  • Marcus Foligno hit Niko Mikkola
  • Marcus Foligno Wrap-around saved by Spencer Knight
  • Marcus Foligno hit Patrick Giles
  • Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Marat Khusnutdinov
  • Puck in Benches
  • Icing
  • Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Marco Rossi faceoff won against Jesper Boqvist
  • Frederick Gaudreau Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Marcus Johansson Tip-In Wide Left
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