Matt Boldy’s hat trick helps Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues

Power-play goals precede Yurov’s go-ahead finish

Jonatan Berggren opened the scoring for St. Louis at 1:45 of the first period, skating into the slot for a power-play backhand. Matt Boldy answered at 7:31, converting Quinn Hughes’ pass on a five-on-three power play.

Penalties to Mason McTavish for high-sticking and Jake Neighbours for tripping had created Minnesota’s two-player advantage. Later in the period, Dylan Peterson lost possession along the boards before the rush that produced Minnesota’s next goal.

Danila Yurov put the Wild ahead 2–1 at 11:17, receiving a centering pass from Maxim Shabanov. Minnesota took that one-goal advantage into the second period.

Boldy scores twice more in the second

McTavish tied the game at 4:57 of the second, finishing a breakaway created by Pius Suter’s pass. The Blues’ equalizer was followed just 27 seconds later by another Minnesota goal.

Boldy restored the lead at 5:24 off Joel Eriksson Ek’s pass from behind the goal line. Kirill Kaprizov tipped Hughes’ centering attempt home at 8:47. Boldy then converted Kaprizov’s pass from the corner at 16:47, completing his hat trick for a 5–2 lead.

Two St. Louis puck errors preceded those last two goals: Cam Fowler mishandled the puck in the offensive zone before Kaprizov’s finish, and Justin Barron fumbled Philip Broberg’s neutral-zone pass before Boldy’s third.

Boldy also had an assist to go with the three goals, recording his fifth NHL hat trick.

Thomas and Holloway narrow the gap late

Robert Thomas scored shorthanded with four minutes remaining, putting away Fowler’s rebound. Dylan Holloway added a sixth-attacker goal with 15 seconds left, cutting the deficit to one, but Minnesota retained the win.