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Minnesota Wild at Boston Bruins: game preview

MinnesotaWild2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 46-24-12 · 104 pts · 7that

BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8th

Puck drop14 Nov · 7:00 PM ET

VenueTD Garden

All-time meetings38 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Four points apart last season

Minnesota finished last season 7th in the league on 104 points. Boston finished 8th on 100, and the 2025-26 season series went MIN 1-1-0.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 39

Across 38 completed games, Minnesota lead the head-to-head 20-12-5.

All-time record20-12-5Minnesota's record in the series

Meetings played38This is number 39

2025-26 seriesMIN 1-1-0

Last 53-2Minnesota

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

3 OctBOS 1 – MIN 427–30BOS 0/3 · MIN 2/3MIN

28 Mar 2026MIN 3 – BOS 634–31MIN 1/2 · BOS 0/2BOS

14 Dec 2025BOS 2 – MIN 631–31BOS 0/2 · MIN 2/3MIN

2 Mar 2025BOS 0 – MIN 128–22BOS 0/2 · MIN 0/2MIN

4 Feb 2025MIN 0 – BOS 336–35MIN 0/4 · BOS 0/3BOS

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The table on each meeting night

DateMinnesotaBoston

14 Dec 202519-9-5 · 43 pts4th19-14-0 · 38 pts13th

28 Mar 202641-21-12 · 94 pts6th41-24-8 · 90 pts8th

3 Oct2-0-0 · 4 pts4th2-1-0 · 4 pts9th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 14 Dec 2025, Minnesota were 4th in the league and Boston 13th. By 3 Oct it was 4th and 9th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Minnesota out-attempted Boston 315 to 296

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Minnesota Wild

315 att · 153 on goal · 14 G · 9.2%

Crease24 att · 2 G

Slot111 att · 6 G

Wing131 att · 4 G

Point36 att · 2 G

Neutral zone13 att · 0 G

Boston Bruins

296 att · 152 on goal · 12 G · 7.9%

Crease14 att · 2 G

Slot97 att · 4 G

Wing123 att · 5 G

Point49 att · 0 G

Neutral zone13 att · 1 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Minnesota have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

MinnesotaBoston

3.01xG for per game2.87

2.83xG against per game3.13

51.5%xG share47.8%

−0.0FinishingGoals minus expected goals−2.5

+3.5GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.5

This season: 3 games for Minnesota, 4 for Boston. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Minnesota

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2736.4%

Power play · 2025-2625.2% · 3rd

Power play · last 5 meetings5/14 · 35.7%

Penalty kill · 2026-27100.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2679.8% · 16th

Faceoffs · 2026-2748.0% · 84/175

Drawn · 2026-2711 (3.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings14 (2.80/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings5

Boston

Small sample

Power play · 2026-270.0%

Power play · 2025-2623.4% · 9th

Power play · last 5 meetings0/12 · 0.0%

Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%

Penalty kill · 2025-2677.0% · 24th

Faceoffs · 2026-2750.4% · 117/232

Drawn · 2026-2710 (2.50/gm)

Drawn · last meetings12 (2.40/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Kirill Kaprizov has 6 points in the last 5 meetings

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.

In the last meetings

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PlayerGPGAPSOG

97Kirill Kaprizov351610

38Ryan Hartman32465

43Quinn Hughes323510

36Mats Zuccarello31236

88David Pastrnak503314

7Brock Faber40337

11Casey Mittelstadt30332

18Pavel Zacha520212

28Elias Lindholm520210

20Andrew Peeke420210

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Kirill Kaprizov vs Boston · game by game

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DateVenueGAPSOGTOI

3 Octhome202318:49

28 Mar 2026away101319:58

14 Dec 2025home213419:12

Last 5 meetings6 P5 G, 1 A · 10 SOG

Next best6 PRyan Hartman, MIN

2026-27 season3 P3 GP · 3 G

Blank vs BOS0 of 3A point in every meeting

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Goaltending

Filip Gustavsson has started most of these meetings

Filip Gustavsson played 3 of the last 5 meetings with Boston, with a .921 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Minnesota

Expected starter after their game on 12 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Boston

Expected starter after their game on 12 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Filip Gustavsson

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MIN · 28-15-6 in 2025-26 Starter estimate from 11 Nov

SV% · 2025-26.90450 GP · 2.69 GAA

vs Boston.9213 app · 89 SA · 7 GA

GSAx · 2025-26+0.949 starts

vs BOSVenueSAGASV%

28 Mar 2026away305.833

14 Dec 2025home312.935

2 Mar 2025home2801.000

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Jesper Wallstedt .933 (3 GP)

Full game log

Jeremy Swayman

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BOS · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 11 Nov

SV% · 2026-27.9143 GP · 2.30 GAA · 2025-26 .908

vs Minnesota.9194 app · 123 SA · 10 GA

GSAx · 2026-27+1.43 starts · most on the roster

vs MINVenueSAGASV%

28 Mar 2026home343.912

14 Dec 2025away316.806

2 Mar 2025away221.955

4 Feb 2025home3601.000

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Michael DiPietro .897 (1 GP)

Full game log

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

3 Oct5 · BOS 1–4 MIN

28 Mar 20269 · MIN 3–6 BOS

14 Dec 20258 · BOS 2–6 MIN

2 Mar 20251 · BOS 0–1 MIN

4 Feb 20253 · MIN 0–3 BOS

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Minnesota3.001.673.322.93

Boston2.252.753.323.05

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.1Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings5.2Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

4 on the injury lists

Minnesota · injuries

Brock FaberSkullIRReturn15 Oct

Filip GustavssonHipIRReturn1 Nov

Nick FolignoUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

Boston · injuries

Charlie McAvoySuspensionOutReturn13 Oct

Latest moves

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24 Sep · MIN

Waived for the purpose of assignment to Iowa (AHL) Ds Matt Kiersted, Carson Lambos, and Roman Schmidt and Fs Caedan Bankier, Dylan Gambrell, Justin Kirkland, Tyler Pitlick, and Mason Shaw. Assigned Ds Ben Dexheimer and Viking Gustafsson Nyberg and Fs Jagger Joshua, Hunter Haight, Riley Heidt, Rasmus Kumpulainen, and Rieger Lorenz to Iowa.

14 Jul 2026 · MIN

Signed G Filip Ruzicka to a three-year, entry-level contract.

13 Jul 2026 · MIN

Signed D Filip Ruzicka to a three-year contract.

5 Oct · BOS

Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.

4 Oct · BOS

Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.

27 Sep · BOS

Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.

Injury report

Minnesota · 2026 draft

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#83Adam AnderssonRound 3 · Leksand Jr.C

#112Kayden LemireRound 4 · Prince GeorgeRW

#137Filip RuzickaRound 5 · BrandonG

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Boston · 2026 draft

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#56Yuri IvanovRound 2 · Spartak Jr.G

#88Nils BartholdssonRound 3 · Rogle Jr.RW

#104Matvei KotkovRound 4 · Yaroslavl Jr.RW

#122Oscar OlssonRound 4 · Orebro Jr.LW

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Minnesota Wild at Boston Bruins: game preview

Four points apart last season

Meeting number 39

Last 5 meetings

The table on each meeting night

Minnesota out-attempted Boston 315 to 296

Minnesota Wild

Boston Bruins

Minnesota have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Minnesota

Boston

Kirill Kaprizov has 6 points in the last 5 meetings

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

In the last meetings

Kirill Kaprizov vs Boston · game by game

Filip Gustavsson has started most of these meetings

Filip Gustavsson

Jeremy Swayman

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

4 on the injury lists

Minnesota · injuries

Boston · injuries

Latest moves

Minnesota · 2026 draft

Boston · 2026 draft

Saturday 14 November · the full slate