Matt Boldy scored three times, including the winner, as the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena.
Boldy opened the scoring at 17:53 of the first period, with an assist from Kirill Kaprizov. Auston Matthews tied it 1-1 at 4:05 of the second period. Zack MacEwen put the Maple Leafs ahead 2-1 at 6:59 of the second period. Boldy tied it 2-2 on the power play at 9:55 of the second period.
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Boldy put the Wild ahead 3-2 at 3:59 of the third period, with assists from Ryan Hartman and Zach Bogosian. Michael McCarron made it 4-2 at 7:34 of the third period. Danila Yurov made it 5-2 into an empty net at 19:03 of the third period.
For Minnesota, Boldy had three goals, Kaprizov had three assists, Yurov had a goal and an assist, McCarron scored, and Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 of 28 shots.
For Toronto, MacEwen had a goal and an assist, Matthews scored, and Anthony Stolarz stopped 21 of 25 shots.
Toronto outshot Minnesota 28-26. Minnesota went 1 for 3 on the power play, and Toronto went 0 for 2. The Wild moved to 14-3-4. The Maple Leafs fell to 8-11-2.
The Wild sit first in the Western Conference and have won two straight. The Maple Leafs are 11th in the Eastern Conference and have lost five straight.
The Wild next visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Maple Leafs next host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
