Kucherov Scores Overtime Winner as Lightning Rally Past Wild 4-3 in Saint Paul

Nikita Kucherov scored a power play goal at 3:23 of overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul on Saturday, November 7, 2026. Kucherov scored the winner one week after requesting a trade. Tampa Bay rallied from a two goal deficit in the final six minutes of regulation to force overtime.

Minnesota start fast

Minnesota led 1-0 only 55 seconds into the game. Blake Coleman scored on a wrist shot above the glove of Tampa Bay goaltender Dennis Hildeby. The Wild made it 2-0 two minutes later when Maxim Shabanov scored a power play goal at the crease.

Tampa Bay cut the lead to 2-1 late in the second period. Charle-Edouard D'Astous set up Jake Guentzel for a one timer from the right circle. Shabanov restored the two goal lead with 13:11 left in the third period. He raced the length of the ice, split two defenders and scored his second goal of the game. The goal was his eighth of the season and the game was his second career multi goal game.

The late rally

Guentzel started the comeback. He scored his second goal of the game on a tip in with 6:16 left to make it 3-2. The goal was his team leading 10th of the season. D'Astous tied the game 3-3 on the power play with a slap shot with 3:31 left in regulation.

In overtime, Kucherov took the puck between the circles and fired in the winning shot at the end of a long sequence in the Minnesota end. Since news broke that Kucherov wants out of Tampa Bay, he has one goal and five assists in four games.

Guentzel finished with two goals and an assist. D'Astous had a goal and two assists. Kucherov added an assist to his overtime winner, and Brayden Point and John Carlson each had two assists. Hildeby stopped 19 of 22 shots for Tampa Bay, which won its third game in a row.

Wild take a point

Minnesota still earned a point for the eighth consecutive game. The Wild are 6-0-2 in that run. Coleman scored their other goal. Calvin Pickard allowed four goals on 34 shots.

The final numbers show how the game turned. Tampa Bay put 34 shots on goal and scored twice on the power play in the third period and overtime. Minnesota led for most of the night and led 3-1 deep into the third period, but the Lightning scored three straight goals to take both points. Guentzel, D'Astous and Kucherov each had a goal in that run, and all three finished with three points or a goal and an assist in the comeback.