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Wild’s Zuccarello, Boldy & Fleury Pull Out Win Over Flyers

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On a night where the number of fights stole the show, the Minnesota Wild battled hard against the Philadelphia Flyers in St. Paul on Thursday, Jan. 26. Things didn’t look good for the Wild when the Flyers scored just five minutes into the first period. However, the game took an odd turn from there with three consecutive fights that gave both teams energy they didn’t seem to have before. Three fights throughout an entire game are hardly seen anymore, but three fights on three consecutive stoppages in play are basically unheard of.


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The teams eventually settled down and the period moved along, but it ended with the Flyers still in control of the lead. The momentum flipped to the Wild’s favor in the second period when they scored early to tie things at one. There was one final fight and a number of scoring chances both ways but the period ended tied. In the third, the Wild kept up their strong play and secured their first lead of the game when they scored early again.

It looked like the Wild were going to skate away with the lead but the Flyers held on and forced their own goal to tie it at two. Neither team could find a way to score before time ran out and overtime was necessary when the Wild were able to snatch the win on a beautiful goal by Mats Zuccarello.

Wild’s Boldy Carries Team

The Wild’s newly re-signed Matt Boldy showed he’s worth every dime of his new contract as he saved his team, not just once but twice with his two goals. Both of Boldy’s goals resulted from him constantly circling in front of the net and making sure he was always open for a potential pass from his teammates. His first goal was on a pass from Marcus Foligno that he picked out of his own skates, pulled it across the top of the crease right in front of Flyers’ goaltender Carter Hart, and snuck it past him.

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Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Boldy’s second goal was a one-timer for his seventh power-play goal of the season and 18th power-play point. Following those two goals plus an assist on the overtime winner, he now has 16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points this season. He’s just three points shy of the 49 points he accumulated during his rookie season in 2021-22. He appears to have finally found his scoring stride after going pointless in six straight; he now has points in the last four games. Hopefully Boldy can continue this run of production and help win games for his team.

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