Boldy scored a goal in a 4-1 win Saturday over the Flyers.
Boldy tore in on a breakaway against Samuel Ersson, deked around the netminder and slid the puck in at the left post to push the score to 2-0. His offense has slowed a touch over his last 10 games -- he has two goals and five assists in that span after putting up 22 points, including 11 goals, across his first 20 outings. Boldy remains on a point-per-game pace and already has six game-winners in just 30 games. One word: clutch.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Contributes helper in shootout win
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Boldy notched an assist, six shots on goal and four PIM in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout win over Utah.
Boldy also had the decisive tally in the shootout to secure the win. The winger has scored just once over his last nine games, but he's added seven assists in that span to stay productive. This season, he's logged 12 goals, 16 helpers, 107 shots on net, 23 PIM and a plus-8 rating through 28 contests in a top-six role. He's upped his shot volume from just three per game in 2023-24 to 3.8 per game in 2024-25, which likely explains his slight uptick in point production.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Three points in Friday's win
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Boldy scored a goal on four shots, added two assists and went plus-2 in Friday's 5-1 win over the Ducks.
Boldy, Marco Rossi and Kirill Kaprizov combined for four goals and nine points in the easy win. Boldy snapped his six-game goal drought with a second-period tally and earned his first multi-point effort since Nov. 23 against the Flames. The 23-year-old winger is up to 12 goals, 27 points, 97 shots on net, a plus-11 rating and 17 PIM over 26 outings, primarily filling a top-line role in a season that's seen his offense rise to another level.
Boldy logged an assist and two shots on goal in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Sabres.
Boldy saw a six-game point streak end in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Jets, but he was right back on the scoresheet Wednesday. He had the secondary helper on Kirill Kaprizov's goal at 6:55 of the first period, which was the lone tally of the contest. Boldy is up to 11 goals, 12 assists, 78 shots on net and a plus-8 rating over 22 appearances. He's seen top-line usage in the absence of Mats Zuccarello (lower body), which has likely helped Boldy stay consistent on offense.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Six-game, seven-point streak
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Boldy delivered two assists, including one on the power play, in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Flames on Saturday.
Boldy has three goals, four helpers and 22 shots during his six-game point streak. After two seasons of 60-plus points, Boldy is taking another step forward in 2024-25 with 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) and 72 shots through 20 outings. His star is on the rise.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Goal, fight in win
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Boldy scored a goal on two shots and added five PIM in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Oilers.
Boldy tied the game at 1-1 midway through the first period. In the second, Boldy came to the defense of teammate Kirill Kaprizov, dropping the mitts with Drake Caggiula after the Edmonton forward appeared to injure Kaprizov. While he's not a particularly rough-and-tumble player, Boldy has accumulated 13 PIM in addition to five goals and two assists over his last seven contests. The winger has 11 tallies, 20 points, 69 shots on net, 15 PIM and a plus-7 rating through 19 appearances this season.
Boldy notched an assist and two hits in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Stars.
Boldy, a natural winger, started the game as the first-line center. The 23-year-old won six of 13 faceoffs, though he had given up some faceoff duties later in the contest with Marco Rossi moving back up. The Wild's top six could be in flux for a bit as the team navigates the absences of Mats Zuccarello (lower body) and Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body). Boldy's helper was his first since Oct. 26 versus the Flyers, though he had six goals over eight contests in between assists. The 23-year-old is at 18 points, 61 shots on net, 12 hits, 12 blocked shots and a plus-6 rating through 17 appearances.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Notches game-winner
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Boldy scored a goal on team-high six shots, adding two blocked shots and two PIM in Thursday's 3-0 win over Montreal.
Boldy finished off a sequence, which began with Kirill Kaprizov and Marcus Johansson, for the game-winning tally midway through the second period. It was his sixth goal in the last seven games. The Wild sustained lower-body injuries to two top-six forwards -- Mats Zuccarello and Joel Eriksson Ek -- which led to a rotation that at times had Boldy and Kaprizov, the Wild's leading scorers, on the ice together at 5-on-5. Boldy has 10 goals on a team-high 60 shots with seven assists and a 16.7 shooting percentage through 16 outings.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Nets equalizer in loss
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Boldy scored a goal on four shots and added two PIM in Sunday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Blackhawks.
Boldy scored with 4:31 left in regulation to force overtime, but the Wild weren't able to come away with a second standings point. The winger has been all goals lately, scoring five times over seven contests since his last assist. For the season, he has nine tallies, seven helpers, 54 shots and a plus-5 rating across 15 appearances as one of many Wild forwards off to a strong start in 2024-25.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Scores twice Thursday
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Boldy scored a pair of goals, one on the power play and the other into an empty net, in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Sharks.
Boldy has scored four times over four contests in November. His second-period tally was the game-winner. The winger leads the Wild with eight goals, including four game-winners, and he's added seven assists, 49 shots on net and a plus-3 rating through 13 games this season. The 23-year-old has exceeded 60 points in each of the last two years, but he looks to be taking his game to another level in 2042-25.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Seals win in overtime
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Boldy scored a goal on three shots in Sunday's 2-1 overtime win over the Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs thought they were off to the races after a Wild turnover, but Jared Spurgeon got the puck up to Marco Rossi, who touched it over to Boldy behind the defense. Boldy made no mistake on the finish, scoring for the second game in a row and the fourth time in six contests. The winger is up to six tallies (three game-winners), 13 points, 40 shots on net and a plus-3 rating over 11 appearances this season. Boldy continues to hold a top-six role and a spot on the first power-play unit, and his early pace has him on track to surpass his career high of 69 points from 2023-24.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Fills empty cage for game-winner
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Boldy scored an empty-net goal on three shots in Friday's 5-3 win over Lightning.
Boldy's tally put the Wild up 4-2, and while the Lightning got one back, they couldn't tie the game. This made Boldy's goal the game-winner, his second such tally of the season. The 23-year-old winger is up to five goals, 12 points, 37 shots on net, nine blocked shots, seven hits and a plus-2 rating through 10 appearances. He's been a key part of the Wild's early success while playing on the second line and first power-play unit.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Three-game, five-point streak
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Boldy scored a goal and added an assist in a 4-2 win over Tampa Bay on Thursday.
He one-timed a seam pass through the crease on a power play, beating Andrei Vasilevskiy, who couldn't get post-to-post fast enough. The goal stood as the winner. Boldy has five points (two goals, three assists) on his current three-game point streak. Overall, he has 10 points, including four goals, and 20 shots in seven games this season, and half of Boldy's points have come with the man advantage. The winger is coming off back-to-back seasons with 60-plus points, including a career-high 69 points in 2023-24. It looks like Boldy is taking another step forward.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Two-point effort Tuesday
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Boldy scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Panthers.
After helping to set up Marcus Johansson for what proved to be the game-winner midway through the first period, Boldy potted his own tally early in the second to give the Wild a 3-0 lead. It's the third multi-point performance in six games for the 23-year-old winger, and Boldy has amassed three goals and eight points so far in 2024-25 -- including two goals and four points on the power play.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Earns power-play helper
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Boldy managed a power-play assist in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Blue Jackets.
Boldy began the year with a pair of multi-point efforts, but he went cold over his last two outings. The 23-year-old helped out on a Kirill Kaprizov tally in the third period, which stood as the game-winner. Boldy appears to be more comfortable when playing alongside Joel Eriksson Ek, and those two forwards have often done so on the second line with Marcus Johansson when everyone's healthy. Boldy has six points (three on the power play), 14 shots on net, four hits and a plus-1 rating over five appearances.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Nets power-play goal
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Boldy scored a power-play goal and added an assist in Saturday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Kraken. He also added six shots, a hit and a blocked shot.
Boldy has registered at least one goal and one assist in back-to-back contests to open the season, and it's worth noting two of his points have come on the power play. The 23-year-old winger is coming off a career-best season in 2023-24 with 29 goals and 69 points, and he isn't showing any signs of slowing down in his new campaign.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Stands out on Opening Night
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Boldy finished with one goal and two assists, including one on the power play, in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Blue Jackets.
Boldy was involved in each of Minnesota's three goals in this one, breaking the deadlock with a wrist shot from the circle on the first goal and then providing helpers in the remaining two goals, including Mats Zuccarello's power-play tally in the third period. Boldy had 29 goals and 69 points across 75 regular-season games with the Wild in 2023-24, and he figures to play an important role for Minnesota on offense once again in 2024-25.
