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: 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.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Set to play Thursday
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Boldy (lower body) will be available for Minnesota's Opening Night matchup against Columbus on Thursday, per Jessi Pierce of NHL.com.
Boldy had 29 goals and 69 points across 75 games with the Wild in 2023-24, marking the second straight campaign in which he exceeded the 60-point milestone. He has a good chance of generating a similar amount of offensive production this season while serving in a top-six capacity and on the first power-play unit.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Full participant in practice
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Boldy (lower body) was a full participant in practice Monday, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
Boldy sustained a lower-body injury in late September and was labeled as week-to-week and missed preseason games. However, Wild owner Craig Leipold had said he was confident Boldy would be ready for the start of the regular season last week, the Pioneer Press also reported.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Ruled out for preseason finale
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Boldy (lower body) won't play in Friday's preseason finale against Chicago, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Boldy sustained a lower-body injury in late September and was labeled as week-to-week, but he skated this week and said that he was feeling better. While he'll be held out for Friday's preseason finale, the 23-year-old should still be in the mix to play on Opening Night against Columbus on Oct. 10. Over 75 regular-season appearances last year, he logged 29 goals and 69 points while averaging 18:55 of ice time.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Deemed week-to-week
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Boldy didn't practice Monday because of a lower-body injury and is week-to-week.
Boldy generated 29 goals, 69 points and 227 shots on net across 75 regular-season contests in 2023-24. Head coach John Hynes believes Boldy should be back by the end of training camp, and the team expects the 23-year-old forward will be ready for Opening Night on Oct. 10 against Columbus, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports. If Boldy remains out, Marco Rossi might take on a top-six role.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Reaches 40 helpers
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Boldy collected two assists, one on the power play, in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Kraken.
Both points came in a frantic third period that featured five of the game's seven total goals. Boldy finished the campaign with a six-game point streak, and the surge took him to a career-high 40 assists and 69 points on the season. The 23-year-old winger should be locked into a top-six role with the Wild in 2024-25, and he likely hasn't hit his ceiling yet, especially if Boldy keeps seeing regular shifts alongside Kirill Kaprizov.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Sets career high in points
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Boldy notched an assist and fired three shots on goal in Friday's 7-2 loss to the Golden Knights.
Boldy has four points over his last three games, though this was his first even-strength contribution in that span. The 23-year-old winger has been a bright spot for a Wild team that fell short of expectations in 2023-24. He has a career-high 64 points with 215 shots on net, 48 PIM and a plus-5 rating over 72 appearances while featuring prominently in the top six and on the power play.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Two points in loss
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Boldy notched a goal and an assist, both on the power play, in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Avalanche.
Boldy set up Kirill Kaprizov's opening tally midway through the first period before tying the game 2-2 later in the frame, deflecting a cross-ice feed from Mats Zuccarello past Alexandar Georgiev. The 23-year-old Boldy has offered consistent production in a top-six role this year -- he's up to 63 points (27 goals, 36 assists) through 71 games, matching a career high set last season.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Goal, assist in victory
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Boldy recorded a goal and an assist in Thursday's 3-1 win over San Jose.
Boldy set up Joel Eriksson Ek's goal late in the first period before tallying the eventual game-winner 18 seconds into the third, backhanding a loose puck past Mackenzie Blackwood to put Minnesota ahead 2-1. The 22-year-old Boldy has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his last eight contests. He's up to 25 goals and 58 points through 65 games this season.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Contributes assist in win
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Boldy notched an assist in Thursday's 2-0 win over the Ducks.
Boldy hadn't posted a single point in a game since Feb. 24 -- he had two multi-point outings in eight games during that span, which included six scoreless outings. The 22-year-old winger helped out on Kirill Kaprizov's second-period marker. Boldy is up to 53 points (24 goals, 29 assists), 176 shots on net, 42 PIM and a plus-6 rating through 60 contests in a top-six role.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Plays overtime hero Sunday
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Boldy scored the game-winning goal in overtime and added two assists, one on the power play, in Sunday's 4-3 victory over the Predators.
With Marc-Andre Fleury pulled to create a 4-on-3 situation, Boldy took a cross-ice pass from Mats Zuccarello and hammered it past Juuse Saros for his career-high sixth game-winner of the season. Boldy has been locked in since the All-Star break. Over the last 15 games the 22-year-old winger has erupted for eight goals and 19 points, including seven multi-point performances.
