MN Wild Win Again but Lose Top Center Again Too

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images via Reuters Connect The Minnesota Wild (14-3-4) went into Toronto on Thursday night looking to stretch their road winning streak to seven games. And since they had Matt Boldy on their team, it wasn t going to go any other way. The 25-year-old wing netted a hat trick in Minnesota s 5-2 win tonight over the Maple Leafs, stretching their point streak to 10 games (8-0-2), and racking up their 32nd point of the regular season, good for first place in the Western Conference. Boldy opened the scoring at 17:53 of the first period off a Kaprizov assist. Toronto answered with two goals early in the second, as Auston Matthews and Zack MacEwen scored about three minutes apart to give the Leafs a 2-1 lead. MN Wild win but lose Joel Eriksson Ek again Boldy tied it on the power play at 9:55 of the second, with Quinn Hughes and Kaprizov assisting, then scored the go-ahead goal 3:59 into the third to finish the hat trick. Michael McCarron added a goal a