🏒 PREGAME · GAME 5 🏒
Minnesota Wild at Florida Panthers
🚨 Puck drops at 5:00 PM Central · Saturday, October 10, 2026
📍 Amerant Bank Arena · Sunrise, FL
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Game-Day Updates
Hey Wild fans, Michael here. One more stop before heading home. Let’s get you set for Game 5 in Sunrise!
Tonight’s records: Minnesota 2–1–1 · Florida 2–0–2. Game notes
🎥 Last game takeaway: Quinn Hughes and Blake Coleman scored, but Minnesota couldn’t erase a 2–0 first-period deficit in Thursday’s 3–2 loss. Tonight, watch whether the Wild can establish their forecheck before they have to chase the game.
Watch the Tampa highlights (5:02)
What changed for tonight
Roster watch: Rieger Lorenz could make his NHL debut following Friday’s recall. Marcus Foligno is listed injured (lower body), Määttä remains day-to-day, and Bogosian’s status also needs watching. Nick Foligno is on injured reserve; Faber remains out and Gustavsson is on LTIR. Latest lineup update
Starting goalie: Jesper Wallstedt is projected.
🌟 Wild Hockey Insider Projected Lineup:
October 10 projection. Minnesota did not hold a morning skate; injury decisions and warmup changes remain pending.
FORWARDS
Line 1: Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
Line 2: Blake Coleman – Ryan Hartman – Maxim Shabanov
Line 3: Yakov Trenin – Danila Yurov – Bobby Brink
Line 4: Nico Sturm – Michael McCarron – Rieger Lorenz
DEFENSE
Def 1: Quinn Hughes – Jared Spurgeon
Def 2: Olli Määttä – Jonas Brodin
Def 3: Daemon Hunt – Zach Bogosian
GOALTENDERS
In Net: Jesper Wallstedt (projected)
Backup: Calvin Pickard (projected)
Out: Nick Foligno, Brock Faber, Filip Gustavsson
Status watch: Marcus Foligno, Määttä, Bogosian
Projected scratches: David Spacek, Matt Kiersted
Latest projected combinations
👀 Things to Watch: Wild vs. Panthers (Game 5)
🔥 Boldy’s breakthrough. He has 19 shots and no points through four games. With Kaprizov projected alongside him, watch for quick passes through the middle and second chances around the crease.
🧱 Share the defensive work. Hughes played 32:36 in Tampa. Shorter defensive-zone shifts and closer support on breakouts would help keep Minnesota’s defense from getting stretched again.
🎯 Make the power play count. Minnesota is 5-for-13 with the extra skater. Against confirmed Florida starter Jacob Markstrom, watch for traffic and rebounds rather than settling for clean looks from outside.
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