Boldy had a goal and an assist in a 6-1 Team USA win over Finland on Thursday at the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal.
Boldy's goal stood as the winner. He set up in the high slot late in the first and deflected Brock Faber's shot from the right point down and through Juuse Saros' five hole. Boldy was impressive Thursday, and his efforts earned him the game's third star.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Three points in victory
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Boldy was credited with two goals and an assist in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Boldy set up Marco Rossi's game-opening marker before netting two of the Wild's five unanswered goals in a high-octane matchup. Boldy's second tally was an own goal -- he slid a pass to the front of the net and New York's Tony DeAngelo mistakenly swept the puck past Ilya Sorokin. Boldy had been held off the scoresheet in five straight outings before Saturday's three-point outburst. The 23-year-old winger is up to 20 goals, 48 points and a plus-6 rating through 56 appearances this season. Boldy and Team USA will take on Team Finland in Montreal on Feb. 13 at the 4 Nations Face-Off.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Trio of helpers in win
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Boldy supplied three assists and four shots on goal in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks.
Boldy had been held off the scoresheet for a couple of games earlier in the week, but the winger erupted for four helpers over two contests during a weekend back-to-back. The 23-year-old had a hand in goals by Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek (on the power play) and Marcus Foligno (empty-netter). Boldy should still carve out a decent share of offense even with Kirill Kaprizov back from a lower-body injury. For the season, Boldy has 18 goals, 27 helpers, 13 power-play points, 172 shots on net, 35 PIM and a plus-5 rating over 50 appearances.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Earns two points in loss
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Boldy scored a power-play goal on six shots, added an assist and logged two PIM in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Predators.
Boldy earned his fourth multi-point effort over the last seven games. In that span, the star winger has five goals and four assists. The 23-year-old is up to 18 goals, 41 points (12 on the power play), 161 shots on net, 35 PIM and a plus-3 rating across 46 appearances. Boldy has been excellent in the absence of Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), though Boldy has also held his own when on the second line when the Wild are closer to full strength.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Pair of points in loss
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Boldy scored a goal and added an assist, both on the power play, in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Oilers.
Boldy also had seven shots on net and a minus-2 rating. He was a big part of the Wild's strong start to the contest, but the Oilers didn't let him add to his contributions over the final 40 minutes. Boldy has four goals and four assists over his last six outings, though these points Wednesday were his first on the power play since Dec. 18 versus the Panthers. The winger is at 17 goals, 39 points, 155 shots on net, 33 PIM and a plus-3 rating through 45 appearances.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: One of each in Saturday's win
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Boldy scored a goal on four shots, dished an assist and went plus-3 in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Sharks.
It was another dominant performance from the Wild's top line. Boldy set up Marco Rossi's opening tally in the first period before scoring the game-winner early in the second stanza. With six points and a plus-3 rating over his last four outings, Boldy has stepped up in the top-line spot due to the absence of Kirill Kaprizov (lower body). Boldy's increased role has aided him in recording at least four shots on net in seven straight contests. His improved results come after a fairly quiet December. For the season, the 23-year-old winger has 16 goals, 21 assists, 147 shots, 31 blocked shots, 25 hits, 33 PIM and a plus-5 rating over 43 appearances.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Racks up three points in win
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Boldy scored a goal on four shots, dished two assists and went plus-3 in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Hurricanes.
Boldy earned his first multi-point effort since Dec. 6. He showed excellent chemistry alongside Marco Rossi and Mats Zuccarello on the top line against a tough opponent. Boldy has been a little inconsistent this season, but he's still managed 14 goals, 20 assists, 135 shots on net and a plus-5 rating through 40 appearances, putting him in line for similar production to last year's 69-point campaign.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Sets up game-winner
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Boldy registered an assist, two blocked shots, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Stars.
Boldy snapped a three-game slump -- his longest of the season -- when he set up Brock Faber's game-winning goal in overtime. The 23-year-old Boldy has taken a step back on offense in December, particularly on the power play, but he remains in a top-six role. The winger has seven points over 12 outings this month and a total of 13 goals, 18 helpers, 118 shots on net, 33 PIM and a plus-5 rating across 36 appearances this season.
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Wild's Matt Boldy: Cold in December
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After a hot start to 2024-25 offensively, Boldy has taken a step back in December.
Boldy scored 11 goals and 24 points through his first 24 appearances this season, but he has just two goals and six points across 11 outings this month. That recent production looks even less impressive when you consider that half of it -- a goal and two assists -- came during Minnesota's 5-1 victory over the rebuilding Ducks on Dec. 6. He has been held off the scoresheet seven times in December. One particular note of concern is the power play. He looked good with the man advantage early in the campaign, collecting six points (three goals) through eight appearances, but he has just three power-play points over 27 outings since. To be fair to Boldy, the power play is one of the few spots of weakness for the Wild -- they rank 24th with a 17.6 percent conversion rate this season, and that's down to 12.3 percent since Oct. 29 -- so the recent lack of special-teams production is a team-wide issue.
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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: 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.
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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: 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.