{"id":539528,"date":"2026-03-16T05:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539528\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:55:08","slug":"bo-groulx-scores-twice-as-toronto-maple-leafs-hold-on-for-win-over-minnesota-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539528\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Groulx scores twice as Toronto Maple Leafs hold on for win over Minnesota Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) \u2014 Bo Groulx scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> held on for a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rielly<\/a> also scored and Matthew Knies<\/a> added an empty-net goal for Toronto as Minnesota pushed to rally from a three-goal deficit after two periods.<\/p>\n

Anthony Stolarz<\/a> made 36 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have a win and a shootout loss in two games since losing captain Auston Matthews<\/a> for the season with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a> scored twice for the Wild. Jesper Wallstedt<\/a> made 22 saves.<\/p>\n

In a four-day span, the Wild earned just one point from three home games against non-playoff teams from the East \u2014 a shootout loss to the Flyers on Thursday and regulation defeats against the New York Rangers<\/a> Saturday and Maple Leafs on Sunday. <\/p>\n

After a scoreless first period, Toronto scored two quick goals to take charge early in the second. First, Rielly scored on a wrist shot from the left circle that beat Wallstedt over the shoulder at 1:07. Just 68 seconds later, Groulx made it 2-0 when he tipped in a shot from the point by Troy Stecher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Maple Leafs extended the lead to 3-0 at 8:18 of the second when Groulx intercepted a clearing attempt at the Wild blue line and fired a shot through traffic that beat a screened Wallstedt.<\/p>\n

Early in the third, Tarasenko scored twice in 23 seconds to pull the Wild to within a goal. First, he redirected a cross-ice pass from Mats Zuccarello<\/a> past Stolarz at the left post at 4:51 of the third. Then, he won a battle along the left boards, skated in and beat Stolarz with a wrist shot. Both goals were assisted by Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman<\/a>, who Tarasenko joined on the Wild\u2019s top line to start the third.<\/p>\n

Minnesota pushed hard for the tying goal, putting 17 shots on net in the period, but Stolarz held firm until Knies\u2019 empty-netter with 37 seconds left iced the win.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs: Host the New York Islanders<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Wild: Visit the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n

Patrick Donnelly, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) \u2014 Bo Groulx scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-539528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}