Boldy has 2 goals and assist as Wild score final 5 goals to beat Islanders 6-3

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy had two goals and an assist and the Minnesota Wild scored the final five goals to beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Saturday night.

Marco Rossi, Frederick Gaudreau, Yakov Trenin and Marcus Foligno also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of seven. Jared Spurgeon had two assists and Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves.

Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist, Anders Lee also scored, and Maxim Tsyplakov had two assists for the Islanders, who have lost three of four after winning seven straight. Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 shots.

Boldy completed his first multigoal game since Nov. 7 when his centering attempt almost six minutes into the third period deflected off Islanders defenseman Anthony DeAngelo before getting behind Sorokin. Minnesota’s second goal also went in off DeAngelo.

New York pulled Sorokin with 5 minutes left, but Foligno quickly scored an empty-net goal.

Islanders: Palmieri scored his fourth goal in six games and has 10 points in his last 12 contests after the center had one goal and two assists in his previous 12 games.

Wild: Center Joel Eriksson Ek was scratched with a lower-body injury forcing Minnesota to play with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Eriksson Ek is scheduled to play for Sweden at the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.

Nelson and Lee, both Minnesota natives, gave New York a 3-1 lead in the second period, but the Wild scored three times in a 5:21 span late in the period. Gaudreau scored on the power play before Boldy and Trenin scored 51 seconds apart for a 4-3 Wild lead.

The Wild are 30-3-2 when scoring at least three goals.

Both teams are off for the 4 Nations Face-off break. Islanders host Dallas on Feb. 23, and Wild play at Detroit on Feb. 22.

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Minnesota Wild center Yakov Trenin, 4th from the right, scores a goal against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild center Yakov Trenin (13) is congratulated after scoring against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild center Frederick Gaudreau, center, is congratulated after scoring against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

New York Islanders center Brock Nelson celebrates after scoring against the Minnesota Wild during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) makes a save during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild center Vinnie Hinostroza (18) skates with the puck while being defended by New York Islanders defenseman Adam Boqvist (34) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

New York Islanders center Kyle Palmieri is congratulated after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild center Yakov Trenin, second from the left, celebrates with left wing Marcus Foligno (17) after scoring against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild center Marco Rossi looks on after scoring a goal against the New York Islanders during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy is congratulated after scoring a goal against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the New York Islanders during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — World champions Ilia Malinin and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will anchor one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less than a month.

Malinin, fresh off his fourth straight national title, will be the prohibitive favorite to follow in the footsteps of Nathan Chen by delivering another men's gold medal for the American squad when he steps on the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Chock and Bates, who won their record-setting seventh U.S. title Saturday night, also will be among the Olympic favorites, as will world champion Alysa Liu and women's teammate Amber Glenn, fresh off her third consecutive national title.

U.S. Figure Skating announced its full squad of 16 athletes for the Winter Games during a made-for-TV celebration Sunday.

"I'm just so excited for the Olympic spirit, the Olympic environment," Malinin said. “Hopefully go for that Olympic gold.”

Malinin will be joined on the men's side by Andrew Torgashev, the all-or-nothing 24-year-old from Coral Springs, Florida, and Maxim Naumov, the 24-year-old from Simsbury, Connecticut, who fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team.

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were returning from a talent camp in Kansas when their American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River in January 2025. One of the last conversations they had with their son was about what it would take for him to follow in their footsteps by becoming an Olympian.

“We absolutely did it,” Naumov said. “Every day, year after year, we talked about the Olympics. It means so much in our family. It's what I've been thinking about since I was 5 years old, before I even know what to think. I can't put this into words.”

Chock and Bates helped the Americans win team gold at the Beijing Games four years ago, but they finished fourth — one spot out of the medals — in the ice dance competition. They have hardly finished anywhere but first in the years since, winning three consecutive world championships and the gold medal at three straight Grand Prix Finals.

U.S. silver medalists Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik also made the dance team, as did the Canadian-born Christina Carreira, who became eligible for the Olympics in November when her American citizenship came through, and Anthony Ponomarenko.

Liu was picked for her second Olympic team after briefly retiring following the Beijing Games. She had been burned out by years of practice and competing, but stepping away seemed to rejuvenate the 20-year-old from Clovis, California, and she returned to win the first world title by an American since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium two decades ago.

Now, the avant-garde Liu will be trying to help the U.S. win its first women's medal since Sasha Cohen in Turin in 2006, and perhaps the first gold medal since Sarah Hughes triumphed four years earlier at the Salt Lake City Games.

Her biggest competition, besides a powerful Japanese contingent, could come from her own teammates: Glenn, a first-time Olympian, has been nearly unbeatable the past two years, while 18-year-old Isabeau Levito is a former world silver medalist.

"This was my goal and my dream and it just feels so special that it came true,” said Levito, whose mother is originally from Milan.

The two pairs spots went to Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, the U.S. silver medalists, and the team of Emily Chan and Spencer Howe.

The top American pairs team, two-time reigning U.S. champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, were hoping that the Finnish-born Efimova would get her citizenship approved in time to compete in Italy. But despite efforts by the Skating Club of Boston, where they train, and the help of their U.S. senators, she did not receive her passport by the selection deadline.

“The importance and magnitude of selecting an Olympic team is one of the most important milestones in an athlete's life,” U.S. Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell said, "and it has such an impact, and while there are sometimes rules, there is also a human element to this that we really have to take into account as we make decisions and what's best going forward from a selection process.

“Sometimes these aren't easy," Farrell said, “and this is not the fun part.”

The fun is just beginning, though, for the 16 athletes picked for the powerful American team.

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Amber Glenn competes during the women's free skating competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Alysa Liu skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Maxim Naumov skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate during the "Making the Team" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Gold medalist Ilia Malinin arrives for the metal ceremony after the men's free skate competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)