Matt Boldy has 5th career hat trick and Wild beat Blues 5-4

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy had his fifth career hat trick as part of a four-point night, Kirill Kaprizov added his league-high ninth goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild held off the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Thursday night.

Quinn Hughes had two assists to establish a franchise record for the longest season-opening point streak at eight games.

Danila Yurov also scored, Joel Eriksson Ek also had two assists and Jesper Wallstedt made 20 saves for Minnesota, which has won three of four.

Dylan Holloway scored with 15 seconds left for St. Louis after Robert Thomas scored with 4 minutes remaining. Jonatan Berggren and Mason McTavish also had goals.

From near the left dot, Boldy hammered home a no-look backhand pass by Kaprizov for a 5-2 lead late in the second period, leading to hats aplenty landing on the ice.

Boldy, who scored on a one-timer in the first period and off a turnover earlier in the second period, is the third-fastest active American skater to record five hat tricks, doing so in 369 games. Only Tage Thompson of Buffalo (279 games) and Jason Robertson of Dallas (363) were quicker.

The top-line trio of Boldy, Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek has 12 goals in the past four games. Boldy has five, as does Kaprizov, including a hat trick last Saturday at Florida and both goals in Tuesday’s 5-2 loss at Winnipeg.

Hughes, who fed Boldy for his first goal, is the third defenseman in NHL history to open a season with an assist streak of at least eight games. Colorado’s John-Michael Liles has the record at nine in 2010-11, and Ottawa’s Filip Kuba also had eight in 2008-09.

Joel Hofer made 33 saves for the Blues.

St. Louis played without Pavel Buchnevich. The left wing, who had three assists in Tuesday’s 7-2 win over Ottawa, returned home for the birth of his child.

Blues: At Nashville on Saturday.

Wild: Host Columbus on Sunday.

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St. Louis Blues goaltender Joel Hofer (30) defends against pressure from Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Wild right wing Bobby Brink (10) falls next to St. Louis Blues left wing Jake Neighbours (63) while trying to gain control of the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

St. Louis Blues center Mason McTavish, right, shoots and scores past Minnesota Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Wild right wing Danila Yurov (22) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) skates with the puck as St. Louis Blues right wing Jonatan Berggren (29) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp broke a tie with 4:38 left and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their franchise record-extending ninth straight loss to start the season, winning 2-1 on Thursday night.

The Flyers dropped to 0-6-3. The skid is tied for the ninth-longest in the NHL to open a season, and worst since San Jose started 0-7-2 in 2024-25. Three teams have gone winless in their first 10 games, and the record is held by the New York Rangers, who opened the 1943-44 season with 14 losses and a tie.

After Copp put Detroit ahead with a point-blank shot, the Flyers had one more chance but Oliver Bonk shot wide from 10 feet with eight seconds left.

The Flyers scored first when Matvei Michkov's baseball swing put a bouncing puck past Daniil Tarasov with 2:28 left in the first period.

Dylan Larkin set up the tying goal, passing across the slot on a 2-on-1 to set up Anton Johansson’s first NHL goal at 4:31 of the second period.

Johannson is the third Scandanavian rookie to score his first career goal this season for Detroit, joining fellow Swede William Wallinder and Norwegian Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.

Tarasov stopped 17 shots. Joseph Woll made 24 saves for Philadelphia.

Flyers: Host Ottawa on Saturday night.

Red Wings: Host San Jose on Saturday night.

Philadelphia Flyers center Christian Dvorak (22) is taken to the ice as Detroit Red Wings' Anton Johansson (42) defends in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Red Wings left wing Viktor Arvidsson (33) is checked by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Oliver Bonk (59) in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Philadelphia Flyers right wing Matvei Michkov (39) celerbrates his goal against the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Red Wings left wing Viktor Arvidsson (33) jumps as Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Joseph Woll (53) deflects a shot in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Red Wings center Andrew Copp (18) celebrates his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers in the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)