TORONTO – Marcus Foligno registered his first profession hat trick because the Minnesota Wild topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and arrange one other for Minnesota (28-13-9), which obtained a objective and an help from Ryan Hartman. Quinn Hughes, Brock Faber and Kirill Kaprizov every chipped in two assists. Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves.
Auston Matthews, with a objective and an help, John Tavares and Nick Robertson replied for Toronto (24-17-8), which noticed its seven-game house successful streak snapped. Joseph Woll allowed 5 targets on 29 pictures in 40 minutes of labor. Dennis Hildeby performed the third interval and completed with 9 saves.
Minnesota led 2-1 after the primary earlier than Foligno tipped his fourth objective of the season previous Woll at 6:53 of the second.
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Tarasenko then added his second of the evening — and eleventh general — lower than two minutes later when he took a stretch cross from Hughes and beat Woll low on the blocker aspect for a 4-1 benefit.
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Foligno made it 5-1 on one other deflection late within the interval on an influence play. Robertson and Matthews scored within the third earlier than the 34-year-old Foligno iced it into the empty web for the hat trick.
TAKEAWAYS
Maple Leafs: Matthew Knies (lower-body damage) performed regardless of lacking the morning skate. Fellow winger William Nylander (groin) didn’t costume after leaving Thursday’s 6-5 time beyond regulation highway loss to the Vegas Golden Knights and sitting out Saturday’s 4-3 OT victory in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets.
Wild: Head coach John Hynes rolled out a lineup minus 5 injured regulars. Matt Boldy (undisclosed), Joel Eriksson Ek (decrease physique) and Marcus Johansson (decrease physique) are sidelined up entrance, whereas the defence corps is minus Jonas Brodin (decrease physique) and Zach Bogosian (undisclosed).
KEY MOMENT
Toronto reduce Minnesota’s result in 2-1 late within the first when Tavares scored on an influence play after Wild captain Jared Spurgeon was assessed a double-minor for high-sticking on the Maple Leafs centre. However the house aspect couldn’t capitalize a second time with the person benefit earlier than Minnesota pulled away within the center interval.
KEY STAT
Hughes now has two targets and 18 assists for 20 factors in 18 video games with the Wild since being acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in a blockbuster commerce Dec. 12.
UP NEXT
Wild: Go to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
Maple Leafs: Host the Detroit Crimson Wings on Wednesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 19, 2026.
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