TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — John Carlson scored twice and Dennis Hildeby made 34 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Oct. 8 at Benchmark International Arena. Anthony Cirelli also scored for Tampa Bay, which won its third straight game. Nikita Kucherov recorded two assists, including one on Carlson’s second goal, and Brayden Point added an assist. Tampa Bay improved to 3-1-0. Minnesota dropped to 2-2-0. Quinn Hughes scored once and added an assist for Minnesota, while Blake Coleman also scored. Joel Eriksson Ek had six shots on goal. Jared Spurgeon added an assist and five hits, and Bobby Brink contributed an assist. Tampa Bay led 2-0 after the first period. Carlson added his second goal in the second, and Minnesota scored twice in the period. Hildeby stopped 34 of 36 shots. Minnesota put 36 shots on goal. Attendance at Benchmark International Arena was 19,092.