Boldy steps up for the Wild against the Stars with a 'big-man game' to go with his prolific scoring
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy was taking a bruising cross-check in a scrap for the puck along the end boards in the final minute of the first overtime in Minnesota, when teammate Kirill Kaprizov dragged it out of Dallas traffic and set up Jared Spurgeon at the point.
Boldy, to nobody's surprise, hustled over in front of the crease. With one quick flick of his wrists, he deftly used his stick shaft to steer Spurgeon's shot into the corner of the net and seal a critical victory in Game 4 . The budding standout right wing has done far more than that dramatic deflection to help the Wild even the first-round NHL playoff series with the Stars.
“That’s the type of player you build teams around. He’s that guy,” said teammate Marcus Foligno, who had the tying goal late in the third period on Saturday. "He doesn’t pout.
He doesn’t whine. He just takes it and goes. We saw him in the first shift, the first period.
He goes and hits that guy, and that just fired us up. Bolds plays a big-man game, and that’s what his whole career is going to be built around, and there’s nothing better than those big moments. ” The freshly minted Olympic gold medalist scores a lot of goals, too.