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Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Playoffs Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 5–2 on Thursday, May 20, 2021 on the road.

Team Goals 2020-2021 record
Vegas Golden Knights 5 40-14-2
at Minnesota Wild 2 35-16-5

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 3 2 5
Minnesota Wild 2 0 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 4 22 14 40
Minnesota Wild 7 5 4 16

Three stars

  1. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (2 goals)
  2. W. Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. C. Talbot, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:16 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (1) Kirill Kaprizov (1), Jonas Brodin (2) Even strength VGK 0, MIN 1
1st 08:30 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek (2) Marcus Foligno (2), Mathew Dumba (1) Even strength VGK 0, MIN 2
2nd 08:39 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (1) Chandler Stephenson (2), Brayden McNabb (1) Even strength VGK 1, MIN 2
2nd 15:19 Vegas Golden Knights Patrick Brown (1) Nick Holden (1), William Carrier (1) Even strength VGK 2, MIN 2
2nd 17:33 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (1) Nick Holden (2), William Karlsson (2) Even strength VGK 3, MIN 2
3rd 17:36 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (1) Reilly Smith (2), Marc-Andre Fleury (1) Even strength VGK 4, MIN 2
3rd 19:01 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (2) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net VGK 5, MIN 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 40 16
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 10
Hits 29 31
Blocked shots 20 18
Giveaways 3 3
Takeaways 6 11
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 75% 11:11
19 R. Smith R 1 1 2 +2 0 5 1 1 21:32
20 C. Stephenson C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 47.1% 18:40
26 M. Janmark C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 12:32
28 W. Carrier L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 12:06
38 P. Brown C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 1 40% 09:35
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 1 10:04
61 M. Stone R 2 0 2 +1 0 5 2 0 21:12
71 W. Karlsson C 1 1 2 +3 0 1 0 3 44.4% 21:15
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 5 1 100% 08:33
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 +2 2 6 3 0 100% 19:41
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 17:51
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 4 16:08
3 B. McNabb D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 2 1 16:44
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 24:58
22 N. Holden D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 2 0 13:02
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 5 20:57
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 20:34
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 16 14 2 .875 59:25 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 3 12:00
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 45.5% 15:34
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 1 43.8% 16:16
17 M. Foligno L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 4 2 17:35
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 0 14:14
22 K. Fiala L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 1 20:15
27 N. Bjugstad C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0 66.7% 08:33
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 100% 15:26
38 R. Hartman R 1 0 1 -1 2 2 1 3 33.3% 16:56
49 V. Rask C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 63.6% 15:18
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:43
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 1 1 -3 2 1 3 0 19:27
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 23:03
21 C. Soucy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:20
24 M. Dumba D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 1 19:03
25 J. Brodin D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 2 20:42
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 16:25
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 2 23:19
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
33 C. Talbot 39 35 4 .897 58:51 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:43 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba Holding 2
1st 09:14 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault Interference 2
1st 13:31 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Slashing 2
2nd 09:09 Minnesota Wild Ian Cole Tripping 2
2nd 19:49 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov Tripping 2
3rd 02:42 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch Interference 2
3rd 11:18 Minnesota Wild Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Wes McCauley, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Libor Suchanek
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Max Pacioretty, Tomas Nosek, Dylan Sikura, Dylan Coghlan, Nicolas Hague, Cody Glass, Jiri Patera, Peyton Krebs
Minnesota Wild scratches
Zach Parise, Joseph Cramarossa, Kyle Rau, Brad Hunt, Andrew Hammond, Luke Johnson, Dakota Mermis, Louie Belpedio, Brandon Duhaime, Calen Addison, Connor Dewar, Hunter Jones, Matt Boldy

2020-2021 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 0 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 5 at Minnesota Wild 6 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 0 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 5 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Minnesota Wild 0 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 0 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 6 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on May 20

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at New York Islanders 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Final Playoffs Game page

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