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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 4–0 on Saturday, May 22, 2021 on the road.

Team Goals 2020-2021 record
Vegas Golden Knights 4 40-14-2
at Minnesota Wild 0 35-16-5

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 2 1 4
Minnesota Wild 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 9 5 4 18
Minnesota Wild 11 11 13 35

Three stars

  1. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. M. Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)
  3. A. Tuch, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:37 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy (1) Keegan Kolesar (1) Even strength VGK 1, MIN 0
2nd 09:08 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch (3) Chandler Stephenson (3), Zach Whitecloud (1) Even strength VGK 2, MIN 0
2nd 13:41 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (3) Unassisted Shorthanded VGK 3, MIN 0
3rd 18:32 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy (2) Mattias Janmark (2), Keegan Kolesar (2) Even strength, Empty net VGK 4, MIN 0

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 18 35
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 2
Hits 32 35
Blocked shots 19 12
Giveaways 5 11
Takeaways 6 4
Faceoffs won 25/45 (55.6%) 20/45 (44.4%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 2 0 2 +2 0 4 1 0 72.7% 13:52
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17:16
20 C. Stephenson C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 47.1% 16:30
26 M. Janmark C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 3 15:27
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 10:59
38 P. Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 75% 11:10
55 K. Kolesar R 0 2 2 +2 0 1 3 0 13:36
61 M. Stone R 1 0 1 +2 0 1 1 1 17:07
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 44.4% 18:27
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:24
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 33.3% 16:12
89 A. Tuch R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 2 100% 13:58
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 1 1 +1 4 1 2 1 16:35
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 0 1 21:12
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 0 18:14
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:03
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 19:37
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 1 23:21
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 35 35 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 33.3% 11:52
11 Z. Parise L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 12:17
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 33.3% 12:19
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 6 0 61.1% 21:05
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 0 14:49
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 16:22
22 K. Fiala L 0 0 0 -2 0 6 3 0 18:52
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 2 100% 16:55
37 K. Rau C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 09:37
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 30% 17:28
49 V. Rask C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 40% 12:47
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:56
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 21:29
21 C. Soucy D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 1 12:42
24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 23:08
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 20:56
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 13:58
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 1 23:07
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
33 C. Talbot 17 14 3 .824 57:21 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:11 Vegas Golden Knights William Carrier Roughing 2
1st 18:21 Minnesota Wild Carson Soucy Cross checking 2
2nd 11:32 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud High sticking double minor 4

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Libor Suchanek
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Max Pacioretty, Brayden McNabb, Tomas Nosek, Dylan Sikura, Dylan Coghlan, Cody Glass, Jiri Patera, Peyton Krebs
Minnesota Wild scratches
Marcus Johansson, Nick Bjugstad, Joseph Cramarossa, 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 22

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

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