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Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Playoffs Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at home.

Team Goals 2020-2021 record
Vegas Golden Knights 0 40-14-2
at Minnesota Wild 3 35-16-5

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 6 7 10 23
Minnesota Wild 9 5 10 24

Three stars

  1. K. Fiala, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. C. Talbot, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  3. R. Suter, Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
3rd 04:21 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (2) Kevin Fiala (1), Zach Parise (1) Even strength VGK 0, MIN 1
3rd 09:35 Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala (1) Jared Spurgeon (1), Mats Zuccarello (2) Power play VGK 0, MIN 2
3rd 15:17 Minnesota Wild Nick Bjugstad (1) Nico Sturm (1), Jared Spurgeon (2) Even strength VGK 0, MIN 3

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 23 24
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 9 9
Hits 18 25
Blocked shots 11 18
Giveaways 2 4
Takeaways 3 17
Faceoffs won 40/71 (56.3%) 31/71 (43.7%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 C. Glass C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 12:59
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 1 0 65% 13:51
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:13
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 16:45
26 M. Janmark C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 14:06
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 10:25
38 P. Brown C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 61.5% 11:20
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 10:19
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:17
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57.1% 18:04
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18:23
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 16:26
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:57
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 2 0 23:02
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:54
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:04
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 13:18
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 0 0 25:38
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 24 21 3 .875 60:00 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 N. Sturm C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 3 1 0 33.3% 10:10
11 Z. Parise L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 14:24
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 42.9% 11:00
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 50% 17:15
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 16:35
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:59
22 K. Fiala L 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 0 1 15:12
27 N. Bjugstad C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 3 1 0 66.7% 09:29
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 15:58
38 R. Hartman R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 3 0 38.9% 16:43
49 V. Rask C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 47.1% 16:10
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:07
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 24:08
24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 2 0 21:00
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 24:56
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 0 15:13
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 5 0 24:38
59 C. Addison D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 09:53
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
33 C. Talbot 23 23 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 12:44 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba Fighting (major) 5
2nd 12:44 Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez Fighting (major) 5
3rd 08:55 Vegas Golden Knights Bench Delaying game unsuccessful challenge (bench minor) 2
3rd 16:07 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba Roughing 2
3rd 18:50 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar Interference 2
3rd 18:50 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello Roughing 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Gord Dwyer, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen
Brandon Gawryletz, Michel Cormier
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ryan Reaves, Max Pacioretty, Brayden McNabb, Tomas Nosek, Dylan Coghlan, Jiri Patera, Peyton Krebs
Minnesota Wild scratches
Marcus Johansson, Joseph Cramarossa, Kyle Rau, Brad Hunt, Andrew Hammond, Luke Johnson, Carson Soucy, Dakota Mermis, Louie Belpedio, Brandon Duhaime, 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 26

Matchup Status Details
Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers Postponed Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Islanders 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Florida Panthers 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Playoffs Game page

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