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Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Playoffs Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 6–2 on Friday, May 28, 2021 at home.

Team Goals 2020-2021 record
Minnesota Wild 2 35-16-5
at Vegas Golden Knights 6 40-14-2

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 1 1 0 2
Vegas Golden Knights 1 3 2 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 10 6 4 20
Vegas Golden Knights 8 17 9 34

Three stars

  1. M. Janmark, Vegas Golden Knights (3 goals)
  2. M. Pacioretty, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  3. Z. Whitecloud, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:09 Vegas Golden Knights Mattias Janmark (1) Nicolas Roy (1), Nick Holden (4) Even strength MIN 0, VGK 1
1st 16:49 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (2) Joel Eriksson Ek (1), Ryan Suter (1) Even strength MIN 1, VGK 1
2nd 02:05 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Hague (1) William Karlsson (3) Even strength MIN 1, VGK 2
2nd 04:35 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (2) Mats Zuccarello (3), Jared Spurgeon (3) Power play MIN 2, VGK 2
2nd 07:44 Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty (1) Chandler Stephenson (4), Shea Theodore (1) Even strength MIN 2, VGK 3
2nd 13:38 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud (1) Shea Theodore (2), Chandler Stephenson (5) Even strength MIN 2, VGK 4
3rd 12:36 Vegas Golden Knights Mattias Janmark (2) Nicolas Roy (2) Even strength MIN 2, VGK 5
3rd 16:53 Vegas Golden Knights Mattias Janmark (3) Alex Tuch (2), Alex Pietrangelo (3) Even strength, Empty net MIN 2, VGK 6

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 20 34
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 53 49
Blocked shots 20 18
Giveaways 5 10
Takeaways 7 17
Faceoffs won 21/62 (33.9%) 41/62 (66.1%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
7 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 10:18
11 Z. Parise L 1 0 1 -3 0 2 3 2 0 13:58
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 20% 12:03
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 38.1% 14:45
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 10 1 0 13:39
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 -3 2 0 11 1 0 12:06
22 K. Fiala L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 0 0 19:00
27 N. Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 08:42
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 1 0 18:59
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 0 0 50% 17:06
49 V. Rask C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 26.7% 16:52
97 K. Kaprizov L 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 21:10
20 R. Suter D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 1 0 28:50
24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 4 0 28:47
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 01:56
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 1 0 23:29
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 5 3 0 22:32
59 C. Addison D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 0 13:37
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
33 C. Talbot 33 28 5 .848 58:11 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 6 1 0 71.4% 14:29
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 14:29
20 C. Stephenson C 0 2 2 +2 0 0 1 0 0 72.2% 16:11
26 M. Janmark C 3 0 3 +2 0 4 1 0 0 14:24
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 11:36
38 P. Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 72.7% 13:05
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 3 0 0 17:56
67 M. Pacioretty L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 1 0 0 100% 16:28
71 W. Karlsson C 0 1 1 +2 2 2 3 1 0 53.3% 15:29
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 100% 11:46
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 +1 2 4 7 0 0 16:23
89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 +3 0 0 1 1 0 14:27
2 Z. Whitecloud D 1 0 1 +3 0 1 1 3 0 17:00
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 2 0 23:05
14 N. Hague D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 2 1 0 15:47
22 N. Holden D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 6 1 0 18:12
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 4 0 22:32
27 S. Theodore D 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 3 0 22:17
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 20 18 2 .900 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:32 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson Boarding 2
2nd 04:22 Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves Interference 2
2nd 10:32 Minnesota Wild Ian Cole Interference 2
2nd 17:09 Minnesota Wild Nick Bjugstad Roughing 2
2nd 17:09 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Hague Roughing 2
3rd 06:00 Minnesota Wild Jordan Greenway Roughing 2
3rd 06:00 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith Roughing 2
3rd 06:00 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek Roughing 2
3rd 06:00 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault Roughing 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Dean Evason
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Referees
Wes McCauley, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Matt MacPherson
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
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Brayden McNabb, Tomas Nosek, Keegan Kolesar, Dylan Coghlan, Jiri Patera, Peyton Krebs

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 28

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

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