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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 5–2 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 50-22-10
at Minnesota Wild 5 45-30-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 0 1 2
Minnesota Wild 2 2 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 12 6 14 32
Minnesota Wild 7 14 10 31

Three stars

  1. K. Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild (2 goals)
  2. M. Boldy, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. F. Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:13 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (3) Zeev Buium (1), Matt Boldy (2) Power play VGK 0, MIN 1
1st 06:51 Minnesota Wild Marco Rossi (1) Yakov Trenin (1), Justin Brazeau (1) Even strength VGK 0, MIN 2
1st 10:48 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Pietrangelo (1) Noah Hanifin (2) Even strength VGK 1, MIN 2
2nd 11:05 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy (4) Unassisted Even strength VGK 1, MIN 3
2nd 19:58 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (4) Ryan Hartman (3), Marco Rossi (1) Power play VGK 1, MIN 4
3rd 11:34 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (1) William Karlsson (1), Zach Whitecloud (1) Shorthanded VGK 2, MIN 4
3rd 18:27 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno (2) Zach Bogosian (1) Shorthanded, Empty net VGK 2, MIN 5

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 32 31
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 10
Hits 42 26
Blocked shots 7 23
Giveaways 8 12
Takeaways 1 1
Faceoffs won 34/59 (57.6%) 25/59 (42.4%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 0 0 38.1% 24:44
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% 10:40
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 1 0 18:46
19 R. Smith R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 3 0 0 100% 12:18
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 100% 12:05
21 B. Howden C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 25% 10:01
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 61.1% 19:40
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 11 0 0 100% 15:25
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 09:24
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 24:23
71 W. Karlsson C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.4% 12:51
95 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:37
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 17:53
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 17:05
7 A. Pietrangelo D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 1 0 19:57
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 15:49
15 N. Hanifin D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 23:54
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 17:26
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 21 17 4 .810 40:00 Loss
40 A. Schmid 9 9 0 1.000 18:56

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 0 0 23:03
13 Y. Trenin C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 08:02
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 +1 0 6 2 3 0 56% 22:41
15 J. Brazeau R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 8 0 0 07:54
17 M. Foligno L 1 0 1 +1 4 1 4 0 0 13:34
23 M. Rossi C 1 1 2 +1 2 4 1 0 0 42.9% 10:52
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 17:33
38 R. Hartman R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 4 0 40% 15:41
41 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:07
89 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 2 0 25% 13:15
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 11:09
97 K. Kaprizov L 2 0 2 0 2 6 0 1 2 21:09
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 21:07
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 2 0 24:31
8 Z. Buium D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 14:37
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 11:57
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 2 0 22:23
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 0 19:44
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 F. Gustavsson 32 30 2 .938 59:41 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:46 Vegas Golden Knights Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 03:29 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Hague Tripping 2
1st 09:00 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Interference 2
1st 09:00 Vegas Golden Knights Ivan Barbashev Embellishment 2
2nd 06:28 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Slashing 2
2nd 18:11 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud Holding 2
3rd 04:02 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov Slashing 2
3rd 09:53 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden Roughing 2
3rd 13:38 Minnesota Wild Jake Middleton Cross checking 2
3rd 16:32 Minnesota Wild Marco Rossi Hooking 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Referees
Garrett Rank, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Tyson Baker
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Tanner Pearson, Ben Hutton, Robert Hagg, Dysin Mayo, Ilya Samsonov, Tanner Laczynski, Jonas Rondbjerg, Kaedan Korczak, Raphael Lavoie, Cole Schwindt, Alexander Holtz, Callahan Burke, Carl Lindbom, Matyas Sapovaliv
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jon Merrill, Travis Boyd, Brendan Gaunce, Devin Shore, Vinnie Hinostroza, Cameron Crotty, Ben Jones, Declan Chisholm, Jesper Wallstedt, Carson Lambos, Hunter Haight, Liam Ohgren

2024-2025 season series

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

Other NHL games on Apr 24

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0 Final Playoffs Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Winnipeg Jets 2 at St. Louis Blues 7 Final Playoffs Game page

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