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Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Playoffs Final/OT

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, April 26, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Vegas Golden Knights 4 50-22-10
at Minnesota Wild 3 45-30-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 0 2 1 4
Minnesota Wild 1 1 1 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 11 12 12 11 46
Minnesota Wild 4 10 8 10 32

Three stars

  1. P. Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights (1 assist)
  2. T. Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. F. Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:47 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore (1) Ivan Barbashev (1), Jack Eichel (1) Power play VGK 1, MIN 0
1st 10:43 Minnesota Wild Marco Rossi (2) Justin Brazeau (2), Yakov Trenin (2) Even strength VGK 1, MIN 1
2nd 01:24 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno (3) Ryan Hartman (4), Mats Zuccarello (1) Even strength VGK 1, MIN 2
3rd 04:50 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy (1) Tomas Hertl (2), Pavel Dorofeyev (1) Power play VGK 2, MIN 2
3rd 10:03 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl (3) Mark Stone (1), Brayden McNabb (1) Even strength VGK 3, MIN 2
3rd 10:57 Minnesota Wild Jared Spurgeon (1) Kirill Kaprizov (4), Joel Eriksson Ek (1) Even strength VGK 3, MIN 3
OT 17:26 Vegas Golden Knights Ivan Barbashev (1) Nicolas Roy (2), Reilly Smith (1) Even strength VGK 4, 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 46 32
Power play 2 of 5 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 10
Hits 34 28
Blocked shots 23 23
Giveaways 11 17
Takeaways 9 6
Faceoffs won 35/71 (49.3%) 36/71 (50.7%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 1 1 -2 0 6 4 0 0 40% 29:57
10 N. Roy C 1 1 2 0 2 2 4 0 1 64.7% 17:58
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 22:32
19 R. Smith R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 3 1 0 20:18
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 100% 14:11
21 B. Howden C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 50% 15:01
48 T. Hertl C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 2 0 35.7% 23:14
49 I. Barbashev L 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 0 0 50% 21:39
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 1 0 12:53
61 M. Stone R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 2 0 26:42
70 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 08:49
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 2 0 58.3% 22:25
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 2 0 17:19
3 B. McNabb D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 26:42
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 4 0 28:48
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 17:56
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 4 0 26:05
27 S. Theodore D 1 0 1 +1 0 6 0 1 1 30:41
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 32 29 3 .906 77:26 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 33:08
13 Y. Trenin C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 7 0 0 10:31
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 56.3% 27:25
15 J. Brazeau R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 0 0 08:31
17 M. Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 2 0 100% 22:51
18 V. Hinostroza C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 11:57
23 M. Rossi C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 33.3% 11:01
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 22:30
38 R. Hartman R 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 47.4% 21:59
41 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 10:48
89 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 60% 18:20
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 28:12
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 7 0 29:17
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 33:07
8 Z. Buium D 0 0 0 +2 4 1 1 0 0 13:33
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 0 0 15:20
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 31:32
46 J. Spurgeon D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 28:40
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 F. Gustavsson 46 42 4 .913 77:26 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:15 Minnesota Wild Vinnie Hinostroza High sticking 2
2nd 04:17 Minnesota Wild Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 08:03 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek Slashing 2
2nd 10:59 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar Holding the stick 2
3rd 01:48 Minnesota Wild Zeev Buium High sticking double minor 4
OT 08:09 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy Holding 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen
Julien Fournier, Matt MacPherson
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Robert Hagg, Dysin Mayo, Victor Olofsson, Ilya Samsonov, Tanner Laczynski, Jonas Rondbjerg, Kaedan Korczak, Raphael Lavoie, Cole Schwindt, Alexander Holtz, Callahan Burke, Carl Lindbom, Matyas Sapovaliv
Minnesota Wild scratches
Marcus Johansson, Jon Merrill, Travis Boyd, Brendan Gaunce, Devin Shore, 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 26

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Dallas Stars 0 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Playoffs Game page

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