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Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Playoffs Final/OT

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Minnesota Wild 2 45-30-7
at Vegas Golden Knights 3 50-22-10

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 9 7 5 1 22
Vegas Golden Knights 16 9 3 4 32

Three stars

  1. B. Howden, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. J. Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights (2 assists)
  3. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:25 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (1) Jack Eichel (2) Shorthanded MIN 0, VGK 1
1st 08:38 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (5) Mats Zuccarello (2), Joel Eriksson Ek (2) Power play MIN 1, VGK 1
1st 13:24 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (1) Jack Eichel (3) Even strength MIN 1, VGK 2
3rd 03:31 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy (5) Joel Eriksson Ek (3), Jake Middleton (1) Even strength MIN 2, VGK 2
OT 04:05 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (3) Tanner Pearson (1), Nicolas Hague (1) Even strength MIN 2, VGK 3

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 22 32
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 36 26
Blocked shots 25 15
Giveaways 13 10
Takeaways 4 6
Faceoffs won 23/59 (39%) 36/59 (61%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 1 0 25:16
13 Y. Trenin C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 0 0 10:14
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 2 2 -2 0 2 1 0 0 42.9% 20:17
15 J. Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 0 07:51
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 14:50
23 M. Rossi C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 3 0 50% 11:38
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 19:07
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 36.4% 18:32
41 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10:51
89 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 36.4% 15:49
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14:40
97 K. Kaprizov L 1 0 1 -2 0 5 2 1 1 23:11
4 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 12:47
5 J. Middleton D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 4 5 0 21:11
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 26:51
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 15:03
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 22:17
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 5 0 24:00
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 7 6 1 .857 24:05 Loss
32 F. Gustavsson 25 23 2 .920 40:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 2 2 +1 0 5 1 2 0 55.6% 23:30
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 66.7% 16:04
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 0 0 17:32
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 17:03
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 15:29
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 3 1 0 33.3% 10:46
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 62.5% 20:53
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:47
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 08:33
61 M. Stone R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 3 1 0 22:26
70 T. Pearson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 66.7% 07:48
71 W. Karlsson C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 88.9% 18:45
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 17:18
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +2 2 1 5 2 0 20:06
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 22:01
14 N. Hague D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 3 0 17:07
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 2 0 22:34
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 23:04
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 22 20 2 .909 64:05 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:59 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith High sticking 2
1st 13:24 Minnesota Wild Bench Delaying game unsuccessful challenge (bench minor) 2
2nd 00:07 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb Tripping 2
2nd 08:08 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 10:33 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Holding 2
2nd 18:39 Vegas Golden Knights Brandon Saad High sticking 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Referees
Thomas John Luxmore, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Kiel Murchison
Minnesota Wild scratches
Travis Boyd, Brendan Gaunce, Devin Shore, Vinnie Hinostroza, Cameron Crotty, Ben Jones, Declan Chisholm, Jesper Wallstedt, Carson Lambos, Hunter Haight, Liam Ohgren, Zeev Buium
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

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 29

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 0 Final Playoffs Game page
New Jersey Devils 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final/2OT Playoffs Game page
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Los Angeles Kings 1 Final Playoffs Game page

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