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Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Playoffs Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Thursday, May 1, 2025 on the road.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 8 9 7 24
Minnesota Wild 12 9 10 31

Three stars

  1. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. R. Hartman, Minnesota Wild (2 goals)
  3. A. Hill, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:30 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore (2) Victor Olofsson (1), Jack Eichel (4) Power play VGK 1, MIN 0
1st 19:56 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (1) Marcus Foligno (1) Even strength VGK 1, MIN 1
2nd 16:12 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel (1) Mark Stone (2), Brayden McNabb (2) Even strength VGK 2, MIN 1
3rd 16:02 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (2) Brayden McNabb (3), Shea Theodore (2) Even strength VGK 3, MIN 1
3rd 16:33 Minnesota Wild Ryan Hartman (2) Marcus Johansson (2), Jake Middleton (2) Even strength VGK 3, MIN 2

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 24 31
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 8
Hits 33 23
Blocked shots 24 13
Giveaways 11 12
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 30/58 (51.7%) 28/58 (48.3%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 5 0 64.7% 22:39
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 1 0 60% 15:08
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:48
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 50% 12:45
21 B. Howden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 25% 12:56
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 0 0 50% 17:01
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 50% 15:02
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 11:48
61 M. Stone R 1 1 2 +2 0 4 0 1 0 22:21
70 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 06:49
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 2 0 42.9% 19:03
95 V. Olofsson L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 12:39
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 12:34
3 B. McNabb D 0 2 2 +2 0 2 4 1 0 22:41
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0 20:58
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 12:02
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 1 0 20:24
27 S. Theodore D 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 5 1 25:22
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 31 29 2 .935 60:00 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 3 1 0 25:15
13 Y. Trenin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 100% 07:03
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 48.1% 21:15
15 J. Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 06:01
17 M. Foligno L 0 1 1 +2 0 3 4 1 0 16:23
23 M. Rossi C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 0 0 75% 11:39
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 19:17
38 R. Hartman R 2 0 2 +2 0 6 0 0 0 47.1% 16:28
41 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:15
89 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 33.3% 12:14
90 M. Johansson L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 3 0 0 100% 13:49
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 0 0 24:21
4 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 11:52
5 J. Middleton D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 0 0 20:47
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 23:38
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 13:26
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 21:26
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 4 0 22:52
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 F. Gustavsson 24 21 3 .875 57:56 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:27 Minnesota Wild Marco Rossi High sticking double minor 4
1st 06:22 Vegas Golden Knights Noah Hanifin Cross checking 2
2nd 01:03 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Hague Tripping 2
2nd 07:06 Minnesota Wild Brock Faber Holding 2
3rd 11:30 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov Tripping 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Referees
Gord Dwyer, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen
Bevan Mills, Devin Berg
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Robert Hagg, Dysin Mayo, Ilya Samsonov, Tanner Laczynski, Jonas Rondbjerg, Kaedan Korczak, Raphael Lavoie, Pavel Dorofeyev, Cole Schwindt, Alexander Holtz, Callahan Burke, Carl Lindbom, Matyas Sapovaliv
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

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 May 1

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Dallas Stars 4 at Colorado Avalanche 7 Final Playoffs Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Edmonton Oilers 6 Final Playoffs Game page

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