Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Friday, February 2, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Friday, February 2, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Golden Knights 35-24.
Eric Staal scored twice. Charlie Coyle, Tyler Ennis, Erik Haula, Jared Spurgeon and Nate Schmidt also scored.
Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Malcolm Subban stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Eric Staal (21)Mike Reilly (8), Mathew Dumba (18)0–110:05 MIN · PPG
Charlie Coyle (6)Jonas Brodin (8), Joel Eriksson Ek (7)0–215:03 MIN
2nd period
Tyler Ennis (7)Jonas Brodin (9)0–301:11 MIN
Erik Haula (20)Colin Miller (21), David Perron (32)1–306:19 VGK · PPG
Jared Spurgeon (7)Ryan Suter (27), Eric Staal (24)1–416:08 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Nate Schmidt (4)David Perron (33), Erik Haula (19)2–412:38 VGK · PPG- Eric Staal (22)Mathew Dumba (19), Jonas Brodin (10)2–518:31 MIN
Team stats
VGKMIN
24Shots on goal35
48%Faceoff %52%
2/3Power play2/4
13Penalty minutes11
18Hits13
15Blocked shots14
1Giveaways9
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 05:22
Jason Garrison · tripping2 min - 1st 08:19Shea Theodore · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:15
Nino Niederreiter · hooking2 min - 2nd 14:17James Neal · slashing2 min
- 2nd 19:27Ryan Carpenter · fighting5 min
- 2nd 19:27Mathew Dumba · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:28Shea Theodore · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:34Joel Eriksson Ek · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 12:01Mike Reilly · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:57 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:43 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:33 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:10 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:00 |
| 7Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 58:19 |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Eric StaalC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:48 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 4Mike ReillyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:37 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:39 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:57 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:56 |