Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Monday, March 8, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-0 on Monday, March 8, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 26-21.
Goals came from Kevin Fiala and Jonas Brodin.
Kaapo Kahkonen made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 20 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Fiala (8)Victor Rask (5)0–110:51 MIN
3rd period
Jonas Brodin (4)Joel Eriksson Ek (5), Marcus Foligno (8)0–219:54 MIN
Team stats
VGKMIN
26Shots on goal21
57%Faceoff %43%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits19
13Blocked shots14
3Giveaways1
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:44
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 19:50Joel Eriksson Ek · tripping2 min
- 2nd 05:33Ryan Suter · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:21
Cody Glass · hooking2 min - 3rd 05:37Jonathan Marchessault · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:36 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:28 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:48 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:38 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:12 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:37 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:13 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 21 | 20 | 1 | .952 | 58:19 |
| 35Oscar DanskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:01 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 37Kyle RauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | W | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:48 |