Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, March 10, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Golden Knights 31-27.
Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice and Dylan Coghlan scored a hat trick. Kirill Kaprizov and Carson Soucy also scored.
Kaapo Kahkonen made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joel Eriksson Ek (9)Unassisted0–100:19 MIN
Dylan Coghlan (1)Nicolas Roy (2)1–101:42 VGK
3rd period
Kirill Kaprizov (7)Mats Zuccarello (10), Nick Bjugstad (5)1–201:18 MIN · PPG- Joel Eriksson Ek (10)Jordan Greenway (14), Marcus Foligno (9)1–305:54 MIN
Carson Soucy (1)Nico Sturm (2), Kyle Rau (1)1–407:41 MIN- Dylan Coghlan (2)Alec Martinez (10), Chandler Stephenson (8)2–414:00 VGK
- Dylan Coghlan (3)Shea Theodore (12), Mark Stone (22)3–417:50 VGK
Team stats
VGKMIN
27Shots on goal31
49%Faceoff %51%
0/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits14
9Blocked shots19
8Giveaways14
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 15:59
Nicolas Roy · slashing2 min - 2nd 02:18
Zach Parise · holding2 min - 3rd 00:53Nicolas Hague · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:40Kirill Kaprizov · slashing2 min
- 3rd 13:43Keegan Kolesar · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 13:43Carson Soucy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 18:23 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:00 |
| 9Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 48:21 |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 08:15 |
Minnesota Wild
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 37Kyle RauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 07:57 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:50 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:14 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:17 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:58 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 59:26 |