Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Thursday, April 1, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena
NBCSN · SN · ATTSN-RM · BSWI+
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena.
Goals came from William Karlsson, Kirill Kaprizov, Brayden McNabb and Jared Spurgeon.
Cam Talbot made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 35 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
William Karlsson (10)Shea Theodore (23), Alec Martinez (15)0–103:29 VGK
Kirill Kaprizov (13)Jordan Greenway (17), Jonas Brodin (11)1–107:57 MIN
3rd period
Brayden McNabb (1)William Carrier (4), Tomas Nosek (7)1–201:39 VGK
Jared Spurgeon (4)Kevin Fiala (9), Kirill Kaprizov (17)2–205:31 MIN · PPG
SO period
Kevin FialaUnassisted3–200:00 MIN
Team stats
MINVGK
37Shots on goal37
49%Faceoff %51%
1/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits21
19Blocked shots17
1Giveaways6
7Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 04:53
Nicolas Hague · high sticking2 min - 1st 15:47
Mathew Dumba · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:36Reilly Smith · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:43Nick Bonino · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:34Nicolas Hague · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:34Kyle Rau · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:31Reilly Smith · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:34Joel Eriksson Ek · hooking2 min
- OT 00:33Joel Eriksson Ek · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 24:09 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:39 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:30 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25:33 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:16 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 06:19 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 37Kyle RauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:47 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 41Luke JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:03 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:26 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 64:56 |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:01 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:27 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:42 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:39 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:21 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:04 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:08 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 29:45 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | O | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 65:00 |