Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Saturday, April 3, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 28-27.
Goals came from Tomas Nosek, Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek.
Cam Talbot made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Nosek (5)Nicolas Roy (4), Alex Tuch (10)0–105:33 VGK
3rd period
Kirill Kaprizov (14)Joel Eriksson Ek (7), Kevin Fiala (10)1–106:13 MIN · PPG
Joel Eriksson Ek (12)Jordan Greenway (18), Ryan Suter (12)2–107:08 MIN
Team stats
MINVGK
27Shots on goal28
50%Faceoff %50%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits16
26Blocked shots11
2Giveaways7
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 2nd 05:07
Carson Soucy · interference2 min - 2nd 15:24
Reilly Smith · slashing2 min - 2nd 15:29Kirill Kaprizov · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:57Cody Glass · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:15Jordan Greenway · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:44Tomas Nosek · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:57 |
| 37Kyle RauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 41Luke JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:03 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 9Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:26 |
| 38Patrick BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:14 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:37 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 27:15 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:15 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 58:33 |
| 90Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |