Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Monday, May 3, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Monday, May 3, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center.
Nick Bonino scored twice. Joel Eriksson Ek, Shea Theodore, Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault, Kevin Fiala, Kirill Kaprizov and Jonas Brodin also scored.
Cam Talbot made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 26 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joel Eriksson Ek (18)Jared Spurgeon (16)0–103:36 MIN
Shea Theodore (8)Mark Stone (38), Brayden McNabb (5)1–104:29 VGK
Alec Martinez (8)Reilly Smith (9), William Karlsson (21)2–106:05 VGK · PPG
Nick Bonino (8)Mathew Dumba (14), Jonas Brodin (14)2–207:48 MIN
Alex Tuch (18)Peyton Krebs (1), Nicolas Roy (8)3–212:20 VGK
2nd period
Mark Stone (21)Chandler Stephenson (20)4–206:48 VGK- Nick Bonino (9)Jared Spurgeon (17), Kirill Kaprizov (21)4–308:44 MIN · PPG
Jonathan Marchessault (16)Alec Martinez (21), William Karlsson (22)5–316:04 VGK
3rd period
Kevin Fiala (20)Nick Bonino (14), Victor Rask (13)5–410:49 MIN
Kirill Kaprizov (24)Kevin Fiala (19)5–518:28 MIN
Jonas Brodin (9)Marcus Foligno (13), Jordan Greenway (25)5–618:54 MIN
Team stats
VGKMIN
32Shots on goal32
57%Faceoff %43%
1/3Power play1/2
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits22
8Blocked shots10
8Giveaways5
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 04:29
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 2nd 07:44
Brayden McNabb · cross checking2 min - 2nd 08:21Alex Pietrangelo · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 12:08Reilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:08Mathew Dumba · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:08Ryan Hartman · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:08Reilly Smith · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:16Marcus Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:29Ian Cole · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:09 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 18Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:35 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:56 |
| 26Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:30 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | L | 32 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 59:01 |
Minnesota Wild
| 13Nick BoninoC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:53 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:51 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:33 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:27 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | W | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 59:41 |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |