Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Sunday, December 12, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–6

Final

SOG 27–36

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 6-4 on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 36-27.

Zach Whitecloud scored twice. Nico Sturm, Evgenii Dadonov, Mats Zuccarello, Nick Bjugstad, Max Pacioretty, Marcus Foligno, Mark Stone and Alex Pietrangelo also scored.

Robin Lehner made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Cam Talbot stopped 30 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	2	1	1	4	27
VGK	2	2	2	6	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Zach Whitecloud (4)Max Pacioretty (6), Chandler Stephenson (14)0–108:53 VGK
Nico Sturm (5)Alex Goligoski (16), Brandon Duhaime (7)1–113:54 MIN
Evgenii Dadonov (8)Mark Stone (14), Chandler Stephenson (15)1–217:15 VGK · PPG
Mats Zuccarello (8)Jared Spurgeon (6), Ryan Hartman (10)2–219:59 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Nick Bjugstad (4)Mathew Dumba (12), Jon Merrill (8)3–200:09 MIN
Zach Whitecloud (5)Evgenii Dadonov (6)3–305:46 VGK
Max Pacioretty (10)Chandler Stephenson (16), Mark Stone (15)3–413:52 VGK

3rd period

Marcus Foligno (13)Jared Spurgeon (7), Joel Eriksson Ek (9)4–401:22 MIN
Mark Stone (4)Max Pacioretty (7), Chandler Stephenson (17)4–504:42 VGK · PPG
Alex Pietrangelo (5)Unassisted4–619:32 VGK · EN

Team stats

MINVGK

27Shots on goal36

54%Faceoff %46%

1/6Power play2/4

10Penalty minutes14

31Hits16

8Blocked shots23

4Giveaways11

7Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 01:17Jared Spurgeon · tripping2 min
1st 04:58Jonathan Marchessault · roughing2 min
1st 16:39Mathew Dumba · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 19:21Evgenii Dadonov · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:52Nicolas Hague · cross checking2 min
2nd 13:52Ryan Hartman · roughing2 min
2nd 13:52Nicolas Hague · roughing2 min
2nd 14:35Alex Pietrangelo · slashing2 min
2nd 16:41Zach Whitecloud · slashing2 min
3rd 04:33Jordie Benn · holding2 min
3rd 05:40Alex Goligoski · tripping2 min
3rd 10:04Nicolas Hague · interference2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

46Jared SpurgeonD	0	2	2	0	3	1	1	2	–	21:29
7Nico SturmC	1	0	1	+2	1	3	1	0	56	12:04
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	0	47	19:41
17Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	–	15:20
21Brandon DuhaimeR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	–	10:27
27Nick BjugstadC	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	0	88	09:45
36Mats ZuccarelloC	1	0	1	-3	3	1	0	0	–	22:54
38Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	-3	2	2	1	2	60	18:48
4Jon MerrillD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	19:17
24Mathew DumbaD	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	–	21:44
47Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	–	20:19
18Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	50	16:15
22Kevin FialaL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:30
49Victor RaskC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	67	10:09
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	20	11:41
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	0	0	-1	6	2	0	0	–	21:22
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	15:21
29Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	15:12

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Cam TalbotG	L	35	30	5	.857	57:57
34Kaapo KahkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

20Chandler StephensonC	0	4	4	+1	1	0	2	0	58	20:08
61Mark StoneR	1	2	3	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:03
67Max PaciorettyL	1	2	3	+1	4	1	3	0	–	15:00
63Evgenii DadonovR	1	1	2	+2	3	5	1	2	–	14:13
2Zach WhitecloudD	2	0	2	+2	5	0	3	2	–	20:54
7Alex PietrangeloD	1	0	1	+2	3	1	7	2	–	26:55
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	54	15:41
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:53
22Michael AmadioC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	50	07:05
26Mattias JanmarkC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	13:46
28William CarrierL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	12:05
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	13	09:57
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	16:42
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	40	14:20
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	21:45
14Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	6	–	14:03
17Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	12:11
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	20:37

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Laurent BrossoitG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Robin LehnerG	W	27	23	4	.852	60:00