Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, February 9, 2023 · Xcel Energy Center
ATTSN-RM · BSN · BSWI
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at Xcel Energy Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 31-28.
Goals came from Nicolas Roy, Alex Pietrangelo, Kirill Kaprizov, Paul Cotter, Reilly Smith and Jack Eichel.
Logan Thompson made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 18 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicolas Roy (10)Keegan Kolesar (7), Brett Howden (3)1–007:07 VGK
2nd period
Alex Pietrangelo (7)Unassisted2–002:41 VGK
Kirill Kaprizov (29)Joel Eriksson Ek (24), Matt Boldy (21)2–104:37 MIN · PPG
Paul Cotter (9)Jack Eichel (20), Jonathan Marchessault (18)3–110:47 VGK
Reilly Smith (19)Unassisted4–112:53 VGK
Jack Eichel (16)Jonathan Marchessault (19), Zach Whitecloud (6)5–113:13 VGK
Team stats
VGKMIN
31Shots on goal28
51%Faceoff %49%
0/1Power play1/2
8Penalty minutes6
12Hits37
17Blocked shots13
3Giveaways6
8Takeaways8
Penalties
- 2nd 04:24
Chandler Stephenson · holding2 min - 2nd 10:20William Carrier · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:20
Ryan Reaves · roughing2 min - 2nd 10:20Nicolas Hague · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:20Jake Middleton · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:53Alex Goligoski · ps slash on breakaway0 min
- 2nd 14:53William Karlsson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:00Matt Boldy · holding2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:06 |
| 8Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:23 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:07 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 18:41 | |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 41:19 |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:59 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 13:28 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 13Sam SteelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 26Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 2Calen AddisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 23 | 18 | 5 | .783 | 39:59 |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 20:00 |