Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, December 15, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center
NHLN · FDSNNO · FDSNWI · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at Xcel Energy Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 27-22.
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Victor Olofsson scored twice. Shea Theodore also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kirill Kaprizov (21)Mats Zuccarello (10)Theodore 1:01 into shift0–101:30 MIN
Victor Olofsson (6)Shea Theodore (22), Jack Eichel (32)1–109:31 VGK · PPG
2nd period
Shea Theodore (4)Jack Eichel (33), Mark Stone (18)2–106:04 VGK- Kirill Kaprizov (22)Brock Faber (14), Mats Zuccarello (11)Eichel 1:18 into shift2–216:56 MIN
3rd period
- Victor Olofsson (7)William Karlsson (8), Pavel Dorofeyev (6)3–203:49 VGK
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 2nd 16:56 · Kaprizov. Eichel was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 MIN
1st 1:30 · Kaprizov
Long shift: Theodore 1:01
1–1 VGK
1st 9:31 · PP · Olofsson
Brodin 0:29
2–1 VGK
2nd 6:04 · Theodore
Zuccarello 0:52
2–2 MIN
2nd 16:56 · Kaprizov
Long shift: Eichel 1:18
3–2 VGK
3rd 3:49 · Olofsson
Foligno 0:47
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.6×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).
29%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 09:24
Frederick Gaudreau · closing hand on puck2 min - 1st 17:00
Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min - 1st 17:00Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:10Nicolas Roy · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:56 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:08 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 26Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:00 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:40 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 28:03 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 25:59 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:01 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 19Devin ShoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:06 |
| 22Marat KhusnutdinovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:17 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 39Ben JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:13 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:33 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 44Travis DermottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:47 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 47Declan ChisholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Jesper WallstedtG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 57:42 |