Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, March 25, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center
FDSNNO · FDSNWI · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Xcel Energy Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 38-24.
Jack Eichel scored a hat trick. Brett Howden, Marcus Johansson and Tanner Pearson also scored.
Adin Hill made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 33 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jack Eichel (24)Mark Stone (44), Shea Theodore (42)1–006:23 VGK
2nd period
Brett Howden (20)Noah Hanifin (27)2–008:22 VGK
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (8)Mats Zuccarello (28)Stone 1:00 into shift2–101:42 MIN- Jack Eichel (25)Noah Hanifin (28), William Karlsson (14)Middleton 1:04 into shift3–114:57 VGK · PPG
Tanner Pearson (12)Unassisted4–116:57 VGK · EN- Jack Eichel (26)Mark Stone (45), Kaedan Korczak (9)5–117:28 VGK
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–1 · 3rd 14:57 · Eichel. Middleton was 1:04 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 VGK
1st 6:23 · Eichel
Zuccarello 0:23
2–0 VGK
2nd 8:22 · Howden
Zuccarello 0:58
2–1 MIN
3rd 1:42 · Johansson
Long shift: Stone 1:00
3–1 VGK
3rd 14:57 · PP · Eichel
Long shift: Middleton 1:04
4–1 VGK
3rd 16:57 · EN · Pearson
Spurgeon 0:14
5–1 VGK
3rd 17:28 · Eichel
Bogosian 0:31
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
- 2nd 02:43
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 3rd 14:44
Ryan Hartman · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 16:22 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:37 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:16 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 15Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 18Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 19Devin ShoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 21Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 41Gustav NyquistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:44 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:15 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:18 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 59:46 |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |