Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Sunday, April 20, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena
ESPN · SN · SN360 · TVAS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Sunday, April 20, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 27-20.
Matt Boldy scored twice and Brett Howden scored twice. Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored.
Adin Hill made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Hertl (1)Alex Pietrangelo (1), Brandon Saad (1)0–115:22 VGK
Matt Boldy (1)Kirill Kaprizov (1), Ryan Hartman (1)1–117:42 MIN
2nd period
Pavel Dorofeyev (1)Shea Theodore (1), Tomas Hertl (1)1–213:33 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Brett Howden (1)Nicolas Roy (1), Noah Hanifin (1)1–302:28 VGK- Matt Boldy (2)Kirill Kaprizov (2)2–311:46 MIN
- Brett Howden (2)Unassisted2–419:59 VGK · PPG · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–1 VGK
1st 15:22 · Hertl
Faber 0:23
1–1 MIN
1st 17:42 · Boldy
Karlsson 0:19
1–2 VGK
2nd 13:33 · PP · Dorofeyev
Middleton 0:16
1–3 VGK
3rd 2:28 · Howden
Bogosian 0:32
2–3 MIN
3rd 11:46 · Boldy
Theodore 0:47
2–4 VGK
3rd 19:59 · EN · Howden
Johansson 1:00
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 13:27
Joel Eriksson Ek · high sticking2 min - 3rd 07:13
Brayden McNabb · boarding2 min - 3rd 18:59Matt Boldy · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 12Matt BoldyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:06 |
| 15Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 41Gustav NyquistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:57 |
| 8Zeev BuiumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:53 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:11 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 21Brett HowdenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:12 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:58 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:03 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | W | 20 | 18 | 2 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |