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Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild

Playoffs · Thursday, April 24, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center

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2–5

Final

SOG 32–31

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Xcel Energy Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 32-31.

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. Marco Rossi, Alex Pietrangelo, Matt Boldy, Reilly Smith and Marcus Foligno also scored.

Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 17 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK101232
Minnesota WildMIN221531

Three stars

  1. ★1st starKirill KaprizovMIN · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starMatt BoldyMIN · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starFilip GustavssonMIN · .938 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:12

2–4 · 3rd 11:34 · Smith. Zuccarello was 2:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceMIN on ice

0–1 MIN

1st 3:13 · PP · Kaprizov

Pietrangelo 0:47

0–2 MIN

1st 6:51 · Rossi

Long shift: Theodore 1:01

1–2 VGK

1st 10:48 · Pietrangelo

Boldy 0:10

1–3 MIN

2nd 11:05 · Boldy

Pietrangelo 0:12

1–4 MIN

2nd 19:58 · PP · Kaprizov

Stuck out there: Eichel 1:47

2–4 VGK

3rd 11:34 · SH · Smith

Stuck out there: Zuccarello 2:12

2–5 MIN

3rd 18:27 · EN · Foligno

Stone 1:55

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

VGKMIN
32Shots on goal31
58%Faceoff %42%
0/4Power play2/4
10Penalty minutes10
42Hits26
7Blocked shots23
8Giveaways12
1Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 02:46Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 1st 03:29Nicolas Hague · tripping2 min
  • 1st 09:00Marcus Foligno · interference2 min
  • 1st 09:00Ivan Barbashev · embellishment2 min
  • 2nd 06:28Marcus Foligno · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 18:11Zach Whitecloud · holding2 min
  • 3rd 04:02Kirill Kaprizov · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 09:53Brett Howden · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 13:38Jake Middleton · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 16:32Marco Rossi · hooking2 min

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