Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild

Playoffs · Saturday, April 26, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 46–32

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Xcel Energy Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 46-32.

Goals came from Shea Theodore, Marco Rossi, Marcus Foligno, Nicolas Roy, Tomas Hertl, Jared Spurgeon and Ivan Barbashev.

Adin Hill made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 42 of 46.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
VGK	1	0	2	1	4	46
MIN	1	1	1	0	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Shea Theodore (1)Ivan Barbashev (1), Jack Eichel (1)Gaudreau 1:13 into shift1–006:47 VGK · PPG
Marco Rossi (2)Justin Brazeau (2), Yakov Trenin (2)Kolesar 1:00 into shift1–110:43 MIN

2nd period

Marcus Foligno (3)Ryan Hartman (4), Mats Zuccarello (1)Eichel 1:24 into shift1–201:24 MIN

3rd period

Nicolas Roy (1)Tomas Hertl (2), Pavel Dorofeyev (1)2–204:50 VGK · PPG
Tomas Hertl (3)Mark Stone (1), Brayden McNabb (1)3–210:03 VGK
Jared Spurgeon (1)Kirill Kaprizov (4), Joel Eriksson Ek (1)McNabb 1:03 into shift3–310:57 MIN

OT period

Ivan Barbashev (1)Nicolas Roy (2), Reilly Smith (1)4–317:26 VGK

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:24

1–2 · 2nd 1:24 · Foligno. Eichel was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 VGK

1st 6:47 · PP · Theodore

Long shift: Gaudreau 1:13

Long shiftGaudreau 1:13

1–1 MIN

1st 10:43 · Rossi

Long shift: Kolesar 1:00

Long shiftKolesar 1:00

1–2 MIN

2nd 1:24 · Foligno

Long shift: Eichel 1:24

Long shiftEichel 1:24

2–2 VGK

3rd 4:50 · PP · Roy

Middleton 0:46

NormalMiddleton 0:46

3–2 VGK

3rd 10:03 · Hertl

Spurgeon 0:09

Fresh legsSpurgeon 0:09

3–3 MIN

3rd 10:57 · Spurgeon

Long shift: McNabb 1:03

Long shiftMcNabb 1:03

4–3 VGK

OT 17:26 · Barbashev

Faber 0:34

Fresh legsFaber 0:34

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

46Shots on goal32

49%Faceoff %51%

2/5Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes10

34Hits28

23Blocked shots23

11Giveaways17

9Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 05:15Vinnie Hinostroza · high sticking2 min
2nd 04:17Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 08:03Joel Eriksson Ek · slashing2 min
2nd 10:59Keegan Kolesar · holding the stick2 min
3rd 01:48Zeev Buium · high sticking double minor4 min
OT 08:09Nicolas Roy · holding2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

10Nicolas RoyC	1	1	2	0	2	4	0	2	65	17:58
48Tomas HertlC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	2	0	36	23:14
49Ivan BarbashevC	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	50	21:39
9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	-2	6	4	0	0	40	29:57
16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	22:32
19Reilly SmithR	0	1	1	+1	3	3	1	0	–	20:18
61Mark StoneR	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	0	–	26:42
3Brayden McNabbD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	26:42
27Shea TheodoreD	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	0	–	30:41
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	100	14:11
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	50	15:01
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	2	–	12:53
70Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	08:49
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	58	22:25
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	17:19
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	–	28:48
14Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:56
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-1	5	3	4	0	–	26:05

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG	W	32	29	3	.906	77:26
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

13Yakov TreninC	0	1	1	+1	1	7	0	0	–	10:31
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	56	27:25
15Justin BrazeauR	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	08:31
17Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	0	1	8	2	0	100	22:51
23Marco RossiC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	33	11:01
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:30
38Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	0	5	0	3	0	47	21:59
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	28:12
46Jared SpurgeonD	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	28:40
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	33:08
18Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	11:57
41Gustav NyquistR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	10:48
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	60	18:20
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	7	0	–	29:17
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	33:07
8Zeev BuiumD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	4	–	13:33
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	15:20
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	31:32

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	L	46	42	4	.913	77:26