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Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 27–16

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FDSNNOX · FDSNWIX · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Monday, December 29, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Wild outshot the Golden Knights 27-16.

Goals came from Marcus Johansson, Matt Boldy, Jared Spurgeon, Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson Ek, Brayden McNabb and Mark Stone.

Filip Gustavsson made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 7 of 12.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN230527
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK011216

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMarcus JohanssonMIN · 1G 3A
  2. ★2nd starJoel Eriksson EkMIN · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJared SpurgeonMIN · 1G 1A

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+
1:43

4–0 · 2nd 4:32 · Faber. Dorofeyev was 1:43 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceVGK on ice

1–0 MIN

1st 0:26 · Johansson

Smith 0:26

2–0 MIN

1st 14:06 · Boldy

Hanifin 0:36

3–0 MIN

2nd 0:26 · Spurgeon

Smith 0:26

4–0 MIN

2nd 4:32 · Faber

Stuck out there: Dorofeyev 1:43

5–0 MIN

2nd 6:56 · Eriksson Ek

Hutton 0:40

5–1 VGK

2nd 16:50 · McNabb

Stuck out there: Sturm 1:36

5–2 VGK

3rd 2:14 · Stone

Bogosian 0:26

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MINVGK
27Shots on goal16
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes17
17Hits30
20Blocked shots13
15Giveaways13
4Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 02:13Tomas Hertl · boarding5 min
  • 1st 02:13Tomas Hertl · game misconduct10 min
  • 1st 09:39Nico Sturm · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 16:40Jake Middleton · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 00:26Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min

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