Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Friday, March 6, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 24–31

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Friday, March 6, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Wild 31-24.

Goals came from Mats Zuccarello, Zach Bogosian, Michael McCarron, Pavel Dorofeyev, Vladimir Tarasenko and Mitch Marner.

Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 20 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	3	1	4	24
VGK	0	0	2	2	31

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Mats Zuccarello (12)UnassistedDorofeyev 1:01 into shift1–005:18 MIN
Zach Bogosian (2)Danila Yurov (15), Yakov Trenin (13)2–008:07 MIN
Michael McCarron (6)Brock Faber (27), Quinn Hughes (56)3–008:25 MIN

3rd period

Pavel Dorofeyev (30)Jack Eichel (49), Braeden Bowman (16)Middleton 1:48 into shift3–102:17 VGK · PPG
Vladimir Tarasenko (16)Jared Spurgeon (12), Michael McCarron (8)4–115:42 MIN
Mitch Marner (18)Pavel Dorofeyev (21), Tomas Hertl (30)Hartman 1:35 into shift4–216:55 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+

1:48

3–1 · 3rd 2:17 · Dorofeyev. Middleton was 1:48 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MIN

2nd 5:18 · Zuccarello

Long shift: Dorofeyev 1:01

Long shiftDorofeyev 1:01

2–0 MIN

2nd 8:07 · Bogosian

Korczak 0:49

NormalKorczak 0:49

3–0 MIN

2nd 8:25 · McCarron

Saad 0:18

Fresh legsSaad 0:18

3–1 VGK

3rd 2:17 · PP · Dorofeyev

Stuck out there: Middleton 1:48

Stuck out thereMiddleton 1:48

4–1 MIN

3rd 15:42 · Tarasenko

McNabb 0:50

NormalMcNabb 0:50

4–2 VGK

3rd 16:55 · Marner

Stuck out there: Hartman 1:35

Stuck out thereHartman 1:35

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

24Shots on goal31

31%Faceoff %69%

0/1Power play1/1

26Penalty minutes16

22Hits14

10Blocked shots18

10Giveaways13

4Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 14:58Braeden Bowman · holding2 min
2nd 03:00Jake Middleton · fighting5 min
2nd 03:00Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min
2nd 10:15Jeremy Lauzon · boarding2 min
2nd 10:15Brock Faber · instigator2 min
2nd 10:15Jeremy Lauzon · fighting5 min
2nd 10:15Brock Faber · fighting5 min
2nd 10:15Brock Faber · instigator misconduct10 min
3rd 01:22Zach Bogosian · slashing2 min
3rd 09:57Jeremy Lauzon · roughing2 min
3rd 09:57Michael McCarron · roughing2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

47Michael McCarronC	1	1	2	+1	1	3	0	2	20	10:41
13Yakov TreninC	0	1	1	+2	0	7	2	0	–	11:53
22Danila YurovR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	17	10:59
36Mats ZuccarelloR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:52
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	12:58
7Brock FaberD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	17	–	16:41
24Zach BogosianD	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	16:37
43Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	27:46
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	1	0	–	21:37
10Bobby BrinkR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	13:28
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	20:21
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	33	19:37
21Robby FabbriC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	10:39
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	37	16:40
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	40	10:59
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	22:46
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	5	–	16:08
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	–	19:23

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

16Pavel DorofeyevR	1	1	2	-1	3	0	0	0	–	18:01
9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	-1	5	0	1	0	53	24:30
42Braeden BowmanR	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	2	–	19:50
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	77	14:27
93Mitch MarnerR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	75	15:55
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	100	14:39
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	11:31
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	08:39
22Cole SmithR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:41
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	100	19:30
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	5	–	08:09
62Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	71	13:17
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	20:54
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	–	20:58
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	9	–	14:37
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:08
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	–	22:57
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	23:52

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Akira SchmidG	L	24	20	4	.833	58:25