Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Monday, October 12, 2026 · Grand Casino Arena

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2–4

Final

SOG 23–28

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Recap

Wild hold off Golden Knights 4-2 behind Boldy and Wallstedt

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Monday night at Grand Casino Arena. Minnesota jumped ahead with three first-period goals and never trailed. Matt Boldy opened the scoring at 11:50, Maxim Shabanov added a power-play goal at 14:32, and Danila Yurov made it 3-0 at 16:57 with what held up as the winner. The Wild outshot the Golden Knights 28-23.

Vegas pushed back after that. Rasmus Andersson got the Golden Knights on the board early in the second period, and William Karlsson cut the lead to 3-2 at 9:25 of the third. Joel Eriksson Ek sealed it with an empty-net goal at 18:38, with Kirill Kaprizov drawing the assist. The Golden Knights went 0 for 5 on the power play while the Wild converted their only chance.

Boldy took first-star honors with his 2nd goal of the season, and Quinn Hughes chipped in two assists. Jesper Wallstedt earned the win with 21 saves on 23 shots, while Carter Hart took the loss with 24 saves. The Wild, now 4-1-1, have won 2 games in a row. Vegas fell to 5-2-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	1	1	2	23
MIN	3	0	1	4	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matt Boldy (2)Olli Maatta (2), Quinn Hughes (6)0–111:50 MIN
Maxim Shabanov (2)Quinn Hughes (7)0–214:32 MIN · PPG
Danila Yurov (2)Bobby Brink (4), Rieger Lorenz (1)0–316:57 MIN

2nd period

Rasmus Andersson (1)Tomas Hertl (3), Raphael Lavoie (1)Kaprizov 1:27 into shift1–302:37 VGK

3rd period

William Karlsson (1)Brett Howden (2), Mitch Marner (4)Hughes 1:29 into shift2–309:25 VGK
Joel Eriksson Ek (1)Kirill Kaprizov (3)2–418:38 MIN · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:29

2–3 · 3rd 9:25 · Karlsson. MIN stayed on through an icing. Hughes was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 MIN

1st 11:50 · Boldy

Karlsson 0:50

NormalKarlsson 0:50

0–2 MIN

1st 14:32 · PP · Shabanov

Karlsson 0:25

Fresh legsKarlsson 0:25

0–3 MIN

1st 16:57 · Yurov

Hertl 0:33

Fresh legsHertl 0:33

1–3 VGK

2nd 2:37 · Andersson

Long shift: Kaprizov 1:27

Long shiftKaprizov 1:27

2–3 VGK

3rd 9:25 · Karlsson

Long shift: Hughes 1:29

Long shiftHughes 1:29

2–4 MIN

3rd 18:38 · EN · Eriksson Ek

Hertl 0:50

Empty netHertl 0:50

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

VGKMIN

23Shots on goal28

52%Faceoff %48%

0/5Power play1/1

7Penalty minutes15

19Hits18

16Blocked shots19

11Giveaways13

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 06:42Danila Yurov · hooking2 min
1st 14:15Dylan Coghlan · tripping2 min
1st 18:14Jesper Wallstedt · tripping2 min
2nd 11:14Blake Coleman · slashing2 min
3rd 02:36Rieger Lorenz · fighting5 min
3rd 02:36Jeremy Lauzon · fighting5 min
3rd 09:25Danila Yurov · delaying game face off violation2 min
3rd 19:05Blake Coleman · tripping2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

21Brett HowdenC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:18
36Raphael LavoieC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:53
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	43	18:53
71William KarlssonC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	2	0	79	17:11
93Mitch MarnerR	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	–	21:30
4Rasmus AnderssonD	1	0	1	-1	4	1	1	0	–	17:23
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	40	21:24
17Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	09:43
24Trevor ConnellyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:32
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	53	11:38
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:20
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:17
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	20:03
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	17:37
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	5	–	13:09
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0	–	22:04
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	22:24
52Dylan CoghlanD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	2	–	12:08

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	L	27	24	3	.889	58:16

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

43Quinn HughesD	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	–	22:36
10Bobby BrinkR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	100	10:20
12Matt BoldyL	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	19:34
14Joel Eriksson EkC	1	0	1	+2	3	3	1	0	53	21:23
22Danila YurovR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	4	60	10:41
49Maxim ShabanovR	1	0	1	-2	3	0	1	0	–	14:07
61Rieger LorenzL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	5	–	09:00
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	19:40
3Olli MaattaD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	0	–	25:16
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	100	12:34
20Blake ColemanL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	4	–	17:34
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	50	15:19
47Michael McCarronC	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	35	16:58
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	03:20
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:41
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	21:02
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	23:32
48Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:28

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00
31Calvin PickardG		0	0	0	–	00:00