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Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, January 7, 2027 · T-Mobile Arena

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Game preview

The Minnesota Wild visit the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, January 7, 2027, with puck drop at 9:30 PM ET. The game is on ESPN, SN+ and TVAS.

This is the third of 3 meetings this season. Wild 1, Golden Knights 0 so far; the last game finished VGK 2, MIN 4.

Rest and travel

Wild

Game 2 of a road trip: Anaheim, now Vegas.

  1. 282026-12-28: vs VGK
  2. 292026-12-29: no game
  3. 302026-12-30: no game
  4. 312026-12-31: no game
  5. 12027-01-01: at PIT
  6. 22027-01-02: vs STL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 32027-01-03: no game
  8. 42027-01-04: no game
  9. 52027-01-05: at ANA
  10. 62027-01-06: no game
  11. 72027-01-07: at VGK
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~220 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,742 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−2 h
body clock vs home

Golden Knights

Back home after a game in Colorado.

  1. 282026-12-28: at MIN
  2. 292026-12-29: at CHI, second of a back-to-backB2B
  3. 302026-12-30: no game
  4. 312026-12-31: vs STL
  5. 12027-01-01: no game
  6. 22027-01-02: vs COL
  7. 32027-01-03: no game
  8. 42027-01-04: at COL
  9. 52027-01-05: no game
  10. 62027-01-06: no game
  11. 72027-01-07: vs MIN
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~608 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,217 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Minnesota WildWildTue, Oct 13 at WPG
  1. L1Kaprizov#97Boldy#12Eriksson Ek#14
    12:43 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewColeman#20Yurov#22Shabanov#49
    9:19 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewLorenz#61Hartman#38Brink#10
    8:24 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewPitlick#19McCarron#47Trenin#13
    7:32 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewBrodin#25Hughes#43
    19:06 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewBogosian#24Maatta#3
    11:09 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewHunt#48Spacek#82
    8:10 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kaprizov LBoldy LEriksson Ek CShabanov RHughes D3:00
  2. 2Coleman LHartman RBrink RYurov RSpacek D0:32

Penalty kill

  1. 1Boldy LMcCarron CBogosian DMaatta D1:10
  2. 2Boldy LEriksson Ek CBrodin DMaatta D0:37
Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsTue, Oct 13 at NSH
  1. L1Barbashev#49Eichel#9Stone#61
    12:11 together at 5v5
  2. L2Connelly#24Hertl#48Lavoie#36
    10:54 together at 5v5
  3. L3Karlsson#71Howden#21Marner#93
    9:41 together at 5v5
  4. L4Dowd#26Gatcomb#17Bowman#42
    9:00 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewAndersson#4Lauzon#5
    15:51 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewHanifin#15Coghlan#52
    15:11 together at 5v5
  3. D3McNabb#3Theodore#27
    14:43 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Connelly LHertl CEichel CStone RMarner R1:49
  2. 2Barbashev LKarlsson CBowman RTheodore DAndersson D1:49

Penalty kill

  1. 1Dowd CKarlsson CMcNabb DTheodore D1:39
  2. 2Eichel CStone RHanifin DLauzon D1:25

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

MINVGK

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

MIN 58% (7th most shuffled)VGK 77% (2nd most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

MIN 1:59 left (9th earliest · 12 pulls)VGK 1:30 left (5th latest · 17 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

MIN 53.8s (longest)VGK 47.9s (12th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

MIN 44% (most often)VGK 26% (5th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series