Minnesota Wild 2, Vegas Golden Knights 4: final score and stats
Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Wild 2 to Vegas Golden Knights 4, on Sunday, April 20, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild.
NHL · West 1st Round - Game 1Sunday, April 20, 2025
DateApr 20, 2025
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN
Attendance18,016
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
45-30-7Record50-22-10
1st in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
9-5Road record / home record7-4
WWLWWLast 5LWWWW
W2StreakL1
Team stats
Minnesota WildVegas Golden Knights
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Minnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveJoel Eriksson Ek C · Upper Body
Day-To-DayVegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutBox score
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22:32 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 20:52 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 21:06 | 1:27 | 0:21 | 19:18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 67.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 11:59 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:15 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 11:47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 0:33 | 0:00 | 14:05 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Johansson | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:09 | 0:34 | 1:00 | 15:35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 | 1:26 | 0:39 | 19:52 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 9:58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Rossi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:02 | 1:47 | 0:38 | 16:37 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bogosian | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:02 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:53 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 25:32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeev Buium | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:27 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 11:49 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27:57 | 0:13 | 0:45 | 26:59 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:16 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 19:10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 | 0:22 | 0:19 | 19:34 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .885 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 59:11 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 15:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:23 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 13:17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:12 | 0:57 | 0:43 | 15:32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 42.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 13:43 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 | 0:09 | 0:35 | 13:28 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:14 | 0:51 | 0:42 | 14:41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:56 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Roy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:15 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 | 0:00 | 0:24 | 13:58 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 13:28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 | 0:57 | 0:57 | 15:22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Hague | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:44 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 16:58 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:19 | 1:00 | 1:16 | 20:03 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 20:20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:03 | 1:00 | 1:14 | 18:49 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:41 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 19:35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 18:37 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
VGK wins series 3-0
Mar 25, 2025VGK 5, MIN 1
Jan 12, 2025MIN 1, VGK 4
Dec 15, 2024VGK 3, MIN 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Vegas Golden Knights won, 4-2, on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Minnesota Wild 2, Vegas Golden Knights 4.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Matt Boldy (2 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Brett Howden (2 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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