Minnesota Wild 5, Vegas Golden Knights 2: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights, Minnesota Wild 5 to Vegas Golden Knights 2, on Monday, December 29, 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.
NHLMonday, December 29, 2025
DateDec 29, 2025
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN+
Attendance18,102
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-10-6Record17-9-11
1st in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
8-5Road record / home record7-3
WLWWWLast 5WWWWL
W1StreakW4
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 ReserveVegas 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 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:14 | 4:38 | 1:05 | 10:31 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:18 | 4:13 | 1:22 | 10:43 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 11:55 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:01 | 0:22 | 0:00 | 12:39 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:46 | 2:29 | 0:31 | 10:46 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:41 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 15:02 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:26 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 11:20 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:47 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 12:28 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 12:49 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 | 2:23 | 0:11 | 13:37 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:34 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 14:00 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 15:45 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:24 | 0:00 | 2:03 | 15:21 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 | 2:22 | 2:14 | 16:57 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:01 | 4:38 | 0:10 | 18:13 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 16:27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 | 2:23 | 1:46 | 15:26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .875 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 59:37 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 15:33 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 11:50 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 11:03 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:53 | 2:52 | 0:00 | 13:01 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Alexander Holtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:21 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 17:07 | 1:06 | 1:18 | 14:43 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 | 0:09 | 1:30 | 12:19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:22 | 2:52 | 2:12 | 16:18 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 0:07 | 2:31 | 12:25 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 | 0:24 | 2:20 | 10:50 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 15:03 | 0:59 | 1:43 | 12:21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:15 | 2:52 | 2:22 | 15:01 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Hanifin | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 22:08 | 2:52 | 2:49 | 16:27 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:46 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:46 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 17:30 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 1 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 17:06 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 14:20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:45 | 0:25 | 4:16 | 19:04 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 21:11 | 0:00 | 4:13 | 16:58 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.000 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33:04 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Hart | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .583 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 26:51 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Minnesota Wild won, 5-2, on Monday, December 29, 2025.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Minnesota Wild 5, Vegas Golden Knights 2.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Marcus Johansson (1 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Mark Stone (1 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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