Vegas Golden Knights 2, Minnesota Wild 5: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights 2 to Minnesota Wild 5, on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights.
NHL · West 1st Round - Game 3Thursday, April 24, 2025
DateApr 24, 2025
Start time9:00 PM ET
VenueGrand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
TVTBS/truTV/HBO Max
Attendance19,058
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsMinnesota Wild
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
50-22-10Record45-30-7
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding1st in Central Division
6-4Road record / home record5-2
LWWWWLast 5WWLWW
L1StreakW2
Team stats
Vegas Golden KnightsMinnesota Wild
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.
Vegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutMinnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveJoel Eriksson Ek C · Upper Body
Day-To-DayBox score
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 | 0 | 11 | 0 | -2 | 15:25 | 1:24 | 0:03 | 13:58 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:46 | 6:53 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 24:44 | 7:18 | 3:19 | 14:07 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 38.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:40 | 7:35 | 0:06 | 11:59 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 | 0:05 | 0:25 | 9:31 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| William Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 | 0:37 | 2:09 | 10:05 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:24 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 9:19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 9:41 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Roy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | 0:25 | 0:16 | 9:59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 11:15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 9:42 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 24:23 | 7:35 | 2:42 | 14:06 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:05 | 1:23 | 14:21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Hanifin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:54 | 6:34 | 1:56 | 15:24 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 3:25 | 13:40 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:57 | 0:06 | 3:54 | 15:57 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:26 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 16:05 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | 0:05 | 1:52 | 15:56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18:56 | 0 | 0 |
| Adin Hill | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .810 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | -1 | 23:03 | 4:26 | 5:16 | 13:21 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:41 | 3:59 | 5:16 | 13:26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 56.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 | 0:19 | 0:54 | 12:21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 | 0:04 | 3:14 | 9:57 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:41 | 2:15 | 0:05 | 13:21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Johansson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:09 | 0:58 | 1:13 | 8:58 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:09 | 4:53 | 0:00 | 16:16 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 9:27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Rossi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:52 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:02 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:33 | 4:49 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 9:29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:23 | 0:27 | 1:36 | 20:20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeev Buium | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:37 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 9:22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:31 | 0:19 | 5:33 | 18:39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:07 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 17:13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 | 0:40 | 2:31 | 16:33 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .938 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 59:41 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Jan 12, 2025MIN 1, VGK 4
Dec 15, 2024VGK 3, MIN 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild?
Minnesota Wild won, 5-2, on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild?
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Minnesota Wild 5.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: Alex Pietrangelo (1 goals). Minnesota Wild: Kirill Kaprizov (2 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild played?
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN.
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