Vegas Golden Knights 2, Minnesota Wild 4: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights 2 to Minnesota Wild 4, on Monday, October 12, 2026 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.
NHLMonday, October 12, 2026
DateOct 12, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueGrand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
TVESPN+
Attendance17,566
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Minnesota Wild | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsMinnesota Wild
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
5-2-0Record4-1-1
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding1st in Central Division
6-4Road record / home record5-2
WWWLLLast 5LWWWL
W3StreakL1
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.
Minnesota Wild
Filip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveBrock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 16:21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 | 1:14 | 0:00 | 13:06 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Connelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:32 | 7:40 | 0:00 | 10:52 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 | 0:14 | 0:17 | 11:07 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:24 | 7:57 | 0:00 | 13:27 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:43 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 9:29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 18:53 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:18 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:11 | 0:59 | 0:17 | 15:55 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raphael Lavoie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 21:30 | 7:41 | 0:00 | 13:49 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:03 | 7:42 | 0:00 | 12:21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Andersson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:23 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 16:25 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coghlan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Hanifin | 4 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 22:04 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 21:50 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Brayden McNabb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 17:20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:24 | 1:56 | 0:17 | 20:11 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 58:16 | 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 | 2 | 19:34 | 0:17 | 3:14 | 16:03 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brink | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Coleman | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:34 | 0:00 | 2:43 | 14:51 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21:23 | 0:17 | 3:47 | 17:19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 | 0:17 | 0:01 | 19:22 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rieger Lorenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Michael McCarron | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:58 | 0:00 | 6:12 | 10:46 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 35.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:07 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 13:50 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12:34 | 0:00 | 1:54 | 10:40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:41 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 11:47 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 | 0:00 | 4:05 | 16:57 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:36 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 22:19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daemon Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olli Maatta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:16 | 0:00 | 4:54 | 20:22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:32 | 0:00 | 4:56 | 18:36 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .913 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 2 |
Recent form
Season series
MIN leads series 1-0
Jan 7, 2027MIN 0, VGK 0
Dec 28, 2026VGK 0, MIN 0
Oct 12, 2026VGK 2, MIN 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild?
Minnesota Wild won, 4-2, on Monday, October 12, 2026.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild?
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Minnesota Wild 4.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: William Karlsson (1 goals). Minnesota Wild: Joel Eriksson Ek (1 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild played?
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN.
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