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2020-21 regular season

Wild at Golden Knights

🗓 📍 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas 🔁 Wild lead the season series 4–2

Wild beat Golden Knights 2–1 at T-Mobile Arena on April 3, 2021.

MIN – VGK
27–28
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
23–16
Hits
26–11
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Joel Eriksson Ek
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:41 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Kirill Kaprizov
1 G
4 shots · 18:40 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Kevin Fiala
1 A
4 shots · 18:11 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🎰 Tomas Nosek Go-ahead 1st · 05:33
Assists: Nicolas Roy, Alex Tuch · beat Cam Talbot
0–1
3rd period
🌲 Kirill Kaprizov PP Tying 3rd · 06:13
Assists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🌲 Joel Eriksson Ek Go-ahead 3rd · 07:08
Assists: Jordan Greenway, Ryan Suter · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Kaprizov · Fiala · Hartman 18:11
L2 Greenway · Johansson · Eriksson Ek 16:25
L3 Bonino · Rask · Bjugstad 15:02
L4 Johnson · Rau · Sturm 9:39
D1 Brodin · Dumba 22:37
D2 Spurgeon · Suter 21:08
D3 Cole · Soucy 15:10
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Karlsson · Stone · Smith 19:35
L2 Pacioretty · Marchessault · Tuch 18:37
L3 Nosek · Glass · Roy 13:03
L4 Carrier · Brown · Kolesar 8:22
D1 Pietrangelo · Theodore 24:45
D2 Martinez · McNabb 19:41
D3 Holden · Coghlan 14:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN VGK🎰
27 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
23 Hits 16
26 Blocked shots 11
2 Takeaways 5
2 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 6
MIN shooting 7.4% (2/27) VGK shooting 3.6% (1/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Cam Talbot
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🎰Golden Knights
Marc-Andre Fleury
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 58:33 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Tomas Nosek · 1st 05:33 · 0–1 Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 06:13 · 1–1 Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 07:08 · 2–1
MIN VGK
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-0 (100% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 4–2
Apr 12021 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 3–2 SO Mar 102021 🎰VGK @ 🌲MIN 3–4 Mar 82021 🎰VGK @ 🌲MIN 0–2 Mar 32021 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 1–5 Mar 12021 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 4–5 OT
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Who won Wild vs Golden Knights on April 3, 2021?

Wild won 2–1. The final score was Wild 2, Golden Knights 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Tomas Nosek.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Cam Talbot made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Golden Knights played?

At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the Golden Knights home rink.

What is the Wild vs Golden Knights season series?

Wild lead the season series 4–2 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeApr 1 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 3–2 AfterApr 5 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 5–4
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeApr 1 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 3–2 AfterApr 5 🎰VGK @ 🎵STL 6–1
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