Wild 2–4 Golden Knights — First Round Game 1 — Final Score & Stats (Apr 20, 2025)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🌲 MIN	1	0	1	2
🎰 VGK	1	1	2	4

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MIN vs VGK · VGK leads 4–2 Full series →

Game 1

2–4

Final · VGK

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🎰 VGK

Brett Howden

2 G

4 shots · 14:12 TOI

2nd star 🎰 VGK

Tomas Hertl

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 13:58 TOI

3rd star 🌲 MIN

Matt Boldy

2 G

2 shots · 22:32 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🎰 Tomas Hertl Go-ahead 1st · 15:22

Assists: Alex Pietrangelo, Brandon Saad · beat Filip Gustavsson

0–1

🌲 Matt Boldy Tying 1st · 17:42

Assists: Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman · beat Adin Hill

1–1

2nd period

🎰 Pavel Dorofeyev PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:33

Assists: Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl · beat Filip Gustavsson

1–2

3rd period

🎰 Brett Howden 3rd · 02:28

Assists: Nicolas Roy, Noah Hanifin · beat Filip Gustavsson

1–3

🌲 Matt Boldy 3rd · 11:46

Assists: Kirill Kaprizov · beat Adin Hill

2–3

🎰 Brett Howden PP Empty net 3rd · 19:59

Unassisted

2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Boldy · Kaprizov · Eriksson Ek 21:57

L2 Johansson · Zuccarello · Hartman 17:09

L3 Foligno · Gaudreau · Rossi 12:10

L4 Trenin · Nyquist · Brazeau 10:18

D1 Faber · Brodin 26:55

D2 Spurgeon · Middleton 19:46

D3 Buium · Bogosian 11:44

🎰Golden Knights

L1 Eichel · Karlsson · Stone 17:12

L2 Saad · Barbashev · Howden 14:22

L3 Olofsson · Hertl · Smith 14:07

L4 Dorofeyev · Roy · Kolesar 13:23

D1 Hanifin · Pietrangelo 21:41

D2 McNabb · Theodore 20:00

D3 Whitecloud · Hague 18:32

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN VGK🎰

20 Shots on goal 27

0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 2/2

54 Hits 29

16 Blocked shots 25

5 Takeaways 5

9 Giveaways 7

4 Penalty minutes 2

MIN shooting 10.0% (2/20) VGK shooting 14.8% (4/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Filip Gustavsson

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:11 TOI

🎰Golden Knights

Adin Hill

18/20

.900 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

MIN VGK

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Wild

Wild — tied after 1st: 13-10-3 (50% win rate, 26 games)

Golden Knights

Golden Knights — tied after 1st: 11-6-2 (58% win rate, 19 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-5 (25% win rate, 16 games)

Golden Knights

Golden Knights — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-4-2 (60% win rate, 15 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Mar 252025 🎰VGK @ 🌲MIN 5–1 Jan 122025 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 1–4 Dec 152024 🎰VGK @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Apr 122024 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 2–7 Mar 302024 🎰VGK @ 🌲MIN 2–1 OT

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❓ MIN vs VGK, answered

Who won Wild vs Golden Knights on April 20, 2025?

Golden Knights won 4–2. The final score was Wild 2, Golden Knights 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Matt Boldy (2).

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Brett Howden (2), Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Filip Gustavsson made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Adin Hill made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Golden Knights played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🌲 Wild

BeforeApr 15 🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN 2–3 AfterApr 22 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 5–2

🎰 Golden Knights

BeforeApr 16 🎰VGK @ 🐋VAN 4–1 AfterApr 22 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 5–2

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