Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights

Mon, Dec 29, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

5 – 2

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 on Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. Marcus Johansson led the way with 4 points. Filip Gustavsson made 14 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–16.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	2	3	0	5	27
VGK	0	1	1	2	16

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:26	MIN	EV	Marcus Johansson (12) · snap	Jonas Brodin (8), Jared Spurgeon (8)	1–0
1st	14:06	MIN	EV	Matt Boldy (25) · wrist	Joel Eriksson Ek (19), Marcus Johansson (18)	2–0
2nd	00:26	MIN	EV	Jared Spurgeon (3) · snap	Marcus Johansson (19), Jonas Brodin (9)	3–0
2nd	04:32	MIN	EV	Brock Faber (8) · wrist	Yakov Trenin (10), Kirill Kaprizov (24)	4–0
2nd	06:56	MIN	EV	Joel Eriksson Ek (10) · tip-in	Matt Boldy (22), Marcus Johansson (20)	5–0
2nd	16:50	VGK	EV	Brayden McNabb (2) · wrist	Ivan Barbashev (17), Pavel Dorofeyev (11)	5–1
3rd	02:14	VGK	EV	Mark Stone (9) · wrist	Ivan Barbashev (18), Mitch Marner (31)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:13	VGK	Tomas Hertl	boarding	5
1st	02:13	VGK	Tomas Hertl	game misconduct	10
1st	09:39	MIN	Nico Sturm	high sticking	2
1st	16:40	MIN	Jake Middleton	hooking	2
2nd	00:26	VGK	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 2.44 · VGK 2.34 · xG% MIN 51.1

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	3	4	+4	0	3	0	0		13:46	20
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	6		19:35	23
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	4		17:24	23
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	1	2	+4	0	2	1	0	75.0	16:18	20
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	1	2	+4	0	2	0	0	100.0	16:14	18
7	Brock Faber	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2		21:33	22
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		19:41	18
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	0		14:24	14
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		23:01	22
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		18:34	18
5	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		17:30	20
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		16:29	18
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	33.3	16:11	17
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:47	16
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	100.0	14:05	14
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	33.3	13:01	14
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	1	50.0	12:26	14
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	11:24	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Filip Gustavsson	W	16	14	2	.875	59:37

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	1	66.7	18:02	17
3	Brayden McNabb	D	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	5		23:45	22
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	63.6	21:22	21
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	1		20:15	19
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	1		15:53	15
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		22:08	20
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		21:11	23
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		17:46	19
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	-4	0	0	4	0	28.6	17:07	21
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	7	1		17:06	22
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0		15:03	21
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		15:03	20
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		14:46	16
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		13:58	19
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	55.6	13:34	20
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:21	14
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	0		11:50	17
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0		0:55	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	L	15	15	0	1.000	33:04
79	Carter Hart	L	12	7	5	.583	26:51