Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Wed, Mar 10, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

3 – 4

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 on Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice; Dylan Coghlan scored a hat trick. Kaapo Kahkonen made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	0	2	3	27
MIN	1	0	3	4	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:19	MIN	EV	Joel Eriksson Ek (9) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
1st	01:42	VGK	EV	Dylan Coghlan (1) · snap	Nicolas Roy (2)	1–1
3rd	01:18	MIN	PP	Kirill Kaprizov (7) · backhand	Mats Zuccarello (10), Nick Bjugstad (5)	1–2
3rd	05:54	MIN	EV	Joel Eriksson Ek (10) · wrist	Jordan Greenway (14), Marcus Foligno (9)	1–3
3rd	07:41	MIN	EV	Carson Soucy (1) · slap	Nico Sturm (2), Kyle Rau (1)	1–4
3rd	14:00	VGK	EV	Dylan Coghlan (2) · wrist	Alec Martinez (10), Chandler Stephenson (8)	2–4
3rd	17:50	VGK	PP	Dylan Coghlan (3) · slap	Shea Theodore (12), Mark Stone (22)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:59	VGK	Nicolas Roy	slashing	2
2nd	02:18	MIN	Zach Parise	holding	2
3rd	00:53	VGK	Nicolas Hague	holding	2
3rd	08:40	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	slashing	2
3rd	13:43	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	13:43	MIN	Carson Soucy	unsportsmanlike conduct	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 1.79 · MIN 3.57 · xG% VGK 33.3

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
52	Dylan Coghlan	D	3	0	3	+3	0	5	1	1		18:23	19
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		23:00	25
23	Alec Martinez	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	1		21:13	25
61	Mark Stone	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		19:43	24
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	3	50.0	17:22	23
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	25.0	12:18	16
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	100.0	19:53	22
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		19:11	22
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	56.3	18:48	23
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		18:21	21
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		17:41	22
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	1		17:18	20
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	50.0	16:32	19
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1		16:07	21
9	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	28.6	14:26	16
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	1	33.3	9:34	14
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	62.5	9:14	15
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		9:09	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	29	25	4	.862	48:21
36	Logan Thompson		2	2	0	1.000	8:15

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	2	61.5	16:54	22
18	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0	33.3	17:52	24
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2		17:36	22
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	50.0	17:23	22
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3		14:38	21
21	Carson Soucy	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	1		13:52	18
27	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	47.1	13:23	20
7	Nico Sturm	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		12:14	19
37	Kyle Rau	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0		7:57	12
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	3		24:14	28
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		23:17	24
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		23:14	29
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		22:58	24
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	72.7	15:27	18
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		14:01	20
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	100.0	13:52	18
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		12:52	17
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	30.0	12:50	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Kaapo Kahkonen	W	27	24	3	.889	59:26