Minnesota Wild 5 — 2 Vegas Golden Knights
2025-12-29 · T-Mobile Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MIN | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | 5 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | VGK | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15/15 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 33:04 | |
| Carter Hart start | VGK | L | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2/7 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 26:51 |
| Filip Gustavsson start | MIN | W | 14 | 16 | 2 | 11/13 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 59:37 |
MIN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Johansson | L | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| Matt Boldy | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19:35 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17:24 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 |
| Yakov Trenin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14:24 |
| Brock Faber | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:33 |
| Mats Zuccarello | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:34 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:29 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:01 |
| Nico Sturm | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12:26 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| Ryan Hartman | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 |
| Jake Middleton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| Danila Yurov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:11 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23:45 |
| Mark Stone | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:15 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| Mitch Marner | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:22 |
| Brandon Saad | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| Braeden Bowman | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| Alexander Holtz | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:46 |
| Brett Howden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:07 |
| Zach Whitecloud | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21:11 |
| Reilly Smith | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| Keegan Kolesar | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:58 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17:06 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:55 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| Ben Hutton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | 2025-26 | MIN | 4 | VGK | 2 | |
| 2025-12-29 | 2025-26 | MIN | 5 | VGK | 2 | |
| 2025-11-16 | 2025-26 | VGK | 2 | MIN | 3 | OT |
| 2025-05-01 | 2024-25 | VGK | 3 | MIN | 2 | |
| 2025-04-29 | 2024-25 | MIN | 2 | VGK | 3 | OT |
| 2025-04-26 | 2024-25 | VGK | 4 | MIN | 3 | OT |
| 2025-04-24 | 2024-25 | VGK | 2 | MIN | 5 | |
| 2025-04-22 | 2024-25 | MIN | 5 | VGK | 2 | |
| 2025-04-20 | 2024-25 | MIN | 2 | VGK | 4 | |
| 2025-03-25 | 2024-25 | VGK | 5 | MIN | 1 |