Game One: Wild at Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The Minnesota Wild heads to the desert tonight, as the team takes on the Golden Knights in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Sunday, April 20th at 9:00 p.m. CT
• Watch: Fan Duel Sports North, ESPN
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild at Golden Knights

Wild Regular Season Record: 45-30-7, 97 points, 4th in Central Division

Wild All-Time Playoff Record: 34-62-0

Golden Knights Regular Season Record: 50-22-10, 110 points, 1st in Pacific Division

Golden Knights All-Time Playoff Record: 57-38-0

2024-25 Series Record: 0-3-0

All-Time Wild Record: 13-11-4 (6-7-1 at Vegas)

This Season on Wild vs. Golden Knights

Minnesota went 0-3-0 against Vegas in the regular season. The Golden Knights won the series-opening contest, 3-2, in St. Paul (12/15), the second game, 4-1, at T-Mobile Arena (1/12) and the third meeting, 5-1, at Xcel Energy Center (3/25).

RW Mats Zuccarello led the Wild with three points (0- 3=3). LW Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals (2-0=2). C Ryan Hartman (1-0=1) and LW Marcus Johansson (1-0=1) also scored goals. G Jesper Wallstedt saved 24-of-27 shots faced while making his season debut for Minnesota in the first game. G Filip Gustavsson started the second contest and stopped 33-of-37 shots faced. G Marc-André Fleury saved 33-of-37 shots faced in the third meeting.

C Jack Eichel (3-2=5), RW Mark Stone (0-5=5) and D Shea Theodore (1-3=4) paced Vegas with five points each. G Ilya Samsonov stopped 20-of-22 shots faced to earn the win for Vegas in the first meeting. G Adin Hill went 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .950 SV% in starting the final two contests.

Wild Leaders Against Knights

• Kaprizov (10-5=15 in 16 games) and C Joel Eriksson Ek (7-8=15 in 24 games) both own 15 career points against Vegas
• D Jonas Brodin (3-10=13 in 25 matches), C Gustav Nyquist (6-7=13 in 15 games) and Zuccarello (4-9=13 in 24 games) each have 13 points

Golden Knights Leaders Against Wild

• LW Brandon Saad (14-14=28 in 50 games) and Stone (5-23-28 in 24 games) lead the Golden Knights with 28 career points vs. the Wild
• D Alex Pietrangelo owns 27 points (9-18=27) in 56 career games vs. Minnesota
• C Tomas Hertl owns 25 points (11-14=25) in 32 games

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Connections

• Fleury went 117-60-14 with a 2.41 GAA, a .917 SV% and 23 shutouts in 192 games with Vegas (2017-21)
• D Jon Merrill collected 25 points (6-19=25) in 140 games with the Golden Knights in parts of three seasons (2017-20)
• Vegas D Zach Whitecloud played two seasons (2016-18) at Bemidji State University
• Vegas Assistant Coach Joel Ward made his NHL debut with Minnesota and appeared in 11 games with the Wild in 2006-07

Fast Facts

• Minnesota ranks fifth in the NHL in points (30) and fourth in wins (13) all-time against Vegas

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