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SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild returns to home ice at the Xcel Energy Center tonight, facing the Golden Knights again for this Game 3 match-up. The Wild is coming off of a 5-2 win over Vegas in Game 2 on Tuesday night, looking for another win tonight.

Info for Tonight's Game:

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

Wild All-Time Playoff Record: 35-63-0

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

Golden Knights All-Time Playoff Record: 58-39-0

2024-25 Regular Season Series Record: 0-3-0

Round 1 Record: 1-1-0

All-Time Regular Season Wild Record: 13-11-4 (7-4-3 at Xcel Energy Center)

Series Stats Comparison

Team Stats
VGK
MIN
Power Play
100.0%
0.0%
Penalty Kill
100.0%
0.0%
Faceoff
48.3%
51.7%
Goals For / Games Played
3.00
3.50
Goals Against / Games Played
3.50
3.00

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.

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      MIN at VGK | Recap

      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

      Recent Transactions

      4/21/25

      Recalled F Travis Boyd, D Cameron Crotty, F Brendan Gaunce, F Hunter Haight, G Samual Hlavaj, F Ben Jones, D Carson Lambos and F Liam Öhgren from Iowa

      4/18/25

      Recalled G Jesper Wallstedt from Iowa

      4/13/25

      Reassigned D Cameron Crotty to Iowa

      Signed D Zeev Buium to a three-year, entry-level contract through the 2026-27 season

      4/9/25

      Activated F Joel Eriksson Ek from Injured Reserve

      Activated F Kirill Kaprizov from Long-Term Injured Reserve

      Reassigned F Brendan Gaunce and F Devin Shore to Iowa

      4/6/25

      Recalled D Cameron Crotty from Iowa

      To view recent transactions, visit wild.com/transactions.

      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

      Pregame Party

      Join the Wild for a Pregame Party before Game 3! Doors open at 5:00 p.m., enter through Gate 4. This event is open to ticketed fans only.

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      For more information on today's matchup, check out the game notes below.