Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Thu, May 20, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center · 2020–21 Playoffs

Vegas Golden Knights

5 – 2

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 5–2 on Thu, May 20, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. Mark Stone scored twice. Marc-Andre Fleury made 14 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 40–16.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	3	2	5	40
MIN	2	0	0	2	16

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:16	MIN	EV	Ryan Hartman (1) · deflected	Kirill Kaprizov (1), Jonas Brodin (2)	0–1
1st	08:30	MIN	EV	Joel Eriksson Ek (2) · wrist	Marcus Foligno (2), Mathew Dumba (1)	0–2
2nd	08:39	VGK	EV	Mark Stone (1) · wrist	Chandler Stephenson (2), Brayden McNabb (1)	1–2
2nd	15:19	VGK	EV	Patrick Brown (1) · backhand	Nick Holden (1), William Carrier (1)	2–2
2nd	17:33	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (1) · wrist	Nick Holden (2), William Karlsson (2)	3–2
3rd	17:36	VGK	EV	William Karlsson (1) · snap	Reilly Smith (2), Marc-Andre Fleury (1)	4–2
3rd	19:01	VGK	SH EN	Mark Stone (2) · wrist	Unassisted	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:43	MIN	Mathew Dumba	holding	2
1st	09:14	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	interference	2
1st	13:31	MIN	Ryan Hartman	slashing	2
2nd	09:09	MIN	Ian Cole	tripping	2
2nd	19:49	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	tripping	2
3rd	02:42	VGK	Alex Tuch	interference	2
3rd	11:18	MIN	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 3.85 · MIN 1.52 · xG% VGK 71.8

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	1	2	+2	0	5	1	1		21:32	25
71	William Karlsson	C	1	1	2	+3	0	1	0	3	44.4	21:15	26
61	Mark Stone	R	2	0	2	+1	0	5	2	0		21:12	24
22	Nick Holden	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0		13:02	18
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	47.1	18:40	25
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	2	1		16:44	23
28	William Carrier	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0		12:06	18
38	Patrick Brown	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1	40.0	9:35	15
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		24:58	25
23	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	5		20:57	26
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		20:34	25
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	+2	2	6	3	0	100.0	19:41	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1		17:51	23
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	4		16:08	21
26	Mattias Janmark	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:32	17
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	75.0	11:11	15
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	1		10:04	15
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	1	100.0	8:33	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	16	14	2	.875	59:25

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	2		20:42	27
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	-3	2	1	3	0		19:27	25
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1		19:03	27
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	2		17:35	26
38	Ryan Hartman	R	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	3	33.3	16:56	22
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	43.8	16:16	22
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		23:19	24
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		23:03	25
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	1		20:15	22
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		16:25	25
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	45.5	15:34	22
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	100.0	15:26	22
21	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:20	23
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	63.6	15:18	19
18	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0		14:14	20
7	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	3		12:00	15
27	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	66.7	8:33	12
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1:43	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Cam Talbot	L	39	35	4	.897	58:51