Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Fri, Feb 2, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 5

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 on Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. Eric Staal scored twice. Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	1	1	2	24
MIN	2	2	1	5	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:05	MIN	PP	Eric Staal (21) · wrist	Mike Reilly (8), Mathew Dumba (18)	0–1
1st	15:03	MIN	EV	Charlie Coyle (6) · wrist	Jonas Brodin (8), Joel Eriksson Ek (7)	0–2
2nd	01:11	MIN	EV	Tyler Ennis (7) · wrist	Jonas Brodin (9)	0–3
2nd	06:19	VGK	PP	Erik Haula (20) · deflected	Colin Miller (21), David Perron (32)	1–3
2nd	16:08	MIN	PP	Jared Spurgeon (7) · wrist	Ryan Suter (27), Eric Staal (24)	1–4
3rd	12:38	VGK	PP	Nate Schmidt (4) · wrist	David Perron (33), Erik Haula (19)	2–4
3rd	18:31	MIN	SH EN	Eric Staal (22) · wrist	Mathew Dumba (19), Jonas Brodin (10)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:22	VGK	Jason Garrison	tripping	2
1st	08:19	VGK	Shea Theodore	hooking	2
2nd	05:15	MIN	Nino Niederreiter	hooking	2
2nd	14:17	VGK	James Neal	slashing	2
2nd	19:27	VGK	Ryan Carpenter	fighting	5
2nd	19:27	MIN	Mathew Dumba	fighting	5
3rd	03:28	VGK	Shea Theodore	high sticking	2
3rd	05:34	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	elbowing	2
3rd	12:01	MIN	Mike Reilly	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 1.29 · MIN 3.37 · xG% VGK 27.7

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
57	David Perron	L	0	2	2	-3	0	2	1	1	50.0	16:04	19
56	Erik Haula	L	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	0	63.6	15:52	19
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		20:57	24
88	Nate Schmidt	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2		20:43	27
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		23:00	25
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-2	4	5	0	0		20:30	27
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		18:57	24
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	63.6	18:44	20
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		16:50	19
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	14.3	16:27	16
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0		15:30	17
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	50.0	14:51	16
7	Jason Garrison	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		14:40	19
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	40.0	14:10	17
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		12:33	15
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	36.4	11:53	14
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	66.7	11:51	14
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0		10:32	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Malcolm Subban	L	35	31	4	.886	58:19

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	3	3	+3	0	3	2	1		19:18	24
12	Eric Staal	C	2	1	3	+2	0	1	1	1	53.8	15:54	18
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	2	2	+3	5	2	0	0		21:16	23
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		28:37	27
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	2		26:39	26
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	1	50.0	15:09	17
3	Charlie Coyle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0	100.0	14:48	17
4	Mike Reilly	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		12:53	16
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		10:45	15
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		18:42	21
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		18:25	19
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	56.3	17:57	22
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:18	18
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	1		15:16	18
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33.3	11:34	15
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		11:17	15
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		10:55	16
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		10:40	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	W	24	22	2	.917	59:56