Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild
Every goal, both box scores, and each skater against our projection.
Golden Knights2
Wild4FinalSOG VGK 23 – MIN 28Grand Casino ArenaScoring
Final- 1st11:50Matt Boldy (2)wrist shot · from Maatta and HughesVGK 0 – MIN 1
- 14:32Maxim Shabanov (2)PPG · wrist shot · from HughesVGK 0 – MIN 2
- 16:57Danila Yurov (2)snap shot · from Brink and LorenzVGK 0 – MIN 3
- 2nd02:37Rasmus Andersson (1)slap shot · from Hertl and LavoieVGK 1 – MIN 3
- 3rd09:25William Karlsson (1)snap shot · from Howden and MarnerVGK 2 – MIN 3
- 18:38Joel Eriksson Ek (1)wrist shot · from KaprizovVGK 2 – MIN 4
By period
Goals, shots under| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 06 | 15 | 112 | 2 | 23 |
| MIN | 310 | 012 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
Three stars
- ★
M. BoldyMIN · L · 1 G - ★★
J. WallstedtMIN · G · .913 SV% - ★★★
K. KaprizovMIN · L · 1 A
Against our projection
Gold = at or past his number| Skater | SOG proj | SOG | PTS proj | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack EichelVGK | 3.3 | 2 | 1.17 | 0 |
| Mark StoneVGK | 2.2 | 2 | 1.04 | 0 |
| Kirill KaprizovMIN | 2.7 | 4 | 0.95 | 1 |
| Mitch MarnerVGK | 2.3 | 2 | 0.92 | 1 |
| Quinn HughesMIN | 2.2 | 2 | 0.85 | 2 |
| Matt BoldyMIN | 2.8 | 3 | 0.83 | 1 |
| Ivan BarbashevVGK | 1.7 | 1 | 0.70 | 0 |
| Tomas HertlVGK | 2.3 | 0 | 0.65 | 1 |
| Joel Eriksson EkMIN | 2.2 | 3 | 0.59 | 1 |
| Blake ColemanMIN | 2.1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 |
| William KarlssonVGK | 1.9 | 3 | 0.49 | 1 |
| Trevor ConnellyVGK | 1.7 | 0 | 0.49 | 0 |
| Shea TheodoreVGK | 1.8 | 1 | 0.49 | 0 |
| Brett HowdenVGK | 1.5 | 3 | 0.47 | 1 |
| Rasmus AnderssonVGK | 1.9 | 4 | 0.47 | 1 |
| Ryan HartmanMIN | 1.6 | 2 | 0.44 | 0 |
Box score
FinalVegas Golden Knights
| Skater | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. AnderssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:23 |
| W. KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:11 |
| M. MarnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:30 |
| T. HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 |
| B. HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 |
| R. LavoieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 |
| S. TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:24 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:04 |
| J. EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| M. StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:03 |
| T. ConnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:32 |
| B. McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:17 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:09 |
| D. CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12:08 |
| N. DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| M. GatcombC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 09:43 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Hart | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 58:16 | L |
Minnesota Wild
| Skater | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q. HughesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:36 |
| J. Eriksson EkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21:23 |
| M. BoldyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:34 |
| M. ShabanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| D. YurovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10:41 |
| O. MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25:16 |
| K. KaprizovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 |
| B. BrinkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| R. LorenzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 09:00 |
| J. SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:32 |
| J. BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:02 |
| B. ColemanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17:34 |
| M. McCarronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16:58 |
| Z. BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| R. HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| Y. TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| D. HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| N. SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:20 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Wallstedt | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 | W |
Team stats
Final| VGK | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Shots on goal | 28 |
| 30/58 | Faceoffs | 28/58 |
| 0/5 | Power play | 1/1 |
| 7 | Penalty minutes | 15 |
| 19 | Hits | 18 |
| 15 | Blocked shots | 20 |
| 11 | Giveaways | 13 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 6 |
What the model said
Before puck dropProjected scoreVGK 3.2 – MIN 2.7
Win chanceVGK 57%
Total 5.5Over 51%
These are projections, not picks. We post our number beside the market's and grade it in the open.