#3 Minnesota Wild v. #2 Vegas Golden Knights – Game 7
Series Tied 3-3
The best words, depending on how you feel, in hockey. Game 7. The Vegas Golden Knights look to do something that they have not done in their short history. Close out a playoff season on home ice. Minnesota, however, looks to advance to the second round of the postseason for the first time since the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The winner of this contest goes on to face the Colorado Avalanche in the second round.
Minnesota Wild Lineup:
Vegas Golden Knights Lineup:
Game Recap:
In the Fortress, both the Golden Knights and Wild look to win in Game 7. In the first period, Mattias Janmrk scores his first goal in the 2021 postseason on an unassisted goal at 5:09 to give Vegas the early 1-0 lead. Midway through the period, the Wild go on the power play due to a Vegas Golden Knights penalty from William Karlsson for Boarding at 10:32. The game is tied at 16:49 when Zach Parise scores his second goal in this postseason for the Wild with the assists coming from Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Suter. In the second period, Nicolas Hague scores at 2:05 to give the Golden Knights the 2-1 lead. Minnesota ties the game again with a PPG from Kirill Kaprizov, his second goal in the postseason at 4:35. At 7:44 in the period, Max Pacioretty scores to give Vegas the lead once again. Vegas takes the two goal lead when Zach Whitecloud scores his first goal of this postseason at 13:38 with assists coming from Shea Theodore and Chandler Stephenson. In the third after a lot of scrums on both ends of the ice, Vegas extends their lead to three goals when Janmark scores his second goal of the night at 12:36. Vegas seals the series win with the completion of hat trick for Janmark on an empty net goal at 16:53 as the Golden Knights down the Wild 6-2.
Scoring Summary:
1st Period
| VGK Goal | Mattias Janmark (1) | Unassisted Goal | 5:09 | ||
| MIN Goal | Zach Parise (2) | Assisted by | Joel Eriksson Ek (1) | Ryan Suter (1) | 16:49 |
2nd Period
| VGK Goal | Nicolas Hague (1) | Assisted by | William Karlsson (3) | 2:05 | |
| MIN PP Goal | Kirill Kaprizov (2) | Assisted by | Mats Zuccarello (3) | Jared Spurgeon (3) | 4:35 |
| VGK Goal | Max Pacioretty (1) | Assisted by | Chandler Stephenson (4) | Shea Theodore (1) | 7:44 |
| VGK Goal | Zach Whitecloud (1) | Assisted by | Shea Theodore (2) | Chandler Stephenson (5) | 13:38 |
3rd Period
| VGK Goal | Mattias Janmark (2) | Assisted by | Nicolas Roy (1) | 12:36 | |
| VGK EN Goal | Mattias Janmark (3) | Assisted by | Alex Tuch (2) | Alex Pietrangelo (3) | 16:53 |
Penalty Summary:
1st Period
| Vegas | William Karlsson | for | Boarding | 2 min minor | 10:32 |
2nd Period
| Vegas | Ryan Reaves | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 4:22 |
| Minnesota | Ian Cole | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 10:32 |
| Vegas | Nicolas Hague | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 17:09 |
| Minnesota | Nick Bjugstad | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 17:09 |
3rd Period
| Minnesota | Jordan Greenway | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 6:00 |
| Minnesota | Joel Eriksson Ek | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 6:00 |
| Vegas | Reilly Smith | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 6:00 |
| Vegas | Jonathan Marchessault | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 6:00 |
Game Statistics
1st Period
| MIN – 1 | VGK – 1 | |
| Shots | 10 | 8 |
| Faceoff Wins | 9 | 7 |
| Hits | 21 | 24 |
| Powerplay | 0/1 | 0/0 |
2nd Period
| MIN – 2 | VGK – 4 | |
| Shots | 16 | 25 |
| Faceoff Wins | 16 | 27 |
| Hits | 33 | 38 |
| Powerplay | 1/2 | 0/1 |
3rd Period
| MIN – 2 | VGK – 6 | |
| Shots | 21 | 35 |
| Faceoff Wins | 19 | 33 |
| Hits | 53 | 49 |
| Powerplay | 1/2 | 0/1 |
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