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Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers

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Minnesota Wild
41-28-7
<span id="gameStatus" class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
4 - 5
New York Rangers
36-32-7

Vincent Trocheck scores in OT to lift the Rangers past the Wild, 5-4

Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers: Game Highlights

Trocheck slid the puck past goalie Filip Gustavsson to help the Rangers keep pace with Montreal in the Eastern Conference wild-card race. Both teams have 79 points.

Artemi Panarin scored his team-leading 34th goal and Braden Schneider, K’Andre Miller and Chris Kreider added goals for New York. Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves.

Minnesota’s Marco Rossi tied it at 4 early in the third. Gustav Nyqvist, Brock Faber and Marcus Johansson also scored, and Gustavsson made 34 saves. The Wild are in wild-card position in the Western Conference with 89 points.

Takeaways Wild: Failed to rebound from a shootout loss Monday night in New Jersey.

Rangers: Gabe Perreault made his NHL debut. The 19-year-old forward, a first-round draft pick in 2023, played two seasons for Boston College.

Key moment Trocheck ended it with his 22nd goal of the season.

Key stat New York was 0 for 4 on the power play and has only two goals in its last 41 chances.

Up next The Wild are at the New York Islanders on Friday night. The Rangers are at New Jersey on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

NYR win series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:00 Gustav Nyquist Goal (10) Tip-In, assists: Marcus Johansson (20), Mats Zuccarello (29)
Goal 1st Period 12:45 Braden Schneider Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Urho Vaakanainen (12), Artemi Panarin (47)
Goal 1st Period 15:00 Brock Faber Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (21), Frederick Gaudreau (17)
Goal 2nd Period 2:51 K'Andre Miller Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: J.T. Miller (42), Will Borgen (10)
Goal 2nd Period 7:21 Chris Kreider Goal (20) Backhand, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 9:50 Marcus Johansson Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Gustav Nyquist (16), Brock Faber (18)
Goal 2nd Period 18:56 Artemi Panarin Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 0:22 Marco Rossi Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (39)
Goal 4th Period 0:24 Vincent Trocheck Goal (22) Tip-In, assists: Artemi Panarin (48), K'Andre Miller (16)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyr.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNYR
11 Blocked Shots 13
17 Hits 24
3 Takeaways 3
24 Shots 39
1 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 4
50.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
18 Faceoffs Won 36
33.3 Faceoff Win Percent 66.7
19 Giveaways 16
4 Total Penalties 2
8 Penalty Minutes 4
New York Rangers New York Rangers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Matt Rempe, C Injured Reserve Mar 23
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Filip Gustavsson, G Out May 18
Zach Bogosian, D Out May 13
Jonas Brodin, D Out May 13
Joel Eriksson Ek, C Out May 13
Charlie Stramel, C Out Apr 6

Game Information

Madison Square Garden

Location: New York, NY
Attendance: 17,492 | Capacity:

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/col.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Colorado 55 16 121 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/dal.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Dallas 50 20 112 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Minnesota 46 24 104 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/uta.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Utah 43 33 92 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/stl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">St. Louis 37 33 86 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nsh.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Nashville 38 34 86 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wpg.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Winnipeg 35 35 82 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/chi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Chicago 29 39 72 14

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/car.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Carolina 53 22 113 7
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/pit.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Pittsburgh 41 25 98 16
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/phi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Philadelphia 43 27 98 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wsh.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Washington 43 30 95 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cbj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Columbus 40 30 92 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">NY Islanders 43 34 91 5
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">New Jersey 42 37 87 3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyr.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">NY Rangers 34 39 77 9
Full Standings