Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights

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Minnesota Wild

37-16-10

Final
4 - 2

Vegas Golden Knights

29-20-14

Wild back Gustavsson with a 2nd-period burst in a 4-2 victory over the Golden Knights

Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden Knights: Game Highlights

Third in the Central Division, Minnesota improved to 3-2 since the Olympic break. Vegas is second in the Pacific Division.

Mats Zuccarello opened the second-period scoring spree at 5:18 on a wrist shot. Zach Bogosian followed with a slap shot at 8:07, and newcomer Michael McCarron had a tip-in at 8:25. Vladimir Tarasenko scored with 4:18 left in the third, with McCarron assisting in his Wild debut.

Pavel Dorofeyev and Mitch Marner had third-period goals for Vegas, and Akira Schmid stopped 20 shots. Dorofeyev scored his 30th of the season, ending Gustavsson's shutout bid with a power-play goal at 2:17.

Robby Fabbri and Bobby Brink also made their Wild debuts following trades. Minnesota also acquired Nick Foligno from Chicago at the trade deadline. He'll join younger brother Marcus with the Wild.

Nic Dowd and Cole Smith made their Vegas debuts. Dowd came over Friday from Washington. The Golden Knights placed forward Mark Stone on injured reserve Thursday because of an upper-body injury.

Up next Wild: At Colorado on Sunday.

Golden Knights: Host Edmonton on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 5:18	Mats Zuccarello Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 8:07	Zach Bogosian Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Danila Yurov (15), Yakov Trenin (13)
Goal	2nd Period 8:25	Michael McCarron Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Brock Faber (27), Quinn Hughes (56)
Goal	3rd Period 2:17	Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (49), Braeden Bowman (16)
Goal	3rd Period 15:42	Vladimir Tarasenko Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Jared Spurgeon (12), Michael McCarron (8)
Goal	3rd Period 16:55	Mitch Marner Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (21), Tomas Hertl (30)

Statistics

MIN		VGK
10	Blocked Shots	18
22	Hits	14
4	Takeaways	3
24	Shots	31
0	Power Play Goals	1
1	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	100.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
16	Faceoffs Won	36
30.8	Faceoff Win Percent	69.2
10	Giveaways	13
6	Total Penalties	5
26	Penalty Minutes	16