The Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Monday, Oct. 12, at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul. Minnesota improved to 4–1–1 (2–0–0 at home). Vegas fell to 5–2–0 and had its four-game winning streak snapped.
Final score and scorers
- Final: Wild 4, Golden Knights 2
- Wild goals: Matt Boldy (1st, 11:50), Maxim Shabanov (PP, 1st, 14:32), Danila Yurov (1st, 16:57), Joel Eriksson Ek (empty net, 3rd, 18:38)
- Vegas goals: Rasmus Andersson (2nd, 2:37), William Karlsson (3rd, 9:25)
- Jesper Wallstedt: 21 saves
- Carter Hart: 24 saves
- Quinn Hughes: two assists; season-opening point streak extended to six games
How the game unfolded
Minnesota scored three times in the first period. Boldy opened the scoring off a rebound. Shabanov added a power-play goal, and Yurov finished a backdoor feed from Bobby Brink, with Rieger Lorenz picking up his first NHL point (secondary assist) in his second NHL game.
Andersson cut the lead to 3–1 early in the second. Karlsson made it 3–2 in the third before Eriksson Ek sealed the win with an empty-netter with 1:22 left.
The Wild killed all five Vegas power plays (improving to 21-for-22 on the season) and have scored at least one power-play goal in each of their six games to start the year.
What’s next
Minnesota visits the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Canada Life Centre (7:15 p.m. CT / 8:15 p.m. ET).
Sources: NHL.com game recap; Minnesota Wild recap; CBS Sports box score; NHL.com Wild at Jets gamecenter; ESPN Wild at Jets.
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