Minnesota 4, Vegas 2
When: 10:30 PM ET, Monday, May 24, 2021
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees:
Francis Charron, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen:
Tyson Baker, Michel Cormier
Attendance:
12156
By Field Level Media
Cam Talbot made 38 saves as the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination with a 4-2 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.
Vegas still leads the best-of-seven West Division first-round playoff series three games to two. Game 6 is scheduled for Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Kirill Kaprizov, Zach Parise, Jordan Greenway and Nico Sturm scored for Minnesota, which had lost three consecutive games since a 1-0 overtime victory in Game 1. Sturm clinched the victory by producing an empty-net goal with 39 seconds remaining.
Mark Stone and Alec Martinez scored for Vegas, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 10 of 13 shots.
Stone gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 8:14 of the first period on a wrist shot from the slot.
However, the Wild soon answered, taking a 3-1 lead by period's end.
Kaprizov tied the score just 52 seconds later on a one-timer from the right faceoff circle. He took a cross-ice pass from Mats Zuccarello, who picked up the puck in his own end and swerved past several defenders before carrying the puck over the blue line.
Parise, a healthy scratch for the first three games of the series, made it 2-1 at 11:57. He alertly played a Jonas Brodin slap shot off the end boards and banked the puck off Fleury from beneath the goal line.
Greenway scored at 16:34, taking a pass at center ice and shooting while surrounded by three defenders. Fleury made the save, but Greenway was first to the rebound and poked the puck into the net for a 3-1 Wild lead.
The Golden Knights pulled within 3-2 on Martinez's power-play goal at 9:43 of the second. Martinez scored on a one-timer from the right faceoff dot after taking cross-ice pass from Alex Pietrangelo.
Vegas outshot Minnesota 22-1 in the second period but managed just the one goal.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Minnesota |
|
Vegas |
Jordan Greenway 1 |
Points |
Alec Martinez 1 |
Jordan Greenway 1 |
Goals |
Alec Martinez 1 |
Calen Addison 1 |
Assists |
Nick Holden 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Alec Martinez 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Cam Talbot .950 |
Save Percentage |
Marc-Andre Fleury .769 |
Cam Talbot 38 |
Saves |
Marc-Andre Fleury 10 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Minnesota
|
14 |
4 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
4 |
26 |
Vegas
|
40 |
2 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
24 |
Upcoming Games
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Vegas will play their next game on the road against Minnesota. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .692 after a win and .750 after a loss.
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Minnesota will play their next game at home against Vegas. The Wild have a W/L % of .629 after a win and .600 after a loss.