Minnesota Wild @ Vegas Golden Knights

27-13-4, 16-4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	1	0	0	1
Golden Knights VGK	0	1	3	4

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsVGK

29-11-3, 18-6-0 Home

Dorofeyev has 2 goals and an assist, Golden Knights beat the Wild 4-1 for share of NHL lead

— Pavel Dorofeyev had two power-play goals and added an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights broke open a tie game with three third-period goals to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Sunday night.

Jan 13, 2025, 04:21 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Wild	1	0	0	1
	Golden Knights	0	1	3	4

1st Period			MIN	VGK
12:09		Ryan Hartman (6) Assists: Zach Bogosian (6)	1	0

2nd Period			MIN	VGK
5:21		Pavel Dorofeyev (15) (Power Play) Assists: Mark Stone (25), Shea Theodore (30)	1	1

3rd Period		MIN	VGK
4:09	Keegan Kolesar (10) Assists: Zach Whitecloud (4), Nicolas Roy (8)	1	2
15:40	Tomas Hertl (12) Assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (8), Shea Theodore (31)	1	3
17:48	Pavel Dorofeyev (16) (Power Play) Assists: Mark Stone (26), Tomas Hertl (17)	1	4

Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
Brett Howden hit Joel Eriksson Ek
Marco Rossi shot blocked by William Karlsson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Keegan Kolesar hit David Jiricek
Keegan Kolesar Fighting against Marcus Foligno
Mark Stone faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Ivan Barbashev hit Zach Bogosian
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Brett Howden Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Alexander Holtz Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Giveaway by Alexander Holtz
Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
Takeaway by Ivan Barbashev
William Karlsson faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Ryan Hartman shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Brayden McNabb hit Matt Boldy
William Karlsson faceoff won against Marco Rossi
William Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Left
Noah Hanifin hit Matt Boldy
Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
Giveaway by Victor Olofsson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
Jake Middleton shot blocked by Brett Howden
Brett Howden Wrist Shot Wide Right
Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Marat Khusnutdinov
Giveaway by Cole Schwindt
Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Marat Khusnutdinov
Ivan Barbashev hit Jon Merrill
Victor Olofsson Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Nicolas Hague hit Ryan Hartman
Zach Whitecloud Snap Shot Wide Right
Tomas Hertl Tip-In Wide Left
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Filip Gustavsson
Tomas Hertl Backhand Wide Right
William Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Pavel Dorofeyev Backhand saved by Filip Gustavsson
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot Wide Left
Brett Howden hit Zach Bogosian
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Brayden McNabb hit Ryan Hartman
Giveaway by Cole Schwindt
Victor Olofsson Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
William Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Left
Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Shea Theodore Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (25), Shea Theodore (30)
Keegan Kolesar hit David Jiricek
Brett Howden hit Travis Dermott
Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Tomas Hertl Tip-In saved by Filip Gustavsson
Brayden McNabb Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Jon Merrill shot blocked by Zach Whitecloud
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Brett Howden faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Wide Right
Tomas Hertl hit Marat Khusnutdinov
Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
William Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Ivan Barbashev Slashing against Declan Chisholm
Matt Boldy shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Brett Howden hit Ryan Hartman
Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Left
Tomas Hertl Tip-In Wide Right
Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Nicolas Hague Wrist Shot Wide Left
Ivan Barbashev hit Jake Middleton
Giveaway by Mark Stone
Brett Howden hit Yakov Trenin
Giveaway by Brett Howden
Brett Howden Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
Mats Zuccarello shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
William Karlsson faceoff won against Marco Rossi
Ivan Barbashev Backhand saved by Filip Gustavsson
Alex Pietrangelo Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Wide Left
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Brett Howden hit Jake Middleton
William Karlsson faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
William Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Noah Hanifin hit Frederick Gaudreau
Zach Whitecloud Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Keegan Kolesar Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Zach Whitecloud (4), Nicolas Roy (8)
Alex Pietrangelo Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Ivan Barbashev hit Jake Middleton
Alex Pietrangelo Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Cole Schwindt hit Declan Chisholm
William Karlsson faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
William Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Giveaway by Shea Theodore
Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
Giveaway by William Karlsson
Brett Howden Tripping against Marco Rossi
Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Wide Left
Zach Whitecloud hit Matt Boldy
Joel Eriksson Ek shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Frederick Gaudreau
Tanner Pearson Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Ryan Hartman shot blocked by Brett Howden
Victor Olofsson hit Zach Bogosian
Marco Rossi shot blocked by Zach Whitecloud
Zach Whitecloud Wrist Shot Wide Left
Brett Howden hit David Jiricek
Giveaway by Cole Schwindt
Tomas Hertl Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (8), Shea Theodore (31)
Ivan Barbashev hit Jon Merrill
Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (26), Tomas Hertl (17)
Keegan Kolesar Deflected saved by Filip Gustavsson
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
Icing
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Brett Howden
Marcus Foligno hit Nicolas Hague
Yakov Trenin hit Zach Whitecloud
Yakov Trenin hit Keegan Kolesar
Takeaway by Matt Boldy
Matt Boldy Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jake Middleton hit Mark Stone
Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Jon Merrill
Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Marcus Johansson
Icing
Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
Puck in Crowd
Ben Jones hit Alex Pietrangelo
On-Ice Official
Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Marat Khusnutdinov Tip-In saved by Adin Hill
Marcus Foligno Fighting against Keegan Kolesar
Joel Eriksson Ek hit Noah Hanifin
Takeaway by Matt Boldy
Giveaway by Matt Boldy
Declan Chisholm hit Noah Hanifin
Icing
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Goalie Stopped
Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Brett Howden
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Marco Rossi
Giveaway by Jake Middleton
Nicolas Roy shot blocked by Ryan Hartman
Giveaway by Marco Rossi
Goalie Stopped
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Yakov Trenin hit Zach Whitecloud
Jon Merrill hit Cole Schwindt
Matt Boldy hit Zach Whitecloud
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Takeaway by Declan Chisholm
Puck in Netting
Marat Khusnutdinov Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Zach Bogosian Slap Shot Wide Left
Marco Rossi Wrist Shot Missing key [ED_1014]
Off-side
Ryan Hartman Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Bogosian (6)
Puck in Benches
Ryan Hartman Poke saved by Adin Hill
Goalie Stopped
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Brett Howden
Off-side
Marat Khusnutdinov hit Cole Schwindt
Puck in Benches
Devin Shore Tip-In saved by Adin Hill
Marco Rossi Snap Shot saved by Adin Hill
Ryan Hartman Snap Shot saved by Adin Hill
Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
Giveaway by Ryan Hartman
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Giveaway by Jake Middleton
Yakov Trenin Cross-checking against Zach Whitecloud
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Takeaway by Joel Eriksson Ek
Goalie Stopped
William Karlsson shot blocked by Jake Middleton
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Jon Merrill
Joel Eriksson Ek hit Alex Pietrangelo
Yakov Trenin hit Nicolas Roy
Joel Eriksson Ek hit Keegan Kolesar
Marcus Foligno hit Brett Howden
Matt Boldy Snap Shot Hit Right Post
Giveaway by Jake Middleton
Jake Middleton hit Ivan Barbashev
Goalie Stopped
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Pavel Dorofeyev
Travis Dermott Wrist Shot Wide Right
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Devin Shore Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Goalie Stopped
Ben Jones faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Marat Khusnutdinov Tip-In Wide Left
Devin Shore hit Zach Whitecloud
Devin Shore Tripping against Zach Whitecloud
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Jake Middleton Delaying Game - Puck over glass
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Joel Eriksson Ek
Goalie Stopped
Frederick Gaudreau hit Victor Olofsson
Zach Bogosian Slap Shot Wide Left
William Karlsson shot blocked by Jon Merrill
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Goalie Stopped
Puck in Crowd
Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Ben Jones Tip-In saved by Adin Hill
Goalie Stopped
Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by David Jiricek
Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Devin Shore
Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
TV Timeout
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Declan Chisholm Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Matt Boldy Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
Takeaway by Matt Boldy
Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Brett Howden shot blocked by David Jiricek
Marcus Johansson Snap Shot Wide Right
Ben Jones Snap Shot Wide Left
Mark Stone shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Marcus Foligno hit Nicolas Roy
Joel Eriksson Ek hit Zach Whitecloud
Yakov Trenin hit Brett Howden
Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Puck in Netting
Joel Eriksson Ek Snap Shot Wide Left
Icing
Takeaway by Matt Boldy
Ryan Hartman Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Giveaway by Frederick Gaudreau
Giveaway by David Jiricek
Cole Schwindt shot blocked by Frederick Gaudreau
Devin Shore hit Keegan Kolesar
Giveaway by Jake Middleton
Mats Zuccarello Snap Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Jake Middleton
Yakov Trenin hit Brayden McNabb
Takeaway by Travis Dermott
Frederick Gaudreau hit Nicolas Hague
Zach Bogosian Holding against Tanner Pearson
TV Timeout
Goalie Stopped
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Frederick Gaudreau
Goalie Stopped
Marcus Foligno hit Victor Olofsson
Nicolas Roy shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Marco Rossi Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Matt Boldy Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
Matt Boldy hit Mark Stone
Giveaway by Travis Dermott
Off-side
Puck in Netting
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Off-side
Marco Rossi faceoff won against William Karlsson
Giveaway by Yakov Trenin
Jake Middleton hit Tomas Hertl
Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Jake Middleton
Zach Bogosian Delaying Game - Puck over glass
TV Timeout
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Marco Rossi
Goalie Stopped
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
Alexander Holtz shot blocked by Jake Middleton

WILD

GOLDEN KNIGHTS

Regular Season Series

VGK leads 2-0

Golden Knights
3
Wild
2

Game 1

15/12

Wild
1
Golden Knights
4

Game 2

13/1

Golden Knights
5
Wild
1

Game 3

26/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	31	3	7	69
Dallas	25	9	8	58
Minnesota	25	10	8	58
Nashville	19	18	4	42
St. Louis	17	18	8	42
Utah	19	20	3	41
Chicago	17	18	7	41
Winnipeg	15	21	4	34

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	17	11	12	46
Edmonton	20	16	6	46
Anaheim	21	17	3	45
Seattle	18	14	7	43
Los Angeles	17	14	9	43
San Jose	20	18	3	43
Calgary	18	19	4	40
Vancouver	16	20	5	37

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Minnesota Wild @ Vegas Golden Knights

Stars of the Game

Pavel DorofeyevRW - VGK

Keegan KolesarRW - VGK

Tomas HertlC - VGK

Game Information

Dorofeyev has 2 goals and an assist, Golden Knights beat the Wild 4-1 for share of NHL lead

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

VGK leads 2-0

2025-26 Central Division Standings

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

NHL News

Rantanen ready to face Hurricanes for 1st time since trade

Bob Pulford, Hall of Famer and longtime Blackhawks exec, dies

Stars capt. Jamie Benn gets stitches on nose, could miss games