Kirill Kaprizov had two power-play goals and the Minnesota Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.

The Minnesota Wild didn’t have much confidence entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs, considering how they ended the season. It didn’t help that the Wild had to face the Vegas Golden Knights, who ...

The Minnesota Wild flew back to St. Paul for game three of their first round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights, after tying things up 1-1 in game two back in Sin City. With home-ice ...

Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist as the Minnesota Wild took advantage of turnover-prone Vegas and beat the Golden Knights 5-2, tying the first-round playoff series at a game apiece.

The Minnesota Wild made the Stanley Cup playoffs despite having a little more than $14.7 million of dead cap space, due to the buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.. With the dead cap coming off ...

Minnesota Wild defenseman Zach Bogosian (24) and center Frederick Gaudreau (89) look on while Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (7) celebrates with teammates after a goal by right ...

Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) warms up before the start of Game 5 of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images ...

But the Wild also believe there’s a big difference between this year’s team and the teams, over the past four postseasons, that failed to turn 1-0 and 2-1 series leads into 2-0 and 3-1 leads.

The matchup. What stands out right away is how well the Wild match up to the top teams in terms of how they defend. Their overall rating of 18.9 tops the average of the four conference finalists ...

Richardson has the Wild signing Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett this offseason. "Bennett will be a highly prized commodity if he goes to free agency. The Minnesota Wild could be among his suitors.

Ohgren was selected by the Wild in the first round (19th overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft and wears sweater No. 28 with Minnesota. Crotty, 25 (5/5/99), recorded 10 assists and 56 penalty minutes ...