Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights ...

The Wild have had the better goalie in this series, as well. Filip Gustavsson made 42 saves in Game 4, often brilliant against a Vegas team that had its most offensive-zone time in the series.

The Wild’s penalty-killers, much-maligned all season, negated three Vegas power plays in the final period and were 4 of 4 in the game. “Well, number one, your goalie is your best penalty killer.

The lineup card for the Vegas Golden Knights had Jack Eichel centering Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series against the Wild on Saturday ...

Just have a team game.” Vegas got 17 saves from starting goalie Adin Hill, who was lifted after 40 minutes. Akira Schmid came on in relief and stopped nine Wild shots in the third period.

Ivan Barbashev chipped in a rebound at the 17:26 mark of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series on ...

LAS VEGAS -- Brett Howden scored at 4:05 of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

The clutch play of the Wild’s most skilled players gave them a chance to take a 3-1 lead in this series. Vegas’ relentlessness allowed the Golden Knights to tie it.

That play was a microcosm of how the Wild were able to beat the heavily favored Golden Knights. Minnesota’s stars have made exceptional plays over the first two games, while Vegas’ stars have ...

Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights ...

The duo of Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov led the way as the Wild took advantage of a rash of Vegas turnovers, jumping out to a commanding lead on the way to a 5-2 win Monday night in Game 2 of ...