Brett Howden scored VEGAS Golden Knights in the first round of the Western Conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, scored more than 4: 05 to win 3-2 against Minnesota Wild.
Howden has switched to a backhand from Tanner Pearson, from the last boards in the distant pole at the bottom edge of the left circle. The third goal of the playoffs was the second career extension winner with Golden Knights.
William Karlsson scored a short goal, Jack Eichel had two assists, and Mark Stone scored a goal for Vegas, which went ahead 3-2 in the seven series.
Adin Hill, Saint Paul on Thursday night, made 20 savings for Golden Knights who can complete the series with a Game 6 in Minn.
Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy scored every goal and Joel Eriksson Ek had two assists for Minnesota. Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 out of 25 shots before giving way to Marc-Andre Fleury at the beginning of the third period due to illness.
Fleury finished six savings, and in the history of 18 and NHL, a goalkeeper was mostly spent Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy (17) for the Stanley Cup postasons.
Vegas went ahead 1-0 in the 8:25 sign in Karlsson’s third Shorthed Playoff goal. Karlsson, Eichel, who hit the right -wing transition from the right wing, hurriedly hurriedly. Karlsson shot a large left side of the network for the first goal of the 2025 playoffs.
Only 13 seconds later, Minnesota tied a power game by Kaprizov to a power game and Mats Zuccarello made a five -hole transition from the right apartment on the hill. Kaprizov’s 15th career was a playoff goal, behind Zach Parise’s 16 team records and also fifth in the series.
Eichel, who entered the game with only one assist in the first four games, received the second aid of the time Stone founded a time from the blue line. The shooting crossed Karlsson’s screen and made pads for Gustavsson’s 38th career play -off goal.
Minnesota has failed to intervene in the score, but the wild was able to kill the next game delay penalty.
Boldy tied 2-2 at the beginning of the third period around Alex Pietrangelo on the right wing and then in a shot on the glove of the hill. It was the fifth goal of the playoffs.
Minnesota went ahead with 1:15 to 3-2 to continue to organize on Ryan Hartman’s goal, but successfully challenged with Vegas Gustav Nyquist’s entry into the area. He prepared the ground for this overtime.
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