The Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights were both in the second game of a back-to-back when they faced each other on Sunday evening, December 15. The Wild made headlines with a goal-scoring performance before the start of the game as announced by Jesper. Wallstedt will be starting in his first season and Marc-André Fleury will be his backup.
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The Wild's injury list is unchanged from yesterday except for Filip Gustavsson, who was scratched last night with a minor issue, according to The Athletic's Michael Russo, who wrote on the X before the game. The Golden Knights did not report any injuries before the game. It didn't take long for the game to get going and stay close throughout, with the Golden Knights winning 3-2. This moved the Wild to 20-7-4 and the Golden Knights to 20-8-3.
Recap of the game
He continued the magic of beating Kirill Kaprizov of The Wild as it only took a minute and a half after the game started for him to score the first goal of the nation with his favorite passer, Mats Zuccarello. The Wild held on to that lead, and Wallstedt made some great saves until just before halftime when the Golden Knights' Victor Olofsson took a shot from the top of the hoop and beat Wallstedt on the power play. Sea Theodore and Jack Eichel assisted him, and the first would end in a 1-1 tie.
In the second half the goals changed, the Golden Knights got the first goal as Theodore scored Eichel and Mark Stone assisted in only six minutes to take a 2-1 lead. It would take more than 10 minutes for the Wild to respond, but they did as Kaprizov tallied his second of the night to tie the game at 2-2 with Brock Faber and Zuccarello assisting, and the period would end at 2-2.
The third started again in the Golden Knight's favor as Olofsson scored his second of the night and was assisted by William Karlsson and Pavel Dorofeyev to give his team a 3-2 lead early in the period. Despite the Wild's strong odds, that lead, and the Golden Knights won.
The Wild will now have a few days off before continuing their homestand on Wednesday, December 18, as they host the Florida Panthers in an 8:30 primetime start. The Golden Knights will also have a few days off before they play the Vancouver Canucks at home on Thursday, December 19.
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