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Golden Knights vs Wild Final: 7-2 - Recap

The Golden Knights earned a 7-2 victory over the Wild on Friday at T-Mobile Arena.

Bettors who backed the Golden Knights were rewarded as -178 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.0.

Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, Jonathan Marchessault, Nicolas Roy, Keegan Kolesar, Jack Eichel, and William Karlsson each scored for the Golden Knights in the victory. Roy opened the scoring for Vegas.

Logan Thompson turned in a 25-save effort for the Golden Knights.

Minnesota got goals from Ryan Hartman, and Marat Khusnutdinov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 of 30 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Vegas went 2-for-4, while the Wild were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 30-27.

Next game, Vegas takes its act home to face Colorado looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head on the road to face San Jose.