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Minnesota Ices Vegas 3-2 - Recap

The Wild earned a 3-2 victory over the Golden Knights on Sunday at Grand Casino Arena.

The Wild were a +109 underdog in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Minnesota got goals from Yakov Trenin, Kirill Kaprizov, and Joel Eriksson Ek in the victory. Eriksson opened the scoring at 4:49 of the first period.

Filip Gustavsson turned in a 23-save effort for the Wild.

Vegas got goals from Pavel Dorofeyev, and Reilly Smith in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Carl Lindbom stopped 24 of 27 shots for the Golden Knights, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Minnesota went 1-for-4, while the Golden Knights were 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Minnesota outshot Vegas 27-25 in the game.

Minnesota heads into a battle against the Hurricanes. Vegas, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.