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Live Blog replay: Wild’s season ends with 3-2 loss to Vegas Golden Knights

Mark Stone’s third period goal was the difference as Vegas held off a big Wild flurry at the end of the game.

By Sarah McLellan

The Minnesota Star Tribune
May 2, 2025 at 2:42AM
Kirill Kaprizov (97) and Joel Eriksson Ek (14) of the Wild react after losing to the Vegas Golden Knights in game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Wild 3-2 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday, ending the Wild’s season.

Vegas won the best-of-seven first-round Stanley Cup playoff series four games to two.

Here’s our Live Blog replay, which has updates and highlights from the game.

The Golden Knights were without Pavel Dorofeyev, who led them with 35 goals in the regular season. His injury was not disclosed by Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy.

about the writer

about the writer

Sarah McLellan

Minnesota Wild and NHL

Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.

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