The Minnesota Wild dropped Game 1 of their first-round series to the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2. The home team quickly ran away with the back-and-forth battle, and a little surge of offense was not enough to completely recoup the score line, handing the Wild a first-game deficit in the playoffs. It's not the greatest feeling limping into the playoffs because of the points earned in the first half of the season, and then falling in Game 1, but what can we take from that 60 minutes in T-Mobile Arena? Maybe it's just a coincidence that after playing the entire game at 5-on-5 until Vegas got their first chance on the power play, the game was fairly close.
Published: 04/21/2025
Author: Hockey Wilderness
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