No one could have ever guessed the player who set into motion the Golden Knight's first goal of the 2025 postseason as recently as a few months ago. Brandon Saad, a 15-year NHL veteran who started the season as part of the St. Louis Blues, did the honors Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena in the Vegas Golden Knights' 4-2 Game 1 series win over the Minnesota Wild. The 32-year-old seized a puck out of a faceoff, got it back to defenseman Alex Pietrangelo safely and ultimately earned a secondary assist when Tomas Hertl beat Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson high. “That was a great shot by (Hertl),” Saad said while gasping for breath on the radio broadcast at the start of the game's first intermission.
Published: 04/21/2025
Author: Las Vegas Sun
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