Golden Knights vs Wild Game 5: NEW LINES, Notes, & How to Watch

The Vegas Golden Knights enter a pivotal Game 5 on Tuesday that could dictate the series and, by extension, their season. They return to friendly territory and host the Minnesota Wild at T-Mobile Arena.

Puck drop is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. PST.

On Saturday, the Golden Knights struggled to produce offensively. Down by a goal in the third period, they were just over 15 minutes away from potentially facing elimination. Then, they struck twice, ultimately forcing overtime. At 17:26 in the first overtime, Ivan Barbashev scored, winning the game for the VGK by a score of 4-3 and tying the series 2-2.

After being pulled in Game 3, Adin Hill rebounded, saving 29 of 32 shots and recording a .906 save percentage. He’ll get the start tonight.

Filip Gustavsson has been incredible for the Wild and will start again tonight. In Game 4, he saved 42 of 46 shots and 1.48 goals above expected and recorded a .913 save percentage.

Golden Knights Lines

William Karlsson-Jack Eichel-Pavel Dorofeyev
Brandon Saad-Tomáš Hertl-Mark Stone
Ivan Barbashev-Nic Roy-Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson-Brett Howden-Keegan Kolesar

Defense

Brayden McNabb-Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin-Alex Pietrangelo
Nic Hague-Zach Whitecloud

Goaltender: Adin Hill

Projected Wild Lines

Kirill Kaprizov-Joel Eriksson Ek-Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson-Ryan Hartman-Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno-Frederick Gaudreau-Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin-Marco Rossi-Justin Brazeau

Defense

Jonas Brodin-Brock Faber
Jacob Middleton-Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill-Zach Bogosian

Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson

Special Teams

Golden Knights power play: 36.4%, 5th. Golden Knights penalty kill: 75.0%, 8th.
Wild power play: 25.0%, 9th. Wild penalty kill: 63.6%, 12th.

Golden Knights Game Notes

In a series tied 2-2, the winner of Game 5 goes on to win the series 80.4% of the time.

Tomáš Hertl leads the Golden Knights in scoring this postseason. He has three goals and two assists in four games. 

William Karlsson will play his 100th playoff game for Vegas. He is the only Golden Knight to appear in every postseason game for the franchise.

With four goals and four assists in four games, Kirill Kaprizov is Minnesota’s leading postseason scorer. Hot on his heels is Matt Boldy, with four goals and two assists in four games.

Dating back to the regular season, Matt Boldy is on a five-game active point streak for the Wild.

The Golden Knights have a Game 5 record of 7-8; the Wild are 5-9.

HOW TO WATCH

Local TV: Vegas 34
National TV: ESPN
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340

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