Pavel Dorofeyev had two power-play goals and added an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights broke open a tie game with three third-period goals to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Sunday night.
Minnesota arrived hurting but determined, but eventually NHL-leading Vegas pulled away even without Jack Eichel.
Fleury won 117 games as a Golden Knight over four seasons, guiding Vegas to the 2018 Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural campaign in paving the way for the city to fall in love with the new franchise
Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals and assisted on a third as the Vegas Golden Knights scored four unanswered goals en route to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
“The first time you see a guy, you spend a lot of time –- like hours and hours –- to figure out what’s his game and his stats and his tendencies and stuff,” said Wild goalie coach Freddie Chabot, admitting that you get familiar with what a certain goalie will do in certain situations.
Hill is 4-2-0 in his last six starts, with a 2.02 GAA and a .916 save percentage. Overall, the netminder is 17-7-2 with a pair of shutouts, a 2.60 GAA and a .903 save percentage over 26 appearances. The Wild are tied for 16th in NHL scoring, averaging 3.00 goals per game in 2024-25.
Case in point: Sunday’s goal in Vegas. He was on a two-on-one with Freddy Gaudreau. Hartman appeared to look over to Gaudreau as if to pass, but then he fired a great wrist shot and beat goalie Adin Hill glove-side.
Minnesota, which had won four in a row away from home, took an early lead and survived the temporary loss of another defenseman only to see the Golden Knights storm back for a 4-1 win at T-Mobile Arena.
The Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights faced each ... The goaltending battle was between Filip Gustavsson for the Wild and Adin Hill for the Golden Knights. The game started with the Wild ...
The Minnesota Wild (27 wins ... Captain Mark Stone, defensemen Alex Pietrangelo, Shea Theodore and goalie Adin Hill. Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy will serve as an assistant coach for Team Canada.
They got 15 saves from goalie Adin Hill, and killed a pair of Minnesota power plays. The Wild managed just three shots on goal in the final 20 minutes. Bogosian, who was self-critical for taking ...
Adin Hill made 15 saves ... on the video board at the first timeout and in the final minutes. Wild: After taking a 1-0 lead, Minnesota was not able to capitalize on the lead.