National Hockey League
Vegas 4, Minnesota 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 1, 2023
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Bevan Mills
Attendance: 18398

Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist, Jack Eichel dealt two helpers and the Vegas Golden Knights surpassed the 100-point mark with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild in Las Vegas.

By taking down fellow division-leader Minnesota, the Pacific Division's Golden Knights (47-22-7, 101 points) eclipsed the century plateau to become the first Western Conference team to reach triple digits.

Vegas achieved 100 points for the second time, joining the inaugural squad from 2017-18 that posted 109.

Ben Hutton, Zach Whitecloud and Brett Howden also notched goals for Vegas, which is 5-1-1 in its past seven games.

Goaltender Laurent Brossoit stopped 29 of 30 shots.

In seeing their 11-game road point streak end, the Wild (44-23-9, 97 points) got a tally from Matt Boldy and 39 saves from Marc-Andre Fleury.

The club remained atop the Central Division after the Colorado Avalanche's 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars.

Minnesota played down a forward after fourth-line left winger Mason Shaw hit the end boards hard and had to be helped off the ice just over four minutes into the game.

In the first game of a home-and-home set that goes back to St. Paul, Minn., on Monday, the red-hot Boldy kept up his scoring pace in the first period.

On the game's seventh shot on goal -- all by Minnesota -- Boldy got a piece of a long shot by John Klingberg and redirected the puck in at the five-minute mark for his 29th goal of the season.

That marker gave the sizzling winger 16 points (12 goals, four assists) in his past 11 games.

However, Vegas' defensemen scored twice in the frame's remainder to put the home side up 2-1.

At 9:55, Hutton opened the Knights' scoring by burying his third goal, a shot from below the left circle, off a feed from Eichel.

Just over six minutes later, Whitecloud took a faceoff win by Stephenson, zipped the puck through traffic and notched his fifth goal from the half-wall.

Early in the second, Howden became the first Vegas forward to score when Ivan Barbashev found the fourth-liner in the slot for his fifth goal and a 3-1 lead at 2:21.

With 3 1/2 minutes left in regulation, Minnesota pulled Fleury for the extra skater, and Stephenson potted his 14th goal into an empty net with 1:14 left.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Minnesota   Vegas
Matt Boldy 1 Points Chandler Stephenson 2
Matt Boldy 1 Goals Chandler Stephenson 1
Joel Eriksson Ek 1 Assists Jack Eichel 2
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Marc-Andre Fleury .929 Save Percentage Laurent Brossoit .967
Marc-Andre Fleury 39 Saves Laurent Brossoit 29
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Minnesota 30 1 0-2 2-2 6 28
Vegas 43 4 0-2 2-2 6 22
Upcoming Games
  • Vegas will play their next game on the road against Minnesota. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .617 after a win and .621 after a loss.
  • Minnesota will play their next game at home against Vegas. The Wild have a W/L % of .578 after a win and .581 after a loss.