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05/01 21:23 CDT Vegas moves on with 3-2 win in series clincher, as Wild go
1-and-done yet again
Vegas moves on with 3-2 win in series clincher, as Wild go 1-and-done yet again
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) --- Jack Eichel scored his first goal of the series to
give the Vegas the lead late in the second period, and Adin Hill held it up on
a 29-save night to spur the Golden Knights onto the second round with a 3-2
victory in Game 6 that ousted the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
Shea Theodore scored first and Mark Stone scored last for Vegas, which will
face the winner of Edmonton-Los Angeles series. The Oilers took a 3-2 lead on
the Kings into Game 6 on their home ice later on Thursday.
Minnesota has lost nine consecutive series in the NHL playoffs and last made it
out of the first round 10 years ago.
Ryan Hartman had two goals for the Wild, including a wraparound with 3:27 left
that came 31 seconds after Stone had just given the Golden Knights a two-goal
lead.
Stone, who set up Eichel with a long pass out of the zone that was inches out
of reach of the stick of Kirill Kaprizov after he dived to try to prevent the
breakaway, had four points in the last three games. Neither Stone nor Eichel
recorded a single point in the first three games.
Hartman tied the game for the Wild with 4 seconds left in the first period, a
goal safe from replay review unlike his go-ahead score in Game 5 with 1:15
remaining in regulation that was revoked for an offside call after Vegas
challenged.
The Wild were unshaken by the consecutive overtime losses that erased their 2-1
lead, confident they measured up to the deeper Golden Knights and could still
take the series.
They were quickly playing from behind, though, after Marco Rossi got the
dreaded double minor penalty for high-sticking Brayden McNabb with just 2:27
elapsed in the game.
Theodore wristed in a shot from the high slot with Stone and Tomas Hertl
screening Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson, immediately quieting the crowd near the
end of the first power play. Gustavsson, who was forced out of Game 5 after two
periods due to an illness, had 20 saves.
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