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Washington Post
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Golden Knights and Wild healthy at the right time as they meet in NHL playoffs
LAS VEGAS — Mark Stone was coming back from a lacerated spleen , Tomas Hertl was still trying to find his form after knee surgery and Alex Pietrangelo underwent an appendectomy as the playoffs neared. The Golden Knights, according to NHL Injury Viz, led the league in man games lost to injury with 476. Last year, their season ended in a seven-game, first-round loss to Dallas .
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Golden Knights and Wild healthy at the right time as they meet in NHL playoffs
Golden Knights and Wild healthy at the right time as they meet in NHL playoffs Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury makes a save against the Anaheim Ducks during overtime of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn) Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) shoots the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Vegas Golden Knights' Tomas Hertl (48) celebrates his team's goal as Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf (32) reacts during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Calgary, Alberta, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Vegas Golden Knights' Mark Stone, right, is tripped by Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Vegas Golden Knights' Mark Stone, right, is tripped by Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury makes a save against the Anaheim Ducks during overtime of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn) Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) shoots the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Vegas Golden Knights' Tomas Hertl (48) celebrates his team's goal as Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf (32) reacts during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Calgary, Alberta, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Vegas Golden Knights' Mark Stone, right, is tripped by Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone was coming back from a lacerated spleen, Tomas Hertl was still trying to find his form after knee surgery and Alex Pietrangelo underwent an appendectomy as the playoffs neared. The Golden Knights, according to NHL Injury Viz, led the league in man games lost to injury with 476. Last year, their season ended in a seven-game, first-round loss to Dallas. Advertisement The situation is considerably different this year as the Golden Knights prepare to open their first round series Sunday night against Minnesota. Vegas had 210 man games lost this season. 'Not only are we healthier, I think we're more just dialed in,' Stone said. 'A few guys entered the lineup in the playoffs who hadn't played for a month or two months. We were trying to find chemistry. This year, I don't think we're really trying to find chemistry.' The Golden Knights won their fourth Pacific Division title in eight years and captured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. That set up Vegas against the Wild, who won the top wild card after going through their share of injuries this season. Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin each missed more than 30 games, but the Wild have become healthy at the right time. They had their entire roster available for the final regular-season game on Tuesday for the first time since Nov. 10. Advertisement 'When you look around the room and you're missing pieces, it wears on you,' Wild forward Marcus Foligno said. "It's noticeable. Everyone's going to say keep moving forward, next man up, but you take away (Connor) McDavid and (Leon) Draisaitl from Edmonton, it's a different-looking team. So we get them back now, and I think it's something maybe we can use to our advantage that Vegas hasn't seen before.' Scoring in bunches There was a lot of external talk on where the Golden Knights would get their scoring given they lost players, such as Jonathan Marchessault, who led the club with 42 goals and 69 points. The Golden Knights not only adequately replaced such players, they set franchise records with 274 goals and a plus-60 goal differential. Advertisement 'It's not just about one line,' said Hertl, whose 32 goals were just three off his career high set six years ago with San Jose. 'It's about the four lines. We played all season like that. Six players play 20 to 23 minutes every night. We have everybody spreading the time. Everybody has a piece in it, and I think that's why it's such a good hockey team.' Blue line bump from Buium? The Wild signed their 2024 first-round draft pick, defenseman Zeev Buium, less than a week ago after his college career with Denver ended in the NCAA Frozen Four. Buium didn't suit up for the final regular-season game, but in practice on Thursday he skated on the third blue-line pair with Zach Bogosian and on the first power-play unit. 'It was a good day for Zeev to put him in some situations that we think he can help us in and just continue to try to make him feel comfortable and understand what's going on,' coach John Hynes said. Advertisement The 19-year-old Buium has, by all accounts, been a quick study. 'I'm just excited," he said. "Every day coming to the rink, it's fun to be here. This is the highest level. This is where you want to be. If my name gets called upon, I'll be ready' Swallowing the whistle The Golden Knights showed their discipline by taking 197 penalties, the only NHL team to ever finish with fewer than 200 in an 82-game season. But they also set the league record by going on just 187 power plays, though the Golden Knights converted a team-record 28.3%, second in the league to Winnipeg's 28.9% 'I don't know why we can't draw more penalties,' Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. 'I feel like every game those 60-40, 70-30 ones never seem to go our way. I can't control that. I try to stay off the refs. I do think we are a big, strong team. We don't go down easy. At least since I've been here, I don't know if anybody's gotten a letter or fine for diving or anything like that.' Advertisement Fleury on other side in 2021 When the Wild lost in seven games to the Golden Knights in the first round in 2021, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was on the opposite side. He gave up only 13 goals, including a shutout in Game 4. There was previously a picture of Eriksson Ek scoring the overtime winner on Fleury in Game 1 of that series hanging in the Wild locker room that Fleury, a noted prankster who joined the Wild in a trade less than a year later, mischievously altered by putting some tape on top of the puck so it wouldn't look like a goal. Fleury is the emergency backup now, supporting Filip Gustavsson in his farewell season. He knows first-hand how loud T-Mobile Arena can get and will surely be when the Wild take the ice for Game 1. Advertisement 'Music's loud, building's loud. It's got some energy in it. Sometimes you've got to just be able to relax a little bit, just breathe, instead of going 100 miles an hour,' Fleury said. 'Be smart with your energy and go at the right time and stay calm and try to play your game.' ___ AP Sports Writer Dave Campbell in St. Paul, Minnesota, contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL:
Fox Sports
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Golden Knights and Wild healthy at the right time as they meet in NHL playoffs
Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone was coming back from a lacerated spleen, Tomas Hertl was still trying to find his form after knee surgery and Alex Pietrangelo underwent an appendectomy as the playoffs neared. The Golden Knights, according to NHL Injury Viz, led the league in man games lost to injury with 476. Last year, their season ended in a seven-game, first-round loss to Dallas. The situation is considerably different this year as the Golden Knights prepare to open their first round series Sunday night against Minnesota. Vegas had 210 man games lost this season. 'Not only are we healthier, I think we're more just dialed in,' Stone said. 'A few guys entered the lineup in the playoffs who hadn't played for a month or two months. We were trying to find chemistry. This year, I don't think we're really trying to find chemistry.' The Golden Knights won their fourth Pacific Division title in eight years and captured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. That set up Vegas against the Wild, who won the top wild card after going through their share of injuries this season. Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin each missed more than 30 games, but the Wild have become healthy at the right time. They had their entire roster available for the final regular-season game on Tuesday for the first time since Nov. 10. 'When you look around the room and you're missing pieces, it wears on you,' Wild forward Marcus Foligno said. "It's noticeable. Everyone's going to say keep moving forward, next man up, but you take away (Connor) McDavid and (Leon) Draisaitl from Edmonton, it's a different-looking team. So we get them back now, and I think it's something maybe we can use to our advantage that Vegas hasn't seen before.' Scoring in bunches There was a lot of external talk on where the Golden Knights would get their scoring given they lost players, such as Jonathan Marchessault, who led the club with 42 goals and 69 points. The Golden Knights not only adequately replaced such players, they set franchise records with 274 goals and a plus-60 goal differential. 'It's not just about one line,' said Hertl, whose 32 goals were just three off his career high set six years ago with San Jose. 'It's about the four lines. We played all season like that. Six players play 20 to 23 minutes every night. We have everybody spreading the time. Everybody has a piece in it, and I think that's why it's such a good hockey team.' Blue line bump from Buium? The Wild signed their 2024 first-round draft pick, defenseman Zeev Buium, less than a week ago after his college career with Denver ended in the NCAA Frozen Four. Buium didn't suit up for the final regular-season game, but in practice on Thursday he skated on the third blue-line pair with Zach Bogosian and on the first power-play unit. 'It was a good day for Zeev to put him in some situations that we think he can help us in and just continue to try to make him feel comfortable and understand what's going on,' coach John Hynes said. The 19-year-old Buium has, by all accounts, been a quick study. 'I'm just excited," he said. "Every day coming to the rink, it's fun to be here. This is the highest level. This is where you want to be. If my name gets called upon, I'll be ready' Swallowing the whistle The Golden Knights showed their discipline by taking 197 penalties, the only NHL team to ever finish with fewer than 200 in an 82-game season. But they also set the league record by going on just 187 power plays, though the Golden Knights converted a team-record 28.3%, second in the league to Winnipeg's 28.9% 'I don't know why we can't draw more penalties,' Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. 'I feel like every game those 60-40, 70-30 ones never seem to go our way. I can't control that. I try to stay off the refs. I do think we are a big, strong team. We don't go down easy. At least since I've been here, I don't know if anybody's gotten a letter or fine for diving or anything like that.' Fleury on other side in 2021 When the Wild lost in seven games to the Golden Knights in the first round in 2021, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was on the opposite side. He gave up only 13 goals, including a shutout in Game 4. There was previously a picture of Eriksson Ek scoring the overtime winner on Fleury in Game 1 of that series hanging in the Wild locker room that Fleury, a noted prankster who joined the Wild in a trade less than a year later, mischievously altered by putting some tape on top of the puck so it wouldn't look like a goal. Fleury is the emergency backup now, supporting Filip Gustavsson in his farewell season. He knows first-hand how loud T-Mobile Arena can get and will surely be when the Wild take the ice for Game 1. 'Music's loud, building's loud. It's got some energy in it. Sometimes you've got to just be able to relax a little bit, just breathe, instead of going 100 miles an hour,' Fleury said. 'Be smart with your energy and go at the right time and stay calm and try to play your game.' ___ AP Sports Writer Dave Campbell in St. Paul, Minnesota, contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL: recommended
Associated Press
19-04-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Golden Knights and Wild healthy at the right time as they meet in NHL playoffs
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone was coming back from a lacerated spleen, Tomas Hertl was still trying to find his form after knee surgery and Alex Pietrangelo underwent an appendectomy as the playoffs neared. The Golden Knights, according to NHL Injury Viz, led the league in man games lost to injury with 476. Last year, their season ended in a seven-game, first-round loss to Dallas. The situation is considerably different this year as the Golden Knights prepare to open their first round series Sunday night against Minnesota. Vegas had 210 man games lost this season. 'Not only are we healthier, I think we're more just dialed in,' Stone said. 'A few guys entered the lineup in the playoffs who hadn't played for a month or two months. We were trying to find chemistry. This year, I don't think we're really trying to find chemistry.' The Golden Knights won their fourth Pacific Division title in eight years and captured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. That set up Vegas against the Wild, who won the top wild card after going through their share of injuries this season. Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin each missed more than 30 games, but the Wild have become healthy at the right time. They had their entire roster available for the final regular-season game on Tuesday for the first time since Nov. 10. 'When you look around the room and you're missing pieces, it wears on you,' Wild forward Marcus Foligno said. 'It's noticeable. Everyone's going to say keep moving forward, next man up, but you take away (Connor) McDavid and (Leon) Draisaitl from Edmonton, it's a different-looking team. So we get them back now, and I think it's something maybe we can use to our advantage that Vegas hasn't seen before.' Scoring in bunches There was a lot of external talk on where the Golden Knights would get their scoring given they lost players, such as Jonathan Marchessault, who led the club with 42 goals and 69 points. The Golden Knights not only adequately replaced such players, they set franchise records with 274 goals and a plus-60 goal differential. 'It's not just about one line,' said Hertl, whose 32 goals were just three off his career high set six years ago with San Jose. 'It's about the four lines. We played all season like that. Six players play 20 to 23 minutes every night. We have everybody spreading the time. Everybody has a piece in it, and I think that's why it's such a good hockey team.' Blue line bump from Buium? The Wild signed their 2024 first-round draft pick, defenseman Zeev Buium, less than a week ago after his college career with Denver ended in the NCAA Frozen Four. Buium didn't suit up for the final regular-season game, but in practice on Thursday he skated on the third blue-line pair with Zach Bogosian and on the first power-play unit. 'It was a good day for Zeev to put him in some situations that we think he can help us in and just continue to try to make him feel comfortable and understand what's going on,' coach John Hynes said. The 19-year-old Buium has, by all accounts, been a quick study. 'I'm just excited,' he said. 'Every day coming to the rink, it's fun to be here. This is the highest level. This is where you want to be. If my name gets called upon, I'll be ready' Swallowing the whistle The Golden Knights showed their discipline by taking 197 penalties, the only NHL team to ever finish with fewer than 200 in an 82-game season. But they also set the league record by going on just 187 power plays, though the Golden Knights converted a team-record 28.3%, second in the league to Winnipeg's 28.9% 'I don't know why we can't draw more penalties,' Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. 'I feel like every game those 60-40, 70-30 ones never seem to go our way. I can't control that. I try to stay off the refs. I do think we are a big, strong team. We don't go down easy. At least since I've been here, I don't know if anybody's gotten a letter or fine for diving or anything like that.' Fleury on other side in 2021 When the Wild lost in seven games to the Golden Knights in the first round in 2021, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was on the opposite side. He gave up only 13 goals, including a shutout in Game 4. There was previously a picture of Eriksson Ek scoring the overtime winner on Fleury in Game 1 of that series hanging in the Wild locker room that Fleury, a noted prankster who joined the Wild in a trade less than a year later, mischievously altered by putting some tape on top of the puck so it wouldn't look like a goal. Fleury is the emergency backup now, supporting Filip Gustavsson in his farewell season. He knows first-hand how loud T-Mobile Arena can get and will surely be when the Wild take the ice for Game 1. 'Music's loud, building's loud. It's got some energy in it. Sometimes you've got to just be able to relax a little bit, just breathe, instead of going 100 miles an hour,' Fleury said. 'Be smart with your energy and go at the right time and stay calm and try to play your game.' ___ AP Sports Writer Dave Campbell in St. Paul, Minnesota, contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL:
Axios
10-04-2025
- Sport
- Axios
Injuries make Wild sweat to hold their playoff spot
Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek returned to the Minnesota Wild lineup Wednesday night — just in time for a fight to hold onto the team's playoff spot in the regular season's final week. Why it matters: The Wild have endured more injuries to high-impact players than almost any other NHL franchise this season, sinking a team that once vied for the Western Conference lead into a wild card spot. The return of the franchise's most prolific scorer ever (Kaprizov) and its veteran center (Eriksson Ek) are exactly the medicine this team needs. State of play: Eriksson Ek had four goals and Kaprizov scored the overtime winner in the Wild's messy 8-7 victory over San Jose on Wednesday night. What's next: The Wild hit the road Friday to face the team trying to knock them out of the postseason picture: the Calgary Flames. The Flames lost Wednesday and now sit five points behind Minnesota. Catch up quick: The first injury omen came in November, when a teammate's errant shot hurt winger Mats Zuccarello. He missed the next month — and for the team, a grim revolving door of injuries started spinning. Since Thanksgiving, the Wild have been without some combination of Kaprizov, Eriksson Ek, captain Jared Spurgeon, the smooth-skating Jonas Brodin and sturdy defender Jake Middleton. During that stretch, all of those players missed at least nine games; Eriksson Ek missed more than 30 and Kaprizov missed 40. What they're saying:"You get frustrated. You want to be out there. You want to help the team," Eriksson Ek told reporters of his recovery Wednesday night, saying he leaned on Kaprizov for emotional support as the players healed. "I'm just happy now to come back with the team and start playing again," Kaprizov said. Stunning stat: Only three other teams have paid more salary to injured players than the Wild this season, according to data from NHL Injury Viz. The intrigue: In a way, the data downplays the depth of the Wild's injury problems. The Wild entered the season without major health concerns, but climbed this list as injuries piled up. By contrast, San Jose, St. Louis and Colorado 's totals are all arguably inflated by players with severe injuries who were expected to play little, if at all, this season. Reality check: Injuries haven't kept the Dallas Stars from competing for a division title. Their injury totals measured by player pay ranked No. 6, just behind the Wild. What we're watching: Whether Kaprizov is returning to the lineup in top form.
