Wild extend series with 4-2 win over Knights
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25 May 2021, 15:40 GMT+10
Cam Talbot made 38 saves as the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination with a 4-2 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.
Vegas still leads the best-of-seven West Division first-round playoff series three games to two. Game 6 is scheduled for Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Kirill Kaprizov, Zach Parise, Jordan Greenway and Nico Sturm scored for Minnesota, which had lost three consecutive games since a 1-0 overtime victory in Game 1. Sturm clinched the victory by producing an empty-net goal with 39 seconds remaining.
Mark Stone and Alec Martinez scored for Vegas, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 10 of 13 shots.
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So will the Golden Knights.
After shrugging off its scoring funk with a less-is-more strategy, the Wild extended its season and forced a Game 6 back at Xcel Energy Center by outlasting Vegas 4-2 on Monday in front of an announced crowd of 12,156 at T-Mobile Arena to trail the best-of-seven series 3-2.
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