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Fans React: Golden Knights take 1-0 series lead over Wild

by
Tony Reyes
April 20, 2025

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LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Sunday night. The win gave them a 1-0 series lead.

Tomas Hertl gave the Golden Knights an early 1-0 lead in the first period. Matt Boldy answered to tie the game in the first period. Pavel Dorofeyev added a goal in the second period to increase the lead to 2-1.

Brett Howden added a goal to push the lead to 3-1 in the third period. Matt Boldy scored again to cut the lead to 3-2. Howden sealed the win with an empty-net goal to give Vegas the 4-2 win.

Adin Hill added 19 saves while allowing two goals. The Golden Knights will host the Wild on Tuesday for game 2.

What a sight!#VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/3foY8D5Y1c

— leighantics (@leighantics) April 21, 2025

GO! KNIGHTS! GO! ⚔️

Good luck @GoldenKnights in the #StanleyCupPlayoffs!!#ALLINforVegas // #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/XCN0DJJHKT

— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) April 21, 2025

VGK season 8 memories. Now let’s keep it rolling into the the postseason ⚔️ #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/MSgFB0H5tu

— christy (@christyruzzell) April 21, 2025

Soon. ⌛️ #ForTheRealm pic.twitter.com/hJt0961MkL

— y-Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) April 21, 2025

Game one
Let’s Go Vegas!!! #ForTheRealm #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/JOBGdfzr90

— Martin Marban ???? (@mmarban135) April 21, 2025

Twas The kNight Before Playoffs@GoldenKnights #ForTheRealm pic.twitter.com/TnKP4Y4jCU

— mackie (@mackiemont) April 20, 2025

It’s Stanley Cup Playoff time folks! VGK legend & Minny backup Marc Andre Fleury brings his @mnwild back to #Vegas Baby! Game 1 puck drop top of the hour! #MINvsVGK #NHLonESPN #StanleyCupPlayoffs #ForTheRealm #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/SAQ6SqfNMN

— Chris Winn (@ChristianWinn) April 21, 2025

4 misfits starting ToKnight #VegasBorn #ForTheRealm pic.twitter.com/hrgXyC7a0B

— Y-SteveMc7nelly???? (@stevemcomedy) April 21, 2025

KNIGHTS!!!#GaveProofThroughTheKNIGHT!!!#VegasBorn

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#ForTheRealm pic.twitter.com/OO0wKdfUTP

— y-VGK War Machine (@VGKWarMachine) April 21, 2025

#VegasBorn #ForTheRealm #GoldenAge pic.twitter.com/6VOxjXQlN0

— Estril Hildyard (@pmrosa97) April 21, 2025

Shea Theodore with the best chance of the game so far, dances past Zuccarello into the slot, but Gustavsson makes the stop #VegasBorn

— Vince Sapienza (@VinceSapienza) April 21, 2025

#vegasborn starting to dominate. Filip Gustavsson going to have to be all world #mnwild

— Alex Micheletti (@AlexMicheletti) April 21, 2025

TOMAS HERTL SCORES THE FIRST GOAL OF THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS!!!!! ????#VegasBorn | @forthepeople pic.twitter.com/4hgDHmOM0x

— y-Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) April 21, 2025

Hertl is NASTY! #VegasBorn

— Mike Neuhaus (@mike_neuhaus20) April 21, 2025

FUN MUST BE ALWAYS! #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/j1CI6GGUyR

— Eric Rabbers (@ERuns) April 21, 2025

What an individual effort by Hertl!#VegasBorn

— Mork Stine (@MorkStine61) April 21, 2025

https://twitter.com/ajsalmond/status/1914147809202409605

Playoff Hertl is here!

Shotside roof from a tough angle and the Golden Knights are on the board first in Game 1!

— SinBin.vegas (@SinBinVegas) April 21, 2025

Tomas Hertl breaks the ice with the 1st goal of the #MNWild vs. #VegasBorn series. pic.twitter.com/kYCXuziAx4

— SasquatchNHL (@SasquatchNHL) April 21, 2025

The Wild with an answer, Kaprizov with a cross-ice feed to the streaking Boldy and he puts it past Adin Hill

1-1 #VegasBorn

— Vince Sapienza (@VinceSapienza) April 21, 2025

Kaprizov to Boldy, and boom… 1-1#VegasBorn #MNWild

— WillieGRamireZ (@WillieGRamirez) April 21, 2025

Wild tie the game … great pass from Kaprizov across the ice to Matt Boldy and he blows it by Hill. #VegasBorn

— Chris Chapman ????️‍????クリス (@Magnum702) April 21, 2025

I might talk shit about the zebras, but hate to see them get hurt on the ice. Hope 94 is alright. #mnwild #VegasBorn

— Jeffrey Dale (@Jrdale84) April 21, 2025

INJURED REF INJURED REF #VegasBorn

— David Moore Enthusiast (@davidmoorefan) April 21, 2025

@VGKFlamingo watching from above#GoKnightsGo #VegasBorn #ForTheRealm #2025StanleyCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/BBe20kmXfV

— Lilli Mac (@LilliMac2) April 21, 2025

I made a promise to myself to be civil and sportsmanlike with any #VegasBorn fans I interact with…. but hey Wild twt, just a reminder that this gif exists if you need it pic.twitter.com/vYXypCJK0e

— x – SkeptiC4T (@skeptiC4T) April 21, 2025

You don’t see an official get dinged into the board. #VegasBorn #mnwild pic.twitter.com/qCl0WkXfrI

— Chris Maathuis (@sports8) April 21, 2025

Hertl and Bogosian have words for each other after Gustavsson covers up the puck #VegasBorn

— Vince Sapienza (@VinceSapienza) April 21, 2025

Brandon Saad rings one off the iron on the breakaway chance#VegasBorn | #StanleyCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/WRbAv2YCM5

— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) April 21, 2025

Marcus Johansson is feeling it on the bench after blocking that Nic Hague shot.

Whitecloud put his shoulder through the chest of Zuccarello #VegasBorn

— Vince Sapienza (@VinceSapienza) April 21, 2025

Knights get the first power play opportunity of the series

Big opportunity here #VegasBorn

— Jesse Merrick (@JesseNews3LV) April 21, 2025

PAVEL!!!!! 2-1 #VegasBorn

— ???????????????????? ???????????????????????? (@aaronsygiel) April 21, 2025

First power play of Game One goes to #Vegasborn. And they waste no time in capitalizing. Dorofeyev makes it 2-1 VGK with 6:27 left in 2nd period. @ProHockey_WEST

— Steven Marsh (@smarsh91) April 21, 2025

ELITE POWER PLAY GOAL PAVEL! #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/VjqN3Qp5VR

— Althea Dunn DelCotto (@Althea415) April 21, 2025

Reilly Smith with the Sean Avery style of defense playing without his stick#VegasBorn

— Mork Stine (@MorkStine61) April 21, 2025

Let’s break this down…

Makar was the last defensemen to play his debut in a playoff game until now (Buium)

But Makar was in his D+2 draft year while Buium’s only D+1

#MNWILD #VegasBorn #VGKVSMIN

— Jesse (@IBankruptBookie) April 21, 2025

Funniest thing of that 2nd period was Joel Eriksson Ek with the big smile, mucking it up in that scrum with Mark Stone at the end of the period ???? #mnwild #vegasborn

— Alex Micheletti (@AlexMicheletti) April 21, 2025

For the #LuckyVGKPlayoff3rdPdNoseBoops,
You will have a smorgasbord of choices on who you want to give #VGKNoseBoops!

1. ????@VGKFlamingo ????
2. ????@BarkAndreFurry ????
3. ❤️????????@VGKPandaPup
4. ALL OF THEM!!!!

Choose wisely!#VegasBorn #ForTheRealm #VGK9Krew
❤️???????? pic.twitter.com/yVYeBUNMcZ

— y-Lola The VGK Panda Pup ❤️???????? (@VGKPandaPup) April 21, 2025

BRETT HOWDEN! #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/DDBb4PKykw

— CrystalPepsi98 (@CrystalPepsi98) April 21, 2025

GOAL! – Brett Howden snap shot from ~22.63 feet out #VegasBorn
VGK 3 – MIN 1

— HockeyIceStorm (@HockeyIceStorm) April 21, 2025

THE YEAR OF BRETT HOWDEN CONTINUES IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!! #VegasBorn

— Luke Guilbeau (@sportguyluke) April 21, 2025

Let’s go @GoldenKnights!! ⚔️ ✨????#RaiderNation | #VegasBorn | #ForTheRealm pic.twitter.com/SQwbkieZTF

— Raiderette Daily (@RaideretteDaily) April 21, 2025

Time for a 2 goal cushion! Hanifin feeds Roy who finds a streaking Brett Howden up the left side & he rifles it passed Gustavsson’s blocker to light the lamp. Huge tally with 15 min plus left 3rd period. #MINvsVGK #NHLonESPN #VegasBorn

— Chris Winn (@ChristianWinn) April 21, 2025

Crazy sprawl in front of the #vegasborn net after the penalty kill #mnwild

— Offside Takes (@newtothismess) April 21, 2025

Matt Boldy with his second goal of the night, cuts the deficit to one.

8:14 left in the third, #Vegasborn leads #mnwild 3-2.

— Will Hall (@WillHallKARE11) April 21, 2025

Can we please have an epic insurance goal please ???? #VegasBorn

— Althea Dunn DelCotto (@Althea415) April 21, 2025

Brett Howden made it 3-1 #vegasborn, but Matt Boldy has his second of game for #MNWILD to pull them back to within a goal. Under 6 minutes remaining in regulation.

— Pro Hockey West Report (@ProHockey_WEST) April 21, 2025

Great shift by the fourth line #VegasBorn

— Knights On Ice (@knightsonice) April 21, 2025

THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS TAKE GAME 1!!!! WHAT A GAME! Howden with 2, and Dorofeyev and Hertl with a goal to seal the win!#Vegasborn pic.twitter.com/2eXyUnoT5R

— y-2023 STANLEY CUP CHAMPS (@Thuzhan29) April 21, 2025

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