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1st-round · Series G

VGK vs MIN

Vegas Golden Knights · Minnesota Wild · best of 7

1st-round
VGK
VGK
Top seed
42
MIN
Bottom seed
MIN
VGK wins 4-2
Series ledger · completed games
xG · HD are model-est.
VGK 21.1216.03 MIN
VGK 1819 MIN
VGK 193Shots153 MIN
VGK 2620 MIN
VGKHome 2-1 · Away 2-1
Home 1-2 · Away 1-2MIN

xG and HD chances are model-estimated from shot geometry only (distance + angle heuristic — the sidecar's trained model wasn't reachable). Read them as rough, not exact. Missed shots count toward xG but not shots on goal.

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