The Golden Knights will face the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Wild clinched the first wild card in the Western Conference after earning a point against the Anaheim Ducks when Joel Eriksson Ek scored with 21 seconds left to send the game to overtime.
The Knights, who swept the three-game season series with the Wild, will have home-ice advantage after clinching their fourth Pacific Division title in eight seasons.
Minnesota, however, did not have star winger Kirill Kaprizov for two of those matchups.
This will be a rematch of the first-round series from the 2021 season that was shortened to 56 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Knights won in seven games, highlighted by former right wing Mattias Janmark’s hat trick in Game 7 on May 28, 2021.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was the Knights’ starting goaltender that night, but will be on the Minnesota bench for what’s expected to be his final postseason. Fleury, the 2021 Vezina Trophy winner, is expected to retire at the end of the season.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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