April 20, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; The goalkeeper of Vegas Golden Knights Adin Hill (33) celebrates defender Nicolas Hague (14), defender Shea Theodore (27) and defender Zach Whitecloud (2) after defeating Minnesota Wild 4-2 in the match one of the first tours of the Stanley 2025 Cup at T-Mobile Arena. Compulsory credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images Brett Howden scored two goals, including the winner of the match at the start of the third period, and the Golden Knights in Vegas beat Minnesota Wild 4-2 in match 1 of the first round series of the Western Conference on Sunday evening in Las Vegas.
Tomas Hertl had a goal and a decisive pass, Adin Hill made 18 stops and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for Vegas, which improved at 9-2 in operators of the T-Mobile Arena qualifying series.
The best seven match continues Tuesday with match 2 in Las Vegas, before moving to Saint Paul, Minnesota, for two games.
Matt Boldy scored the two goals of Wild and Kirill Kaprizov helped both. Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 of the 26 shots.
Hurricanes 4, Devils 1
Logan Stankuven scored twice in the second period while Carolina won a victory over New Jersey in match 1 of the first round series of the Eastern Conference in Raleigh, NC
Jalen Chatfield scored at the start of the first period for the Hurricanes, who won for the 32nd time at home this season. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty goal and Taylor Hall collected two assists. The Caroline Frederik Andersen goalkeeper finished with 23 stops.
Nico Hischier scored on a 4 against 4 at the end of the second for the Devils while goalkeeper Jacob Marksrom, who was frequently besieged, made 41 stops.
Maple Leafs 6, Senators 2
Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists for Toronto during a home victory against Ottawa in match 1 of their first round series of the Eastern Conference.
John Tavares and William Nylander each had a goal and a decisive pass, Auston Matthews collected two assists and Anthony Stolarz made 31 stops for the Maple Leafs, seeded No. 2 of the Eastern Conference.
Drake Batherson and Ridly Greig marked and Linus Ullmark made 18 stops for the senators, the first team of East Joker.
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