Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers

Apr 2, 2025, 11:00 PM · National Hockey League

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Vincent Trocheck scores in OT to lift the Rangers past the Wild, 5-4

Trocheck slid the puck past goalie Filip Gustavsson to help the Rangers keep pace with Montreal in the Eastern Conference wild-card race. Both teams have 79 points.

Artemi Panarin scored his team-leading 34th goal and Braden Schneider, K’Andre Miller and Chris Kreider added goals for New York. Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves.

Minnesota’s Marco Rossi tied it at 4 early in the third. Gustav Nyqvist, Brock Faber and Marcus Johansson also scored, and Gustavsson made 34 saves. The Wild are in wild-card position in the Western Conference with 89 points.

Takeaways Wild: Failed to rebound from a shootout loss Monday night in New Jersey.

Rangers: Gabe Perreault made his NHL debut. The 19-year-old forward, a first-round draft pick in 2023, played two seasons for Boston College.

Key moment Trocheck ended it with his 22nd goal of the season.

Key stat New York was 0 for 4 on the power play and has only two goals in its last 41 chances.

Up next The Wild are at the New York Islanders on Friday night. The Rangers are at New Jersey on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

NYR win series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 9:00	Gustav Nyquist Goal (10) Tip-In, assists: Marcus Johansson (20), Mats Zuccarello (29)
Goal	1st Period 12:45	Braden Schneider Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Urho Vaakanainen (12), Artemi Panarin (47)
Goal	1st Period 15:00	Brock Faber Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (21), Frederick Gaudreau (17)
Goal	2nd Period 2:51	K'Andre Miller Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: J.T. Miller (42), Will Borgen (10)
Goal	2nd Period 7:21	Chris Kreider Goal (20) Backhand, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 9:50	Marcus Johansson Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Gustav Nyquist (16), Brock Faber (18)
Goal	2nd Period 18:56	Artemi Panarin Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 0:22	Marco Rossi Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (39)
Goal	4th Period 0:24	Vincent Trocheck Goal (22) Tip-In, assists: Artemi Panarin (48), K'Andre Miller (16)

Statistics

MIN		NYR
11	Blocked Shots	13
17	Hits	24
3	Takeaways	3
24	Shots	39
1	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
50.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
18	Faceoffs Won	36
33.3	Faceoff Win Percent	66.7
19	Giveaways	16
4	Total Penalties	2
8	Penalty Minutes	4

New York Rangers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
K'Andre Miller, D	Day-To-Day	Apr 6
Matt Rempe, C	Day-To-Day	Apr 6
Arthur Kaliyev, RW	Out	Mar 18
Adam Edstrom, C	Injured Reserve	Feb 4

Minnesota Wild Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jake Middleton, D	Out	Apr 6
Kirill Kaprizov, LW	Injured Reserve	Mar 30
David Jiricek, D	Out	Mar 28
Joel Eriksson Ek, C	Injured Reserve	Mar 27
Troy Grosenick, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 7