The Vegas Golden Knights will play the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vegas (49-22-9) is first in the Pacific Division, 10 points ahead of Minnesota (45-30-7) which is the first wild card in the Western Conference. The Golden Knights will have home-ice advantage in the best-of-7 series.

Had the Wild stayed on the trajectory that lifted them to one of the best starts in franchise history and atop the NHL into mid-December while Kirill Kaprizov was the early MVP favorite, they would have reached their destination much sooner.

Morgan Frost scored in regulation and the shootout, helping Calgary beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 after the Flames were eliminated from the playoff race.