The regular season is over, and it's time for the Wild to prove their regular season success translates to the postseason. The goal? Lord Stanley's Cup.
Brock Nelson scored twice in another big second period by New York, Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 shots and the Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 advancing to the semi-finals
Joel Armia had two goals and an assist, Carey Price made 26 saves and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 to take a 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
The New York Islanders again did a masterful job shutting down Penguins stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, and are now headed to the second round of the playoffs.
The Minnesota closed the season with a 7-3 loss at St. Louis Wednesday night. The Wild will matchup with Vegas in their first round best of 7 series starting Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., pregame on AM 1390/93.9 FM Granite City Sports at 1:45. Game 2 is set for 9pm Tuesday, Game 3 will be in Minnesota Thursday at 8:30 with Game 4 set for Saturday May 22 at 7 p.m.
Washington Capitals winger Andre Burakovsky will have minor surgery to repair an upper-body injury and miss the rest of the first-round series against Columbus.