Knights rally for OT win in Game 4 to tie playoff series 2-all with Wild

Ivan Barbashev scored late in the first overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied for a - win to forge a -all tie in their best-of-seven series with the Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon Taking advantage of two misplays by the Wild defense near their net Barbashev shoveled in a loose puck The Knights trailed by a goal in the final period but scored three of the challenge s final four goals to recapture home-ice advantage as the series heads back to Nevada The loss negated a -save effort by Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson as the Wild got goals from Marco Rossi Marcus Foligno and Jared Spurgeon but fell just short of a - series lead for the first time in franchise history Adin Hill had saves for the Knights who had lost the previous two games after a win in the series opener Minnesota had killed a quartet of penalties in the Meeting win but Vegas got an early man advantage on Saturday and struck first when defenseman Shea Theodore sent a long-range shot through a mess of bodies in front of Gustavsson It was particular much-needed good news for Theodore who had struggled defensively in the first three games of the series The Wild pulled even when Rossi got his second goal of the series in a notably similar fashion as his first of the series getting a pass from behind the net and popping in a quick shot from the top of the crease The Knights had a notable advantage in shots in the opening period but not a lead on the scoreboard Foligno s third goal of the series early in the middle frame gave the Wild the lead when he popped in the rebound after Hill stopped a Ryan Hartman shot from the hashmarks With the assist Hartman became the second performer in Wild franchise history to record a helper in each of the first four games of a playoff series Leading - early in the third Wild rookie defenseman Zeev Buium took his first NHL penalty and it was a big one His high stick to the face of Vegas top-liner Mark Stone drew blood and a double minor The Wild managed to kill all but eight seconds of the -minute penalty but Nicolas Roy tied the contest after Gustavsson made a pair of saves but the Wild could not clear the loose puck The goal came a scant minutes after Roy had delivered a punch to the face of Wild defenseman Jake Middleton with no penalty called which did not sit well with the home crowd in Minnesota The boos got even louder when Vegas took the lead near the midway point of the third on a fluky deflection when Stone banked a puck off Tomas Hertl in front of the net But the Wild answered less than a minute later on Spurgeon s wraparound with Kaprizov causing trouble at the net front Yakov Trenin had a breakaway for Minnesota on the next shift but Hill denied the backhander that was aiming for the goalie s five-hole Minnesota had a power play in overtime after Joel Eriksson Ek drove hard to the crease and was flattened by Roy who was called for holding on the play The Wild tested Hill on the man advantage but could not break through Wild winger Marcus Johansson who suffered a lower-body injury in Contest was scratched from the Challenge lineup Vinnie Hinostroza took Johansson s place playing wing on the third line It was the ninth career playoff championship for Hinostroza who was claimed off waivers by the Wild in early February He previously played in the postseason for Chicago and Arizona Championship will be played on Tuesday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas The start time is expected to be communicated by the NHL on Sunday Related Articles Dane Mizutani If Kirill Kaprizov keeps playing like this the Wild are true Stanley Cup contenders With Meeting ahead a quartet of keys for the Wild Wild jump Vegas early in Event to take a - series lead Knights Wild coaches balance stats and video with gut feelings NHL playoffs Wild s top line has gotten better of Knights