Minnesota Wild failed again in the play-offs: Rossi without a dot!

Minnesota Wild failed again in the play-offs: Rossi without a dot!

The Minnesota Wild left the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round of the 2025 NHL playoffs. The decisive sixth game that took place in front of the home audience ended with a narrow 2: 3 in favor of the Golden Knights. With this defeat, the game missed the move into the next round again and continued their series of rounds of rounds since 2016. In the past ten years, the team has not managed to survive the first round, which reinforces frustration among fans and in the franchise.

summarized the game lost the "best-of-Seven" series with 2: 4. Marco Rossi, who promised a lot of hope in the last games, stayed in the decisive match without a scorer point and completed the series with just two goals and an assist in a total of six games. The fact that his performance has been in the context of the end of the season, which had missed the play-offs several times in the context of the end of the season, deserves special observation in 2019 and 2024.

Game course of the decision

In the last game, Shea Theodore set the course for Vegas with a power play goal in the 3. minute. But Ryan Hartman equalized shortly before the end of the first third, which gave the Minnesota team new hope. In the 36th minute, however, Jack Eichel scored his first goal in the series and brought the Golden Knights into the lead again. Mark Stone expanded the lead in the 57th minute to 3: 1 before Hartman scored the connection goal 30 seconds later.

Despite a committed final phase, in which Hartman shortened to 2: 3 with another goal, the game at the end of the game was sealed a few minutes later. The Golden Knights, which are progressing through this victory, will now meet the winner of the series between the Edmonton Oilers and the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers are currently running 3: 2.

historical context of the Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild have played in a total of 24 seasons since its foundation in 2001, whereby they were able to move into the play-offs in 14 of these seasons. Her last success in a playoff series dated 2015 when you won against the St. Louis Blues. Since then, the game have disappointed several times in the first round and have often left early. The last considerable performance was the move into the 2003 Conference. In addition, the game has never taken part in a Stanley Cup final or won it, which should further increase the pressure and expectations of the team in the coming seasons.

The European draft hopes and talents like Marco Rossi will play an important role in the future as to whether the Minnesota Wild can finally make the breakthrough. The team remains optimistic that a potential restructuring and the integration of young players will bring positive results in the coming seasons.