The Minnesota Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights meet in Game 5 of a best-of-7, first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Tuesday.

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The ice was divided like a black and white cookie. Jubilation at one end of the ice and crushing disappointment at the other. Barbashev stomped his way to the edge of the blue ice and finished off a heavy forecheck shift to shovel the puck past Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson for a 4-3 Vegas win.