The stakes are high; when a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Playoffs round is tied 1-1, the winner of Game 3 goes on to win the series nearly two-thirds of the time (240-123; .661). The home team owns an all-time record of 107-66 (.618) with 133-57 (.700) for the road team.

The Minnesota Wild dropped Game 1 of their first-round series to the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2. The home team quickly ran away with the back-and-forth battle, and a little surge of offense was not enough to completely recoup the score line,

What a night it was for the State of Hockey. The Wild got out to an early lead in front of their home crowd against the Golden Knights and never relinquished it. Kristina Rutherford has the takeaways from Minnesota’s Game 3 victory.