3 Keys: Wild at Golden Knights, Game 5 of first round

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• The Vegas Golden Knights can advance to the Stanley Cup Second Round with a victory in Game 5 of their best-of-7 series against the Minnesota Wild at T-Mobile Arena on Monday.
• Vegas has won five Stanley Cup Playoff series since joining the NHL in 2017-18 with each clinching victory coming on the road or at a neutral site.
• "There's no doubt we would love nothing more than to close them out at home in front of our home crowd," Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer said.
• The Golden Knights lost 1-0 in overtime at home in Game 1 but have won three in a row since by a combined score of 12-3.
• "A lot of times you take the foot off the gas and there's desperation on their side," Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said.
• … When the puck's dropped, we're going to be intense and we're going to work, but there's no sense being tight here this morning.".
• To keep the Wild from rebounding in the series, the Golden Knights need to keep them from rebounds in front of the Vegas net.
• "I think defensively as a group, they're going to get opportunities," Pietrangelo said.
• Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb skated Monday after missing Game 4 with an undisclosed injury.
• If he can't, we're very comfortable with the six defensemen we're going to put out there tonight because of our depth.".
• DeBoer said defenseman Alec Martinez and forwards Tomas Nosek and Max Pacioretty also will be game-time decisions.
• Martinez has not missed a game in the series.
• Minnesota defenseman Carson Soucy sustained an upper-body injury in Game 4 and is out indefinitely, Evason said
• Golden Knights projected lineup
• He was plus-2 with two hits in 18:14 of ice time in Game 4.

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