3 Keys, Wild at Golden Knights, Game 7 of first round

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• The Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights will decide their Stanley Cup First Round series at T-Mobile Arena on Friday in the first Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
• This will be the first Game 7 in Las Vegas since the Golden Knights joined the NHL in 2017-18.
• But this will be the third time in three seasons the Golden Knights will play a Game 7 after leading a series 3-1.
• Vegas coach Peter DeBoer is 5-0 in Game 7s in his NHL career, the only coach in NHL history to win his first five Game 7s.
• The Wild are 3-0 in Game 7s, and each win has come on the road.
• "Going into a Game 7 is going to be really fun.
• The Golden Knights hope defenseman Brayden McNabb and forward Ryan Reaves can play after each missed Game 6 because of NHL COVID-19 protocols.
• He was on the ice for Vegas' optional morning skate and was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol Friday.
• Forward Max Pacioretty, who led the Golden Knights with 24 goals during the regular season, has not played in the series after missing the last six games of the regular season due to an undisclosed injury2
• In the playoffs, the Wild lead the League with 120 and the Golden Knights are fifth with 96.
• Cam Talbot of the Wild and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Golden Knights each is 3-3, and they have almost identical statistics3
• The team that scores first is 135-46 (.746) in Game 7s in NHL history.
• It seems especially important to the Golden Knights, who have been shut out twice in the series, including 3-0 in Game 6, and could ride the momentum of the home crowd with an early goal.
• Golden Knights projected lineup
• … Krebs was removed from COVID-19 protocol but the forward likely will not play
• Golden Knights forward Cody Glass was assigned to Henderson of the American Hockey League on Thursday but could be recalled prior to the game
• He had two shots on goal in 12:59 of ice time in Game 6.

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