It was perhaps the most dramatic moment of the 2025 playoffs for Minnesota Wild fans.

With the best-of-seven series versus Vegas tied and two games each, and Game 5 tied 3-3 in the waning minutes of regulation, Ryan Hartman went hard to the Vegas net. With just 75 seconds left in the game, the puck went in. The red light went on, and with a smile on his face, Hartman looked at the Wild bench and strutted to the corner of T-Mobile Arena, as the rink went mostly silent.

In that moment, the Wild were barely a minute away from heading back to St. Paul with a 3-2 lead in the series, needing a home win to reach the second round of the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

But just a minute or so later, the Golden Knights fans were roaring again. The play that led to Hartman’s goal was revi

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