Golden Knights push Wild to brink with Game 4 win

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-0 win against the Minnesota Wild in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup First Round at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

It was Fleury's first shutout this postseason and 16th in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He has allowed four goals on 116 shots in the series.
"I feel good," Fleury said. "The body feels good. And my defense has been great for me."
Nicolas Roy had two goals, and Mark Stone scored shorthanded for Vegas, the No. 2 seed in the Honda West Division.

Cam Talbot made 14 saves for the Wild, the No. 3 seed who have lost three straight after not losing more than two in a row during the regular season. Zach Parise made his series debut after being a healthy scratch the first three games. He was minus-2 with two shots on goal and two hits in 12:17 of ice time.
"It's been difficult, but right now what's more important, I guess, is that we're down 3-1 in the series," Parise said. "That's where all the attention should be, is how can we get ourselves back into this series, win a game and then bring this thing back to Minnesota (for Game 6 on Wednesday)."
The Golden Knights can win the series in Game 5 at Vegas on Monday (10:30 p.m., ET; CNBC, SN1, TVAS, ATTSM-RM, BSN+). Teams that lead 3-1 are 291-29 (.909) winning a best-of-7 series, including 13-0 last season.
"We're going to have to expect their best effort," Stone said. "They're going to want to come with a push. We're going to have to do the same thing."

Roy made it 1-0 with a snap shot short side at 10:37 of the first period. Vegas had not scored in the first period in the series.
Joel Eriksson Ek appeared to tie the game 19 seconds later, but Vegas challenged for goaltender interference and video review determined Marcus Foligno impaired Fleury's ability to play his position in the crease and the goal was overturned.
"We get one screen, one look and one angle on the bench. The one I was looking at looked like it was [goalie interference], but you never know," Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer said. "With an offside, it's usually pretty clear and you're pretty confident.
"Goalie interference, you're never sure. I thought it had all the elements to be goalie interference. Foligno was in the paint, [Fleury] couldn't get to his position and establish his positioning because Foligno was in the paint and wouldn't allow him to get there. Those were the important elements of it, but you still never know. It was the right call and I think the right decision."
Vegas is 2-for-2 on coach's challenges this series, each on an apparent goal by Eriksson Ek.
"I don't know. I don't know what to think," Eriksson Ek said.
Alex Tuch made it 2-0 at 9:08 of the second period with his third goal of the series.
"We wanted to get back to our style of hockey," Tuch said. "We wanted to take it upon ourselves to be better on all areas of the ice, and we were able to do that."

Zach Whitecloud got a double minor for high-sticking at 11:32 and the Wild had a four-minute power play, but Stone capitalized on a Dumba turnover for a breakaway shorthanded goal at 13:41 to extend the lead to 3-0.
Minnesota is 0-for-8 on the power play in the series.
"I think we just have to move the puck quicker, [their penalty kill is] running around and doing a great job, especially on our breakouts," Wild forward Kevin Fiala said. "We couldn't get in clearly and make something, so we just have to bear down on the face-offs and help on the draws and do everything to win them back, and on the power play to move the puck quicker and shoot some pucks and get the pucks back. I don't think we are doing the right things right now."
With Talbot pulled for an extra attacker, Roy scored into the empty net at 18:32 for the 4-0 final.
"So far it's been our best [game]," Roy said. "We played the full 60 minutes tonight, and I think if we play like that we're very tough to beat."
NOTES: Vegas forwards Max Pacioretty and Tomas Nosek, and defenseman Brayden McNabb each has an undisclosed injury and did not play. Pacioretty has missed all four games and the last six of the regular season, Nosek missed his second straight game, and McNabb missed his first. … Fleury's 16 playoff shutouts tied Curtis Joseph for third in NHL history behind Martin Brodeur (24) and Patrick Roy (23), and his 150th playoff game tied Grant Fuhr for fourth behind Roy (247), Brodeur (205) and Ed Belfour (161). … Stone is the third Golden Knights player to score a shorthanded goal in the postseason (William Karlsson twice, Colin Miller). … Wild forward Kyle Rau made his series debut. He had two shots and two hits in 9:37. ... Wild forward Marcus Johansson did not play after breaking his arm in Game 3.