LAS VEGAS -- The Vegas Golden Knights will host the Minnesota Wild on Easter Sunday, as the teams open their Western Conference playoff series at T-Mobile Arena at 7 pm pacific.
Vegas, which earned the Western Conference's No. 2 seed, earned home ice, after winning the Pacific Division. The Knights have the home-ice advantage against every team in the conference except the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets.
The Wild are the Western Conference's top Wild Card.
The Golden Knights and Minnesota have played three times this season, with Vegas sweeping the regular-season series.
The first meeting saw the Golden Knights defeat the Wild 3-2 on Dec. 15. The next two meetings were won more dominantly, but the Wild were also without star Kirill Kaprizov.
Vegas turned in victories of 4-1 and 5-1.
Game 2 returns to T-Mobile Arena with puck drop set for Tuesday night at 8 pm.
Games 3 and 4 will shift to St. Paul.
Game 3 will be on Thursday at 6 pm pacific, with Game 4 scheduled for 1 pm.
If Games 5-7 are necessary, they've been scheduled for April 29, May 1 and May 3, with start times to be announced.
Games 5 and 7 would be in Vegas, with Game 6 being played in Minnesota.
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