In St. Paul, the 28-year-old recorded his first point of the series and put nine shots on net. Eichel turned a corner against the Wild’s defense in those games and he needs to rip more pucks on net in Game 5 with Vegas back at home.

The Minnesota Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights meet in Game 5 of a best-of-7, first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Tuesday.

The ending was abrupt, like the cable going out during a movie’s pivotal scene. The lump-in-your-throat nervousness that filled Xcel Energy Center for three-plus hours Saturday afternoon gave way to stunned silence.