The Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights are playing tonight at Xcel Energy Center in Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series. Follow our Live Blog for updates, highlights and analysis with Sarah McLellan and the Star Tribune’s supporting cast high above the ice at the X.

Jack Eichel was one of three Vegas players to tally a goal and an assist, and the Golden Knights held on for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild to clinch their Western Conference first-round series on Thursday night in Saint Paul,

After five quiet games to start the first round, the Vegas Golden Knights’ captain broke through with a great performance in Thursday night’s Game 6 to eliminate the Minnesota Wild. He scored the eventual game-winning — and series-clinching — goal,