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Dorofeyev has 2 goals and an assist, Golden Knights beat the Wild 4-1 for share of NHL lead
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Dorofeyev has 2 goals and an assist, Golden Knights beat the Wild 4-1 for share of NHL lead

2025-01-13 12:20 Last Updated At:12:31

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev had two power-play goals and added an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights broke open a tie game with three third-period goals to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Sunday night.

The Golden Knights joined Washington and Winnipeg atop the NHL with 61 points, avoiding their first three-game losing streak of the season.

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Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) pushes Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) pushes Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) high-fives teammates after his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) high-fives teammates after his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) dives past Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) and goaltender Adin Hill, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) dives past Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) and goaltender Adin Hill, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) makes a save during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) makes a save during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild defenseman Travis Dermott (44) and goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) defend against a shot by Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild defenseman Travis Dermott (44) and goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) defend against a shot by Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) skates past Minnesota Wild defenseman Declan Chisholm (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) skates past Minnesota Wild defenseman Declan Chisholm (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill chases down the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill chases down the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marat Khusnutdinov, right, checks Vegas Golden Knights right wing Cole Schwindt, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marat Khusnutdinov, right, checks Vegas Golden Knights right wing Cole Schwindt, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marcus Johansson (90) and right wing Ryan Hartman (38) celebrate after Hartman's goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marcus Johansson (90) and right wing Ryan Hartman (38) celebrate after Hartman's goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev reacts after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev reacts after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) and Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) and Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Tomas Hertl added a goal and an assist, Keegan Kolesar scored the tiebreaker and Mark Stone and Shea Theodore each had two assists. Adin Hill made 15 saves.

Ryan Hartman scored for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson stopped 32 shots.

Jack Eichel, who leads the Golden Knights with 54 points, did not play because of an illness. Vegas, however, got back center Nicolas Roy after he missed 11 games because of an upper-body injury.

Unless these teams meet in the postseason, this was Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's final game at T-Mobile Arena. Fleury played for the Golden Knights from their inaugural season in 2017-18 until 2021 and still is arguably the most popular player in the franchise's short history.

He didn't play against his old club, but was cheered and fans chanted his name in pregame, when the Golden Knights saluted him on the video board at the first timeout and in the final minutes.

Wild: After taking a 1-0 lead, Minnesota was not able to capitalize on the lead. The Wild were outshot 17-6 in the second period as the Golden Knights began to seize control.

Golden Knights: Both of Dorofeyev's goals were on the power play, giving Vegas four in four games.

Kolesar scored off Zach Whitecloud's rebound to put the Golden Knights ahead 2-1 4:09 into the third period.

3 hours, 43 minutes — The time between five-on-five goals for the Golden Knights when Kolesar scored in the third.

The Wild host Edmonton on Wednesday night. The Golden Knights are at Nashville on Tuesday night.

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Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) pushes Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) pushes Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) high-fives teammates after his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) high-fives teammates after his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) dives past Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) and goaltender Adin Hill, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) dives past Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) and goaltender Adin Hill, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) makes a save during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) makes a save during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild defenseman Travis Dermott (44) and goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) defend against a shot by Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild defenseman Travis Dermott (44) and goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) defend against a shot by Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) skates past Minnesota Wild defenseman Declan Chisholm (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) skates past Minnesota Wild defenseman Declan Chisholm (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill chases down the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill chases down the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marat Khusnutdinov, right, checks Vegas Golden Knights right wing Cole Schwindt, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marat Khusnutdinov, right, checks Vegas Golden Knights right wing Cole Schwindt, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marcus Johansson (90) and right wing Ryan Hartman (38) celebrate after Hartman's goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Minnesota Wild center Marcus Johansson (90) and right wing Ryan Hartman (38) celebrate after Hartman's goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev reacts after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev reacts after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) and Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) and Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is meeting privately with congressional Republicans at the White House on Thursday as his allies on Capitol Hill are arguing with themselves over the size, scope and details of his “big, beautiful bill” to cut taxes, regulations and government spending.

The House and Senate GOP leaders are looking to Trump for direction on how to proceed, but so far the president has been noncommittal about the details — only pushing Congress for results.

The standoff is creating frustration for Republicans as precious time is slipping and they fail to make progress on what has been their top priority with their party in control in Washington. At the same time, congressional phone lines are being swamped with callers protesting Trump's cost-cutting efforts led by billionaire Elon Musk against federal programs, services and operations.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters the president and lawmakers were discussing “tax priorities of the Trump administration,” including Trump's promises to end federal taxation of tips, Social Security benefits and overtime pay. Renewing tax cuts Trump enacted in 2017 also was on the agenda, she said.

“The president is committed to working with Congress to get this done,” Leavitt said.

Speaker Mike Johnson, despite the slimmest of majorities, has insisted Republicans will stay unified and on track to deliver on his goal of House passage of the legislation by April.

But as Johnson's timeline slips — the House was hoping to start budget hearings this week — the Senate is making moves to take charge.

Republicans led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota have proposed a two-step approach, starting with a smaller bill that would include money for Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall and deportation plans, among other priorities. They later would pursue the more robust package of tax break extensions before a year-end deadline.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced late Wednesday that he was pushing ahead next week with hearings to kickstart the process.

Graham's first bill would total some $300 billion and include border money and a boost in defense spending, largely paid for with a rollback of Biden-era green energy programs. Graham, R-S.C., said that would give the Trump administration the money it needs to "finish the wall, hire ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to deport criminal illegal immigrants, and create more detention beds so that we do not release more dangerous people into the country.”

“This will be the most transformational border security bill in the history of our country,” Graham said.

That's a long way from the more $3 trillion in tax cuts and more than than $2 trillion in spending reductions that hard-line conservatives are demanding.

House Republicans are deeply split over Graham’s approach. But they are also at odds over their own ideas.

House GOP leaders are proposing some $1 trillion in savings over the decade, lawmakers said, but members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus want at least double that amount.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said of achieving only $100 billion a year in savings, at a time of $7 trillion in annual spending: “That’s insane.”

Roy and other members of the Freedom Caucus are interested in Graham's approach, which is seen as a down payment on Trump's immigration and deportation plans, while the party continues work on the broader tax and spending cuts package.

But Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington, the House Budget Committee chairman, said the $2.5 trillion in spending reductions was a “stretch goal.”

Johnson, R-La., needs almost complete unanimity from his ranks to pass any bill over objections from Democrats. In the Senate, Republicans have a 53-47 majority, with little room for dissent.

Trump has repeatedly said he is less wed to the process used in Congress than the outcome of achieving his policy goals.

President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left and and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, after he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left and and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, after he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks with reporters to discuss the Trump agenda following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks with reporters to discuss the Trump agenda following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FILE - The White House is seen, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

FILE - The White House is seen, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

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