Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden Knights NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 5/28/2021
Minnesota Wild (38-19-5) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (43-16-3)
May 28, 2021 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Vegas Golden Knights -162 / Minnesota Wild +135; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights meet Friday in game seven of the West First Round Playoffs at the T-Mobile Arena.
The Minnesota Wild have a chance to make the second round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2014-15 season. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 1.83 goals per game and are scoring on 11.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Ryan Hartman leads Minnesota with two goals, Jonas Brodin has three assists and Kevin Fiala has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.33 goals per game and are killing 85.7 percent of their opponents power plays. Cam Talbot has allowed 12 goals on 189 shots faced.
The Vegas Golden Knights look to make the second round of the playoffs for the third time in their first four years. The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 2.33 goals per game and are scoring on 14.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Mark Stone leads Vegas with four goals, Chandler Stephenson has three assists and Jonathan Marchessault has 23 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 1.83 goals per game and are killing 88.9 percent of their opponents power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 10 goals on 153 shots faced.
The Wild are 2-5 in their last 7 games as an underdog and 9-4 in their last 13 games following a win. The Golden Knights are 37-14 in their last 51 home games and 66-29 in their last 95 overall. The over is 11-5 in Wild last 16 overall. The under is 6-2-1 in Golden Knights last 9 overall. The Wild are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Vegas and 6-2 in the last 8 meetings. The road team is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings. The underdog is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.
The Vegas Golden Knights should be the favorites here, as they’ve been the better team all season long and have home ice advantage in a massive game seven. However, the last 10 or so game sevens, the road team has had decent success and it’s actually the Wild with a lot of the momentum entering this game. Not only have the Wild beaten the Golden Knights the last two meetings by a combined score of 7-2, but they’ve won six of the last 10 meetings against Vegas overall. Anything can happen in these do or die games, but I’m leaning toward the hot hand in the road team. Give me the plus money.
