Golden Knights vs Wild Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/1/23

The Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights meet Saturday in NHL action at the T-Mobile Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 21.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 39 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 43 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 240 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 80.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 116 goals on 1,274 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 69 goals on 1,034 shots.

The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 21.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Jack Eichel leads Vegas with 27 goals, Chandler Stephenson has 44 assists and Jonathan Marchessault has 214 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 77.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Logan Thompson has given up 96 goals on 1,132 shots faced, and Adin Hill has allowed 62 goals on 721 shots.

The Wild are 7-2 in their last 9 road games and 16-5 in their last 21 overall. The Golden Knights are 9-3 in their last 12 home games and 11-4 in their last 15 overall. The over is 8-2-1 in Wild last 11 overall. The over is 7-1-1 in Golden Knights last 9 overall. The Wild are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Vegas and 1-4 in the last 5 meetings. The home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.

The Vegas Golden Knights should be given the benefit of the doubt because they’re at home, and they’ve been solid overall these last 3 weeks. However, the Minnesota Wild are one of the more consistent teams in the league, and you’re not going to get them in the underdog role often. I say take advantage of this price while you can.