The Minnesota Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights meet Tuesday in NHL action from the T-Mobile Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Golden Knights vs Wild Prediction.
Series Recap
The Vegas Golden Knights were able to make this a best of 3 series after picking up a 4-3 OT win over the Minnesota Wild in game four. Shea Theodore opened the scoring for Vegas just 6:47 into the game on the power play, but the lead lasted all of 3:56 before Marco Rossi tied the game at one for Minnesota. Marcus Foligno would give the Wild a 2-1 lead just 1:24 into the second, and that 2-1 lead would hold going into the 3rd. Nicolas Roy tied things at two on the power play for Vegas before Tomas Hertl restored Vegas’ lead just three seconds past the midway point of the third period. Jared Spurgeon tied things at three once again after a goal for the Wild just 54 seconds after Vegas’ go-ahead tally. The 3-3 score would hold through regulation and OT was needed. Ivan Barbashev found the game winner with 2:34 to go in OT to secure Vegas’ win and send things back to Sin City knotted up at two wins apiece.
Wild Looking To Bounce Back
Kirill Kaprizov has 55 points including 25 goals and 30 assists while Matt Boldy has 71 points including 26 goals and 45 assists. Marco Rossi has 60 points with 24 goals and 36 assists while Mats Zuccarello has 51 points with 18 goals and 33 assists. Filip Gustavsson has gone 31-19-6 with a 2.56 GAA and a .914 save percentage in goal for Minnesota while Marc-Andre Fleury is 14-9-1 with a 2.93 GAA and an .899 save percentage on the year. Jesper Wallstedt is 0-2 with a 4.09 GAA and an .843 save percentage this season.
Why the Minnesota Wild will win
- The Golden Knights have lost each of their last four Tuesday games as home favorites.
- The Wild have won four of their last five night games against Western Conference opponents.
- The underdogs have covered the puck line in eight of the Wild’s last nine games.
- The Golden Knights have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last four home games after coming off overtime.
Minnesota Wild Player Prop Facts
- Matthew Boldy has scored at least one goal in each of the Wild’s last four night games.
- Ryan Hartman has recorded at least one point in seven of the Wild’s last eight games at T-Mobile Arena.
- Ryan Hartman has recorded an assist in each of the Wild’s last five games as underdogs against Western Conference opponents.
- Justin Brazeau has recorded two assists against the Golden Knights this season – equal-most against any opponent.
Golden Knights Trying To Defend Home Ice Once Again
Jack Eichel has a team-high 94 points with 28 goals and a team-high 66 assists while Mark Stone has added 67 points with 19 goals and 48 assists. Ivan Barbashev has 51 points with 23 goals and 28 assists, Tomas Hertl has 59 points with 31 goals and 28 apples and Pavel Dorofeyev has 50 points with 33 goals and 17 assists. Shea Theodore has 55 points with 48 assists. Adin Hill has gone 32-13-5 with a 2.47 GAA and a .906 save percentage in goal for Vegas while Ilya Samsonov has gone 16-9-4 with a 2.82 GAA and an .891 save percentage this season.
Why the Vegas Golden Knights will win
- The Wild have lost each of their last four road games after coming off overtime.
- The Golden Knights have won each of their last four night games after coming off overtime.
- The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last six games against Western Conference opponents after coming off overtime.
- The Golden Knights have covered the puck line in five of their last six night games following an overtime win.
Vegas Golden Knights Player Prop Facts
- Tomas Hertl has scored a goal in each of his last six home appearances against the Wild.
- Tomas Hertl has recorded at least one point in each of his last eight home appearances against the Wild.
- Jack Eichel has recorded at least one assist in each of the Golden Knights’ last five Game 5s of a playoff series.
- Brayden McNabb ranks 1st in the Western Conference for Plus/Minus (+42) this season.
Total Goals Facts
- Each of the last five games between the Wild and Golden Knights have gone OVER the total goals line.
- Each of the Wild’s last four games against Pacific Division opponents have gone OVER the total goals line.
Golden Knights vs Wild Prediction
I’m on the over here. We’ve seen goals aplenty come in this series, and this is one of the few series where in my opinion, there’s not a world-class goaltender on either side, and the high scoring games that have come as a result. I think that we get more high-scoring action in this one, and I’ll back the over as such.