The Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights play Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round series Tuesday. Puck drop is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena. Below, we analyze the Wild-Golden Knights odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions.
Joey Public was all over the Golden Knights in Game 1, and the Wild helped the books with a scoreless regulation and 1-0 overtime win. Joel Eriksson Ek scored his first-career OT playoff winner.
The Golden Knights have actually lost three of their five home games against the Wild this season between the regular season and playoffs, and three of the games have either gone to overtime or a shootout.
Wild at Golden Knights: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:25 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Wild +140 (bet $100 to win $140) | Golden Knights -165 (bet $165 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Wild +1.5 (-190) | Golden Knights -1.5 (+155)
- Over/Under: 5.5 (O: +115 | U: -140)
Wild at Golden Knights: Projected starting goalies
Cam Talbot (19-8-5, 2.63 GAA, .915 SV%, 2 SO) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (26-10-0, 1.98 GAA, .928 SV%, 6 SO)
Talbot had the benefit of not having to face Max Pacioretty as he was sidelined due to an undisclosed injury. He shut down the Golden Knights, particularly on their vaunted power play, which was 0-for-3 in Game 1.
Fleury made NHL history in the Game 1 loss. He became the first goaltender in league history to play in 15 consecutive postseasons. He stopped 29 saves in the 1-0 OT loss. He is now just 7-14-0 in 21 starts in his career against the Wild.
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Wild at Golden Knights: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Golden Knights 3, Wild 1
Money line (ML)
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS (-165) will cost you a pretty penny, but it’s hard to imagine Vegas dropping both of its games at T-Mobile Arena. The Wild (+140) are hard on Fleury, and they are a tempting play at this price. But Vegas can’t lose both games at home, can they?
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Against the spread (ATS)
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS -1.5 (+155) are worth a roll of the dice on the puck line as they should be able to bounce back against the pesky Wild +1.5 (-190). Vegas is already in a little trouble as teams that won Game 1 are 490-222 (68.8%) in winning a best-of-seven NHL playoff series, including 7-1 last season in the first round. Vegas can ill-afford a 0-2 hole heading to St. Paul, Minn., so expect their best here.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 5.5 (-140) is on the expensive side, but after just one goal in Game 1, the Under certainly looks attractive.
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