The Vegas Golden Knights (44-21-11) and the Minnesota Wild (34-33-9) play the 2nd end of a home-and-home set Monday night. Puck drop from XCel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (NHL Network). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Golden Knights vs. Wild odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Golden Knights paddled the Wild 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the 1st meeting on Saturday night behind Laurent Brossoit. He allowed a goal to Matthew Boldy 5 minutes into the 1st period, but it was all downhill after that.
Vegas received offensive production from its non-stars, too, as Ben Hutton, Zach Whitecloud and Brett Howden lit the lamp, showing off VGK’s tremendous depth. Chandler Stephenson, a more familiar name, capped off the scoring with an empty-net goal.
Marc-Andre Fleury did a great job keeping his current team in it, making 39 saves against his former team. However, Minnesota just couldn’t solve Brossoit, who turned aside 29 of the 30 shots he faced.
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Golden Knights at Wild odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:08 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Golden Knights +110 (bet $100 to win $110) | Wild -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Golden Knights +1.5 (-225) | Wild -1.5 (+185)
- Over/Under (O/U): 6 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Golden Knights at Wild projected goalies
Laurent Brossoit (3-0-3, 2.44 GAA, .920 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (24-14-4, 2.82 GAA, .910 SV%, 2 SO)
Brossoit made 29 saves on 30 shots Saturday against Minnesota, his 2nd consecutive Saturday night with a victory. He also beat Edmonton on the road last week, and VGK appears to trust him a little more than Jonathan Quick at the moment.
Fleury allowed 3 goals on 42 shots in Saturday’s loss at Vegas. The loss certainly wasn’t his fault, as he received little offensive support. He was 6-0-1 in 7 starts in March, posting a 2.56 GAA and .928 SV%.
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Golden Knights at Wild picks and predictions
Prediction
Golden Knights 3, Wild 2
Moneyline
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS (+110) are a solid value as short ‘dogs, as the Wild (-135) just haven’t been able to solve Vegas lately. Vegas has won 5 of the last 6 meetings, and the Golden Knights have won 12 of their last 16 games overall. VGK is also 7-1 in the last 8 road games while going 6-1 in the last 7 against winning teams.
The Wild (-135) had been red-hot lately, too, but it just has a lot of difficulty trying to solve the Golden Knights. Until Minnesota can beat Vegas semi-regularly, keep fading the Wild.
Puck line/Against the spread
The Golden Knights +1.5 (-225) will cost you over 2 times your potential return if you need insurance and can’t bring yourself to playing Vegas straight up. While the home team is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in this series, again, Vegas has won 5 of the last 6 battles head-to-head.
PASS.
Over/Under
UNDER 6 (-115) is the lean, but go lightly.
The Under cashed in Saturday’s meeting at T-Mobile Center, although it certainly didn’t start out that way with 3 goals in the first 16+ minutes. Still, things settled down, and we had just a single goal in the final 2 periods before Stephenson’s empty-netter.
Brossoit is playing with a lot of confidence, and Fleury will be hellbent on getting a win against his former team, so look for another strong performance from both tendies.
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