The Vegas Golden Knights (16-4-1) visit the Minnesota Wild (13-8-1) Monday. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at XCel Energy Center. Below, we analyze the Golden Knights-Wild odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions.
Vegas enters on a 6-game win streak, which includes three overtime victories and recent back-to-back wins at the San Jose Sharks. The Golden Knights shut out the Sharks 4-0 Saturday, one night after winning 5-4 in overtime. Vegas sits atop the West Division with a two-point lead over the second-place St. Louis Blues.
The Wild are coming off a two-game split at the Arizona Coyotes, prevailing 5-1 Friday and falling 5-2 Saturday. In the loss, Minnesota jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening period, but Arizona tied it in the second and scored 3 times in the third. The Wild are in fourth place in the West, six points behind the Knights.
Golden Knights at Wild: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:15 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Golden Knights -125 (bet $125 to win $100) | Wild +105 (bet $100 to win $105)
- Against the spread/ATS: Golden Knights -1.5 (+220) | Wild +1.5 (-300)
- Over/Under: 5.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Golden Knights at Wild: Projected starting goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury (12-3-0, 1.60 GAA, .942 SV%, 4 SO) vs. Cam Talbot (4-4-1, 2.88 GAA, .906 SV%)
Fleury has won his last five starts, including Saturday’s 24-save shutout of the Sharks. Two of the victories came against the Wild in back-to-back home games last week. “Flower” stopped 26 of 30 Minnesota shots in a 5-4 overtime win March 1, and allowed just 1 goal on 37 shots in a 5-1 decision two nights later.
Talbot was on the wrong end of both of those outings in Vegas, yielding 9 goals on 66 shots – 34 saves on 39 shots in the OT loss and 23 saves on 27 shots in the 5-1 defeat. He followed that with Saturday’s 5-2 loss at Arizona when he surrendered 4 goals on 30 shots. Talbot is 2-0 in three games at home this season, featuring a 2.14 GAA and a .923 SV%.
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Golden Knights at Wild: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Golden Knights 4, Wild 1
Money line (ML)
VEGAS (-125) is the STRONGEST PLAY – 1½ times your usual wager as long as either RW Mark Stone or D Alex Pietrangelo play. Both suffered undisclosed injuries in Saturday’s win at San Jose and are listed as questionable.
Stone leads the Knights in points (27), assists (21) and plus/minus (+14).
So, keep an eye on the injury list. If both are out, Vegas is still the play but only for one unit.
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Against the spread (ATS)
PASS due to the status of Stone and Pietrangelo in question. I’ll just focus on the money line and not get greedy looking for a multi-goal win by Vegas (-1.5, +220).
ATS records: Golden Knights 9-12 | Wild 11-11
Over/Under (O/U)
The O/U is also a PASS because of the Vegas injuries.
Plus, while Under is usually a good bet when Fleury is in net – the Under is 8-2 in his last 10 outings – his two starts against the Wild last week finished Over.
O/U: Golden Knights 11-10 | Wild 14-8
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| JOHNNY PARLAY’S RECORD | W-L | SP | ROI |
| 2021 NHL | 4-4 | 2-0 | +2.3 |
| 2019-20 NHL | 27-18 | 14-7 | N/A |
| 2021 record (all sports) | 85-69-1 | 40-34 | +15.325 |
| *–SP: Strongest plays; ROI: Return on investment | |||
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