Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild Prediction 4/26/25 NHL Picks

The Vegas Golden Knights and the Minnesota Wild meet Saturday in NHL action from the Xcel Energy Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota Wild prediction.

Series Recap

The Minnesota Wild took the series lead over the Golden Knights thanks to a second straight 5-2 win over Vegas last time out on Thursday to build a 2-1 series lead. Minnesota pounced early in the game, with Kirill Kaprizov giving Minnesota the lead just 3:13 into the game before Marco Rossi doubled Minnesota’s advantage just 3:38 later. Alex Pietrangelo got the Golden Knights on the board just after the midway point of the opening frame and that 2-1 score would hold until the Wild pushed the lead to 3-1 with less than nine minutes to go in the second period. Kaprizov netted his second power play goal of the game with two seconds to go in the period to make it a 4-1 lead going into the 3rd. Reilly Smith scored a short-handed goal to bring the score to 4-2, but that’s as close as the Wild would get as Marcus Foligno would ice the game with an empty net short-handed goal with 1:33 to play for the final 5-2 score line.

Golden Knights Trying To Make Series A Best Of 3

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 eight of their last nine Game 4s of a playoff series.
• The Golden Knights have won each of their last five games against the Wild following a road loss.
• The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last five games following a home win.
• The Golden Knights have covered the puck line in each of their last four games against opponents on a winning streak.

Vegas Golden Knights Player Prop Facts

• William Karlsson has recorded at least one assist in each of the Golden Knights’ last five games at Xcel Energy Center.
• Tomas Hertl has recorded at least one point in seven of his last eight road appearances against Western Conference opponents.
• Tomas Hertl has scored at least one goal in seven of his last nine appearances with the Golden Knights as favorites against Central Division opponents.
• Brayden McNabb ranks 1st in the Western Conference for Plus/Minus (+42) this season.

Wild Looking To Push Golden Knights To The Brink

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 Wild have won four of their last five games as home underdogs against Western Conference opponents.
• The Golden Knights have lost five of their last eight games as road favorites against opponents on a winning streak.
• The underdogs have covered the puck line in each of the Wild’s last six games at Xcel Energy Center.
• The Golden Knights have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last six day games.

Minnesota Wild Player Prop Facts

• Kirill Kaprizov has scored the first goal in each of his last three home appearances against the Golden Knights.
• Matthew Boldy has scored at least one goal in each of the Wild’s last four games.
• Matthew Boldy has recorded at least one point in seven of the Wild’s last eight games as underdogs.
• Ryan Hartman has recorded an assist in each of the Wild’s last four games as underdogs against Western Conference opponents.
• Marcus Foligno has scored two goals against the Golden Knights this season – equal-most against any opponent.

Total Goals Facts

• Each of the Wild’s last six day games at Xcel Energy Center following a win have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• Eight of the Golden Knights’ last nine road games following a road loss have gone UNDER the total goals line.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota Wild Prediction

I’m on the Golden Knights here. I get why the Wild are worth the look here. In a similar spot to what they were in game three and the Golden Knights have had no answer for Minnesota to this point. However, the Golden Knights are still a quality team and I think there’s some regression coming for Minnesota who has been finding a ton of luck on special teams and in even strength positions and the Golden Knights took a lot of bad penalties in game three. I think the Golden Knights smarten up knowing that they can ill afford ging down 3-1 in the series and the only way to do that is keep their heads and stay out of the box. I think Vegas does that and evens up the series at two wins apiece. Give me the Golden Knights here.