Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild 4/3/2023 Picks

Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild 4/3/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Eichel-led Vegas Golden Knights are heading to Minnesota to invade Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul and to challenge the Kaprizov-led Minnesota Wild in an NHL Inter-Division tournament on Monday evening.

Vegas at 47-22-7 features a defense that controlled the scoring of its opponents to an average of just 2.82 goals and holds a two-point lead over Edmonton in second place in the Pacific Division.

The Golden Knights come into this match-up with seven wins out of their recent ten contests played including a 4-1 home victory over the Minnesota Wild in the first part of a back-to-back on Saturday.

Defensemen Ben Hutton and Zach Whitecloud netted a goal each in leading the offense for Vegas while GK Laurent Brossoit stopped 29 shots fired against him with a save percentage of .967 for the defense of the Golden Knights in the win.

Defensemen Ben Hutton and Zach Whitecloud found the back of the net in the first period of the match giving Vegas a 2-1 lead entering the second period.

Center Brett Howden chipped in another goal in the second period on assists from Centers Ivan Barbashev and Jack Eichel while Center Chandler Stephenson nailed a goal on an empty net assisted by Center Nicolas Roy.

Center Jack Eichel dished out two assists in helping the Golden Knights in the victory.

The totals went OVER in 7 of Vegas’ last 10 outings while the Golden Knights are 12-4 straight up in their last 16 matches played.

The Vegas Golden Knights are 5-1 SU in their last 6 contests played versus Minnesota and 7-1 straight up in their last 8 road games.

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Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild Predictions 4/3/2023

The Minnesota Wild travels back home to complete a back-to-back against the Vegas Golden Knights after losing game 1 to a score of 1-4 on Saturday.

Minnesota is 44-23-9 with 97 points, just a point ahead of Colorado in second place in the Central Division, and 24-11-3 when playing at home this season.

The Wild ranked third in the nation in giving away an average of 2.63 goals per match and All-Star Left-winger Kirill Kaprizov led Minnesota in scoring with 74 points.

On Saturday, the Wild won 28 out of 50 face-offs and failed to convert a goal on two power play opportunities.

Left-wingman Matt Boldy is the only light that shines for Minnesota in the loss after putting the Wild on the scoreboard 5 minutes into the first period with his 29th goal of the season assisted by Defenseman John Klingberg (21) and Center Joel Eriksson Ek (37).

At the goal, Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury defended 39 shots attempted against his former teammates and dropped his record to 24-14-4 for the season.

The Minnesota Wild is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games played and 8-2 SU in their last 10 home matches.

The totals went UNDER in 4 of the Wild’s last 6 contests when playing at home versus Vegas while Minnesota is 4-1 straight up in its last 5 outings played against a rival from the Western Conference.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota Wild. The NHL Pick for this contest is Minnesota -135.

The Wild will be missing Left-winger Kirill Kaprizov in this match-up due to an upper-body injury, however, Minnesota is doing just fine without Kaprizov on the ice.

Look for the Wild to overwhelm the Golden Knights on Monday and split a back-to-back with home-ice advantage and crowd support on their side. The prediction, Minnesota Wild will win 4-2.

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