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Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2024-04-12 • T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights 7 - 2 Minnesota Wild

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 56.3%
MIN: 43.7%
Expected Goals
VGK: 2.88
MIN: 2.89
Total Goals
Median: 5.7
Over 5.5: 52%
Over 6.5: 37%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Akira Schmid - 16-10-6 | 0.893 SV% | 2.59 GAA
MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 28-14-6 | 0.906 SV% | 2.64 GAA
StatVGKMIN
Season SV%0.8950.912
Last 5 SV%0.8790.847
SV% vs Opponent0.8970.917
GAA2.502.47
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 53% • VGK at home vs MIN: 4-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-06VGK 2 - 4 MINMINVGK
2025-12-29VGK 2 - 5 MINMINVGK
2025-11-16MIN 3 - 2 VGKMINMIN
2025-05-01MIN 2 - 3 VGKVGKVGK
2025-04-29VGK 3 - 2 MINVGKVGK

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
102:57VGKGoal
106:21VGKGoal
108:35VGKGoal
207:42VGKGoal
213:12VGKGoal
302:27VGKGoal
307:13VGKGoal
310:49VGKGoal
313:55VGKGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 56.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 5.8
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 7 - 2 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 2.9 - 2.9