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Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2025-04-20 • T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights 4 - 2 Minnesota Wild

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 64.0%
MIN: 36.0%
Expected Goals
VGK: 3.68
MIN: 2.71
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Adin Hill - 1-0-2 | 0.888 SV% | 2.73 GAA
MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 13-8-4 | 0.912 SV% | 2.47 GAA
StatVGKMIN
Season SV%0.8880.912
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.732.47
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
VGKAdin Hill2018290.0%2.1910.19
MINFilip Gustavsson2723485.2%3.341-0.66
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 60% • 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 VGKMINVGK
2025-05-01MIN 2 - 3 VGKVGKVGK
2025-04-29VGK 3 - 2 MINVGKVGK

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1VGK1900.73
1MIN1400.66
2VGK1200.85
2MIN1711.06
3VGK1711.76
3MIN1200.47
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 64.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 4 - 2 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 3.7 - 2.7