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Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild NHL Predictions

2025-04-24 • Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild 5 - 2 Vegas Golden Knights
🚨 Upset Win (68% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MIN: 31.9%
VGK: 68.1%
Expected Goals
MIN: 2.67
VGK: 3.44
Total Goals
Median: 5.7
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 42%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 28-15-6 | 0.903 SV% | 2.69 GAA
VGK
Akira Schmid - 16-10-6 | 0.893 SV% | 2.59 GAA
StatMINVGK
Season SV%0.9120.895
Last 5 SV%0.8360.879
SV% vs Opponent0.9170.897
GAA2.472.50
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 40% • MIN at home vs VGK: 2-5
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

⚡ 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
103:13MINGoal
106:51MINGoal
110:48MINGoal
211:05MINGoal
219:58MINGoal
311:34MINGoal
318:27MINGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 68.1%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Minnesota Wild 5 - 2 Vegas Golden Knights
Expected: 2.7 - 3.4