Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights: Game 5 preview, predictions and odds | Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1, April 29, 2025

The Minnesota Wild are on the road to play the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. Puck drop is set for 9:30 p.m. ET.

Vegas is coming off a 4-3 OT win over Minnesota to even the series at 2-2.

Wild vs Golden Knights: Head-to-head & key stats

Minnesota went 0-3 against Vegas this season, and is 2-2 in the playoffs
The Wild went 23-13-5 on the road
Vegas is allowing 2.6 goals per game
Minnesota is allowing 2.87 goals per game
The Golden Knights are averaging 3.34 goals per game
The Wild are averaging 2.74 goals per game
Vegas is 29-9-3 at home

Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights: Preview

Minnesota is coming off an OT loss to Vegas in Game 4, where it had a chance to take a 3-1 stranglehold of the series. In Game 4, the Wild were led by Marcus Foligno, Marco Rossi, and Jared Spurgeon, each of whom had a goal.

The Wild will start Filip Gustavsson, who went 31-19-6 with a 2.56 GAA and a .914 SV% this season. In his career against Vegas, he's 1-3-1 with a 2.76 GAA and a .911 SV%. In the playoffs, he's 2-2 with a 2.58 GAA and a .919 SV%.

Vegas, meanwhile, got control of the series by winning Game 4 in OT. The Golden Knights will start Adin Hill, who went 32-13-5 with a 2.47 GAA and a .906 SV%. In his career against Minnesota, he's 3-4 with a 2.29 GAA and a .906 SV%. In the playoffs, Hill is 2-2 with a 3.30 GAA and a .854 SV%.

The Golden Knights in Game 4 were led by Ivan Barbashev, who scored the OT winner while adding an assist. Tomas Hertl and Nicolas Roy also recorded a goal and an assist, while Shea Theodore scored the other goal.

Wild vs Golden Knights: Odds & Prediction

Minnesota is a +195 underdog while Vegas is a -238 favorite, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Wild have played much better than expected in this series and could be up 3-1. However, the Wild losing Game 4 will cost them as Vegas will have the advantage at home.

Hill should be much better here as he has struggled at times in these playoffs. Look for Hill to shut the door and for this Vegas offense to continue to click for a big home win.

Prediction: Vegas 4, Wild 2.

Wild vs Golden Knights: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Vegas ML (-238)

Tip 2: Vegas -1.5 (+114)

Tip 3: Over 5.5 goals (-125)

Tip 4: Jack Eichel 3+ shots on goal (-145)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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