Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild Prediction

VGK controlled play at 5v5 last season, 54.7% of the expected goals to 51.2%.

In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Filip Gustavsson (MIN) saved -9.1 goals above expected to Adin Hill's -23.2, on save percentages of 0.904 and 0.871.

None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Minnesota Wild over Vegas Golden Knights is where it starts, not where it ends.

No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.

No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.

VGK

Adin Hill

SV%

0.871

GSAx

-23.2

GAA

3.04

Record

10-9-6

27 games, 2025-26

MIN

Filip Gustavsson

SV%

0.904

GSAx

-9.1

GAA

2.69

Record

28-15-6

50 games, 2025-26