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VGS Golden Knights Win(-135)MIN Wild @ VGS Golden Knights

Reasoning

The Minnesota Wild head back to Las Vegas for a pivotal Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. The Wild had the chance to really put the Golden Knights into a tough spot, leading Game 4 on home ice with a 2-1 series advantage. However, the lead evaporated after Nicolas Roy’s power-play goal leveled things. Tomas Hertl gave Vegas a brief third-period lead, but Jared Spurgeon helped the Wild pull even and force overtime. However, it was Ivan Barbashev scoring late in overtime to level this series heading back to the desert.

Minnesota has given Vegas all it can handle in this series so far, including a pair of decisive 5-2 victories in Games 2 and 3. However, the Golden Knights are 30-10-3 at home in the regular season and playoffs, and this is a tough place to win — let alone win twice in the span of a week. Vegas has won 7 of the past 9 meetings in this series since March 30, 2024. I’m betting the 3-way money line, backing the home team to win in regulation.

Wild vs Golden Knights prediction: Golden Knights 3-way ML (-135) available at time of publishing. Playable to -145.

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Over 6.5(+100)EDM Oilers @ LA Kings

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The series shifts back to Los Angeles for Game 5 between the Kings and the Edmonton Oilers. There has been no shortage of goals to talk about after 4 games. The Kings went on the road and reminded everyone that they can’t win in those situations. They held third-period leads in both only to end up losing on each occasion. This may feel like a cause for concern, but as the old saying goes, you’re never in trouble until you lose a game at home.

The over opened at 6.5 and should stay at that number as we approach puck drop. The story of this series has been goaltending. We knew that Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner and/or Calvin Pickard would struggle, but not many people had L.A.’s Darcy Kuemper being worse than both. He’s not the only person to blame — his team has done him no favors — but he must elevate his game. We know how dominant Los Angeles is on home ice, so it’s hard to envision this critical showdown being a low-scoring event. We’ll continue to take the over in this series until one team convinces us that it can play defense.

Oilers vs Kings prediction: Over 6.5 (+100) available at time of publishing. Playable at that price.

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