Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/12/26

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The Pittsburgh Penguins make the 2nd stop on a 5-game road trip on Thursday night in Sin City. The Penguins are coming off a 5-4 shootout loss in Carolina on Tuesday night, and they’ve allowed 4 or more goals in 4 consecutive outings. The good news is that Pittsburgh has averaged 4.0 goals per game in the past 3 contests, going 1-0-2 with a pair of shootout setbacks. The Penguins topped Vegas 5-0 at PPG Paints Arena on March 1 behind Arturs Silovs, who is projected to start this game for the visitors. He stopped all 22 shots he faced in that win, while the Penguins had a pair of power-play goals in the victory.

The Golden Knights have dropped 3 in a row, and they’ve had a power outage recently. VGK is good for just 5 total goals (1.67 GPG) across the past 3 outings, while allowing 3 or more goals in 7 of the past 8 contests. That’s not a good recipe for success. The Golden Knights are averaging just 1.8 GPG in the past 7 games, too, including that shutout loss in the Steel City. The Penguins are playing more competitive hockey lately, and Silovs should be able to hold down the Golden Knights yet again, even in “The Fortress”.

Penguins vs Golden Knights prediction: Pittsburgh Penguins ML (+125) at time of publishing. Playable to +115.