Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden KnightsMay 3, 2025

Time TBDPlayoffsSaturday, May 3, 2025

away

Minnesota WildMIN

at

home

Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

MINaway−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,100 km travel · -2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

VGKhome−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,100 km travel · -2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

No meaningful schedule edge: MIN (1 day rest) at VGK (1 day rest).

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–3 vs VGK · May 1

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
10:54
L2Foligno – Zuccarello – Hartman
6:48
L3Nyquist – Johansson – Gaudreau
3:18
L4Trenin – Brazeau – Rossi
2:43
D1Brodin – Faber
16:16
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
12:32
D3Bogosian – Merrill
9:42
PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
3:01

Projected MIN lines →·MIN goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 at MIN · May 1

L1Stone – Karlsson – Eichel
12:11
L2Smith – Barbashev – Roy
8:26
L3Saad – Hertl – Kolesar
5:15
L4Pearson – Olofsson – Howden
2:47
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:07
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
10:38
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
10:10
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Olofsson – Eichel
4:17

Projected VGK lines →·VGK goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on May 3.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.