Free NHL Picks Today: Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights 4/3/23

The Minnesota Wild (44-23-9) play host to the Vegas Golden Knights (47-22-7) at Xcel Energy Center on Monday. The teams meet for their second straight game against each other. Vegas beat the Wild 4-1 on Saturday. Four players found the net for the Golden Knights.

Chandler Stephenson scored and provided an assist to share the scoring lead with Jack Eichel, who had two assists. Matt Boldy was the only player to score for the Wild. Laurent Brossoit saved an impressive 29 of 30 shots (.966%) in the win.

FACING OFF

Vegas is averaging 3.28 goals per game for the season, 14th in the NHL, and they are taking on a Wild team that is allowing only 2.63 goals a game (3rd).

Meanwhile, Minnesota has found the net 2.92 times a game on average, 23rd in the league, and the Golden Knights are allowing opponents to score 2.82 goals per game (11th).

The Wild’s 21.55% power play percentage ranks 13th in the league, while the Golden Knights are 19th with a conversion rate of 20.53%. When it comes to penalty killing, Minnesota has the league’s 12th-ranked PK% at 81.09%, while Vegas is 19th at 77.90%.

TOP PERFORMERS:

Eichel and Stephenson have been the top skaters for the Golden Knights this season with 62 and 59 points. In the net, Adin Hill (16-7-1) is Vegas’ top goaltender by goals against average. He has a 2.49 GAA and a .914% save percentage.

Logan Thompson (21-13-3) leads the Golden Knights in games played in goal. He has a GAA of 2.65 and a save percentage of .915%. Kirill Kaprizov leads the Wild in scoring with 74 points. He has 39 goals (10th) and 35 assists in 65 games.

Filip Gustavsson (20-9-5) has the best goals against average for Minnesota at 2.01, second-best in the league. He has a save percentage of .933%, also second-best. Marc-Andre Fleury (24-14-4) has played the most games in net for the Wild this season. He has a 2.82 GAA and a .910% save percentage.