NHL Playoff Preview: Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 4/29/2025

NHL Playoff Preview: Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 4/29/2025

Minnesota Wild (2-2-0) at Vegas Golden Knights (1-2-1)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 9:30 PM EST
TV: ESPN/SNE/SN360/TVAS/FDSNO/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3 FM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Minnesota +1.5 ML +180
Vegas -1.5 ML -218
O/U 5.5

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild head to Vegas with the series knotted at 2-2. They are averaging 3.8 goals per game. Filip Gustavsson is posting a 2.58 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights return home, and the series is down to a best-of-three. Vegas is averaging three goals per game. Adin Hill, this series is posting a 3.30 goals-against average and an .854 save percentage.  

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Hartman-Zuccarello
Nyquist-Gaudreau-Hinostroza
Trenin-Rossi-Brazeau

Brodin-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Buium-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Saad-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Howden-Karlsson-Smith
Pearson-Roy-Kolesar

McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Schmid

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Players To Watch:

Vegas Golden Knights

Ivan Barbashev this season had 51 points on 23 goals and 28 assists, Barbashev has a goal and an assist in this series. He has a goal in this series. He was held pointless in three games against Minnesota in the regular season.  

Minnesota Wild

Marco Rossi this season had 60 points on 24 goals and 36 assists. He’s scored two goals and added an assist in this series. He was held pointless in the three games against Vegas in the regular season.

Injury Report:

Vegas Golden Knights

None

Minnesota Wild

F Marcus Johansson – DTD

Next Game:

Game 6: Thursday, May 1 at Xcel Energy Arena

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