NHL Playoff Preview: Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 4/26/2025

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

Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 9:00 PM EST
TV: TBS/truTV/MAX
Radio:
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vegas -1.5 ML -148
Minnesota +1.5 ML +124
O/U 5.5

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Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights enter a must-win game tonight after dropping the last two games. A loss tonight puts them down 3-1 as they head back home. Adin Hill, this series is posting a 3.78 goals-against average and an .825 save percentage.  

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild look to take a commanding 3-1 series lead tonight and put the Golden Knights on their heels. The Wild are averaging four goals per game this series while allowing 2.7 goals per game. Filip Gustavsson is posting a 2.35 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.

Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

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

McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Schmid

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

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

Brodin-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Buium-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Player To Watch

Vegas Golden Knights

Reilly Smith this season had 40 points on 13 goals and 27 assists, 11 of those points have come with the Golden Knights after he was traded from the Rangers. Smith has three goals and eight assists with Vegas. He has a goal in this series. He was held pointless in his only game against Minnesota in the regular season.  

Minnesota Wild

Marcus Foligno this season had 29 points on 14 goals and 15 assists. He’s scored two goals in this series. He was held pointless in the two games against Vegas in the regular season and was a minus-one.  

Injury Report:

Vegas Golden Knights

None

Minnesota Wild

None

Next Game:

Game 5: Tuesday, April 29 at T-Mobile Arena

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