Winnipeg Jets vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/20/2023

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Thursday, April 20, 2023

Venue:  T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV

Where to Watch:  TBS

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Jets +130, Golden Knights -150; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Jets +130, Golden Knights -150; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Jets +125, Golden Knights -150; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Winnipeg Jets:  46-33-3 (4th place, Central Division)

Vegas Golden Knights:  51-22-9 (1st place, Pacific Division)

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Winnipeg Jets:  6-4-0 last 10

Vegas Golden Knights:  5-2-3 last 10

The Jets are entering this game finishing the regular season with 95 points, a 46-33-3 record overall, and they were 20-20-1 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a win against the Vegas Golden Knights in their last game, winning that one on the road 5-1. Adam Lowry scored 2 goals in that game while Blake Wheeler, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Kyle Connor each had 1 goal. Blake Wheeler and Nino Niederreiter each led the team in assists with 2 while Kyle Connor led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Connor Hellebuyck was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 17 shots with 16 saves and a .941 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 247 goals this season averaging 3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 225 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game.

The Golden Knights are entering this game finishing the regular season with 111 points, a 51-22-9 record overall, and they were 25-15-1 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Winnipeg Jets in their last game, losing that at home 5-1. William Karlsson scored the only goal for them in that game. Ivan Barbashev and Jonathan Marchessault each led the team in assists with 1 while Reilly Smith led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Laurent Brossoit was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 30 shots with 26 saves and a .867 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 272 goals this season averaging 3.3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 229 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Golden Knights listed as a favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 2 of a 7-game series between the Jets and the Golden Knights for the 1st round of the NHL Western Conference playoffs. The Jets took the 1st game of this series with a huge road win of 5-1 and that was huge for them as a team since it was the 1st time they beat the Golden Knights all year. The Golden Knights are going to be angry after that embarrassment though and they are the number 1 seed in the Western Conference this season as they had the most points. They know they can't go into Winnipeg down 2-0 in the series so they will bring their best effort to even up the series 1-1 here. Not only was this the best team in the Western Conference during the regular season, but the Golden Knights also swept the Jets in their season series so they will be coming for their revenge and will leave Vegas with the series tied at 1. The Jets scored 5 goals in game 1 but they are not a team that has been scoring a ton of goals all year and it is hard to see them repeating that kind of offensive performance on the road here. The best way to place a bet here is on the Golden Knights to win this game and even up the series with a bounce back win. 

Jets Golden Knights Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, April 20, 2023 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Golden Knights 4 Jets 1.

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Winnipeg Jets: 23-25 (-8.4 units) on the moneyline after allowing 1 goal or less in their previous game. 14-17 (-7.4 units) on the moneyline off a road win by 2 goals or more. 30-12 UNDER off a win or tie in their previous game. 9-2 UNDER off a road win scoring 4 or more goals.

Vegas Golden Knights: 51-32 (+9.5 units) on the moneyline in all games. 23-11 (+12.4 units) on the moneyline revenging a loss versus opponent as a favorite. 18-5 UNDER after allowing 4 goals or more. 9-2 UNDER after a blowout loss by 3 goals or more in their previous game.

Winnipeg Jets:  N. Ehlers (LW) Ques Thurs - Upper Body. S. Gagner (C) out for season - Hip. C. Perfetti (C) Late April - Upper Body.

Vegas Golden Knights:  A. Hill (G) Late April - Lower Body. L. Thompson (G) Late April - Lower Body. W. Carrier (LW) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. N. Patrick (C) out for season - Upper Body. R. Lehner (G) out for season - Hip.

“A big part of our game is pressuring the puck carrier and not give them a whole lot of time to make plays. They're a very good team on the rush. They look for that second wave, so I thought our forwards did a great job back-tracking and taking away those guys.” - Rick Bowness after his team’s win against the Golden Knights in their game on Tuesday, game 1 of this series.

“The thing we need to address is it’s playoff hockey. You needed an intensity level that was greater than the one we had. ... But I’ll say this, I don’t think they were doing anything special, either. They get full value for the win, don't get me wrong. They deserved to win and they did, but some of it was self-inflicted.” - Bruce Cassidy after his team’s loss against the Jets in their game on Tuesday, game 1 of this series.

LW Connor, Kyle

C Dubois, Pierre-Luc

RW Scheifele, Mark

LD Morrissey, Joshua

RD DeMelo, Dylan

G Hellebuyck, Connor

LW Dorofeyev, Pavel

C Eichel, Jack

RW Marchessault, Jonathan

LD Martinez, Alec

RD Martinez, Alec

G Brossoit, Laurent

Points: K. Connor (80)

Goals: M. Scheifele (42)

Assists: J. Morrissey (60)

GAA: C. Hellebuyck (2.49)

Points: J. Eichel (66)

Goals: J. Marchessault (28)

Assists: C. Stephenson (49)

GAA: L. Brossoit (2.17)

Coaches:

Winnipeg Jets: Rick Bowness (1st season)

Vegas Golden Knights: Bruce Cassidy (1st season)