The Minnesota Wild will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, to face the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. The game will start at 10:00 PM ET on Friday night and air on Bally Sports North.

The Minnesota Wild have been eliminated from playoff contention for the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They enter this game with a record of 37-32-9 and 83 points, which puts them nine points behind the Vegas Golden Knights for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. With only four games left in the regular season, they can't surpass the Golden Knights. 

Minnesota has struggled over their last four games, compiling a record of 1-3, with the lone win coming against one of the worst teams in the NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks, and has lost the three other games by an average margin of 2.67 goals per game including a 2-5 loss on the road against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. This will be the 3^rd meeting the Wild have faced the Golden Knights this season, with the teams splitting the first two games. Minnesota has outscored Vegas by an average of 3 to 2.5 goals per game in the previous contests this season. 

The Minnesota Wild will look to win the regular season series against the Vegas Golden Knights when they travel to Vegas for game three of the regular season series.

The Vegas Golden Knights are close to locking up a spot in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs as they enter this game with a three-point lead over the St. Louis Blues for the final spot in the Western Conference with four games left to play in the regular season and will face the Chicago Blackhawks and the Anaheim Ducks in their final two games of the regular season. 

However, the Golden Knights are riding a three-game losing streak following a 1-5 loss on the road against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday and have lost their previous three games by an average margin of 2.67 goals per game. The Golden Knights have won seven of the last ten meetings in the series and have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game in those matchups. 

The Vegas Golden Knights will host the Minnesota Wild on Friday night, looking to win the regular season series 2-1.

JustBet has the Vegas Golden Knights listed as -170 moneyline favorites at home against the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Vegas has won seven of the previous ten games in the series and has won by an average margin of .8 goals per game in those meetings, while the teams have split the two meetings this season, with the Wild having outscored the Golden Knights by an average of .5 goals per game in those contests.

Minnesota has already been eliminated from playoff contention, while Vegas is looking to secure their spot in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference. The Golden Knights have won seven of the previous ten meetings and have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game in those meetings while having also won the regular season series in each of the previous three seasons and will look to win the regular season series again this season. Take the moneyline for the Vegas Golden Knights when they host the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.