Stars vs. Golden Knights NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - April 29

The Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights are coming off a victory and a loss, respectively, heading into their meeting at T-Mobile Arena on Monday at 9:30 PM ET. The Golden Knights are underdogs despite being the hosts, at +104, and the Stars are -125.

Dallas claimed a 3-2 road victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in its last game on April 27. Three Stars players had two points each, including Miro Heiskanen (one goal and one assist) and Jason Robertson (two assists).

Vegas lost 3-2 in overtime at home against the Dallas Stars in its most recent game on April 27. Brayden McNabb's two points (one goal and one assist) in that matchup led the Golden Knights.

Get ready for this NHL Playoffs First Round matchup with a look at who we project to come out on top.

Stars vs. Golden Knights Predictions & Pick

Ahead of the upcoming game between the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights, computer-derived moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, sourced from Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Stars 3 - Golden Knights 2
• Pick OU: Under 5.5 (Dunkel projecting 5.09 goals)
  

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Stars vs. Golden Knights Moneylines

Snag a look below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Stars-Golden Knights game.

• Favorite: Stars (-125)
• Underdog: Golden Knights (+104)

Stars Betting Insights

• The Stars are 49-26 this season when listed as a moneyline favorite.
• When playing with moneyline odds of -125 or shorter, Dallas is 44-21 (winning 67.7% of the time).
• Based on this contest's moneyline, the Stars have an implied probability of 55.6% to win.
• Dallas and its opponent have combined to score more than 5.5 goals in 49 of 85 games this season.

Golden Knights Betting Insights

• The Golden Knights have been made an underdog 31 times this season, and won 16, or 51.6%, of those games.
• Vegas has a record of 11-7 in games when bookmakers have them as underdogs of at least +104 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline in this outing implies a 49.0% chance of victory for the Golden Knights.
• Vegas has played 45 games this season that finished with more than 5.5 goals.

Stars Key Stats

• Dallas' 294 total goals (3.6 per game) rank third in the league.
• Defensively, the Stars have been one of the stingiest units in league action, giving up 232 total goals (2.8 per game) to rank eighth.
• Its +62 goal differential is the third-best in the league.
• The 58 power-play goals the Stars have recorded this season are ninth-best in the NHL (on 240 power-play chances).
• Dallas ranks sixth in the league with a 24.17% power-play conversion rate.
• The Stars have scored 12 shorthanded goals this season (second among NHL squads).
• Dallas has the league's eighth-best penalty-kill percentage (82.01%).
• Dallas has the second-best faceoff win rate in the NHL, at 54%.
• The Stars have an 11.4% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks fourth in the league.

Golden Knights Key Stats

• Vegas has 263 goals this season (3.2 per game), 13th in the NHL.
• The Golden Knights give up 3.0 goals per game (243 in total), 11th in the NHL.
• With a goal differential of +20, the team is 13th in the league.
• The Golden Knights have 51 power-play goals (on 252 chances), 17th in the NHL.
• Vegas' power-play percentage (20.24) puts the team 20th in the league.
• This season, the Golden Knights have nine shorthanded goals (ninth in league).
• At 79.34%, Vegas has the 16th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• Vegas is 17th in faceoff win rate in the NHL (50.2%).
• With a shooting percentage of 10.3%, the Golden Knights are 13th in the league.