Bet MINNESOTA. We lost with this same pick Sunday only because of an empty net goal with just ONE SECOND to go in the game. Tough way to lose but we get it right back here and have even more line value for Game 2 with this line at -130 for the +1.5 goals with the Wild. Plenty of value here with the scrappy underdog Wild here in a game projected to be tight and low-scoring just like the first game of this post-season series was for much of the way. Gustavsson has been strong in goal for Minnesota and all the pressure is on Vegas here to go up 2-0 at home as they are the prohibitive favorites in this series. Prior to this series, the Golden Knights won their meaningless season finale 4-1 but this followed a stretch of 8 games in which only ONE was a Vegas win by more than a 1-goal margin. Prior to this series, the Wild had only 6 losses by more than 1 goal in last 18 games! Vegas won all 3 regular season meetings and the first game of this series but that truly has them over-valued here which has led this excellent value with the +1.5 goals. We'll take it! Bet MINNESOTA +1.5 goals