Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights: Game preview, predictions and odds

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights: Game preview, predictions and odds | March 7, 2025

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The Pittsburgh Penguins are on the road to face the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday at 10 p.m. ET.

They are coming off different results as Pittsburgh (24-30-10) suffered a 4-1 loss to Colorado on Tuesday while Vegas (37-18-6) defeated Toronto 5-2 on Wednesday.

Penguins vs Golden Knights: Head-to-head & key stats

Pittsburgh is 7-5 all-time against Vegas
The Penguins are 10-17-5 on the road
Vegas is 23-6-3 at home
Pittsburgh is averaging 2.85 goals per game
The Golden Knights are allowing 2.72 goals per game
The Penguins are allowing 3.6 goals per game
Vegas is averaging 3.3 goals per game

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights: Preview

Pittsburgh is on a three-game losing streak and will not make the playoffs this season. The Penguins are led by Sidney Crosby's 66 points, Rickard Rakell's 53 points, Bryan Rust's 47 points and Erik Karlsson's 45 points.

They are set to start Alex Nedeljkovic who is 12-13-5 with a 3.14 GAA and a .892 SV%. In his career against Vegas, he is 1-0 with a 0.75 GAA and a .979 SV%.

Meanwhile, Vegas is on a three-game winning streak and is one of the best teams in the NHL. The Golden Knights will start Adin Hill who is 23-10-4 with a 2.50 GAA and a .906 SV%. In his career against Pittsburgh, he is 1-1-2 with a 2.21 GAA and a .932 SV%.

The Golden Knights are led by Jack Eichel who has 74 points, Mark Stone with 51 points and Tomas Hertl and Shea Theodore with 48 points each.

Penguins vs Golden Knights: Odds & Prediction

Pittsburgh is a +190 underdog while Vegas is a -230 favorite. The over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Penguins have been struggling this season and going on the road to play Vegas is a tough spot to be in. The problem for Pittsburgh this season has been its goaltending which will likely struggle as Vegas has one of the best offenses in the league.

Look for Vegas to get out to an early lead and score plenty of goals to get the win at home.

Prediction: Vegas 5, Pittsburgh 2.

Penguins vs Golden Knights: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Vegas -1.5 (-230)

Tip 2: Over 6.5 goals (+100)

Tip 3: Tomas Hertl 3+ shots on goal (+125)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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