Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds

Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 16, 2025

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The Vegas Golden Knights are on the road to play the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, April 16 at 10 p.m. ET.

Vegas (49-22-10) is coming off a 5-4 shootout loss to Calgary. Vancouver (38-29-14) is coming off a 2-1 OT win over San Jose.

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

Vegas is 17-4-3 all-time against Vancouver
The Golden Knights are averaging 3.33 goals per game
Vancouver is 17-15-8 at home
Vegas is allowing 2.62 goals per game
The Canucks are averaging 2.86 goals per game
The Golden Knights are 20-13-7 on the road
Vancouver is allowing 3.04 goals per game

Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks: Preview

Vegas is set to play its final game of the season and will likely rest some key players here. The Golden Knights are led by Jack Eichel, who has 93 points, Mark Stone has 67 points, Tomas Hertl has 61 points, and Shea Theodore has 55 points.

The Golden Knights will start Akira Schmid, who's 1-0-1 with a 1.35 GAA and a 945 SV%. This will be his first start against Vancouver.

The Canucks, meanwhile, are eliminated from playoff contention and don't have much to play for here. Vancouver will start Kevin Lankinen, who's 25-15-10 with a 2.64 GAA and a .901 SV%. In his career against Vegas, he's 3-3-2 with a 3.08 GAA and a .901 SV%.

Vancouver is led by Quinn Hughes, who has 76 points, Brock Boeser has 50 points, Conor Garland has 49 points, Jake DeBrusk has 48 points, and Pius Suter has 45 points.

Golden Knights vs Canucks: Odds & Prediction

Vegas is a -115 favorite while Vancouver is a -105 underdog, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Golden Knights end their season with a back-to-back on Wednesday. Vegas is focused on the playoffs, while Vancouver will want to give their fans a win to end the season.

The Canucks should be able to score Schmid as Vancouver will get a big win at home here.

Prediction: Vancouver 4, Vegas 3.

Golden Knights vs Canucks: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Vancouver ML (-105)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-110)

Tip 3: Jake DeBrusk 2+ shots on goal (-165)

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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