{"id":548777,"date":"2026-04-09T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548777\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:24:42","slug":"vegas-favored-to-win-thursdays-nhl-matchup-4-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548777\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas favored to win Thursday’s NHL matchup [4\/9\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle Kraken and Vegas Golden Knights are scheduled to meet in the NHL at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday, with puck drop at 10:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n

Based on updated simulations, Dimers’ proven NHL model predicts the Golden Knights as the most likely winner of the Golden Knights vs. Kraken<\/a> game.<\/p>\n

This article offers further insights into Thursday’s matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Golden Knights vs. Kraken prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday’s NHL game between the Golden Knights and Kraken, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our independent predictive model currently gives the Golden Knights a 59% chance of beating the Kraken.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Kraken (+1.5) have a 63% chance of covering the puck line, while the 6-goal over\/under has a 51% chance of staying under.<\/p>\n

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Golden Knights vs. Kraken odds<\/p>\n

We have researched the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nGolden Knights
\nKraken<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n-1.5 (+140)
\n+1.5 (-155)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n-188
\n+160<\/p>\n

Total
\no6 (-120)
\nu6 (+100)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Golden Knights vs. Kraken picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Kraken and Vegas Golden Knights are scheduled to meet in the NHL at Climate Pledge Arena…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[149,5317,5,4,74,39,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-548777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-golden-knights","9":"tag-goldenknights","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-vegas","13":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","14":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116375209155123524","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}