{"id":573394,"date":"2026-05-12T21:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/573394\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:54:16","slug":"ducks-vs-golden-knights-game-5-prediction-nhl-odds-picks-best-bet-for-stanley-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/573394\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks vs. Golden Knights Game 5 prediction: NHL odds, picks, best bet for Stanley Cup playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ducks and Golden Knights have gone tit for tat through the first four tilts of this conference semis series.<\/p>\n

Knotted up at two games apiece heading back to Las Vegas, the pattern says it\u2019s the Golden Knights\u2019 turn for victory \u2014 they are listed as -162 favorites at DraftKings<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anaheim was one shot better on the power play, going 2-for-4, as Alex Killorn and rookie Beckett Sennecke each notched a power-play goal and an assist to edge Vegas 4-3. The Ducks are now cruising to a 32.3 percent clip on the man advantage, which is the best rate of any team left still playing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knights lost captain Mark Stone for the second and third periods of Game 4 due to a lower-body injury. They will carry on without him again on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ducks vs. Golden Knights Game 5 prediction, best bet<\/p>\n

Many expected the Ducks to fold under pressure against a veteran Vegas team that\u2019s three years removed from hoisting the Stanley Cup<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But their victory Sunday was arguably their most complete performance of the playoffs \u2014\u00a0a run that has so far made for top-five marks in both Expected Goals and Corsi Percentage (puck possession) at five-on-five.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anaheim is doing an outstanding job stacking the neutral zone and preventing clean zone entries, which even Vegas head coach John Tortorella credited. <\/p>\n

We saw dangerous chances muted in Game 4 with forwards collapsing low to support a defense that was aggressive in boxing out forwards and clearing out rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"MayJack Eichel (9) moves the puck against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period in game three of the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center. Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Vegas leans heavily on interior offense, and outside of Mitch Marner and Brett Howden, no one is generating enough right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It might be time to give credit where it\u2019s due: we all underestimated the Ducks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joel Quenneville\u2019s lineup changes paid instant dividends. Mason McTavish, Olen Zellweger and Ian Moore, who scored the game winner, all made noticeable impacts after returning to the lineup. <\/p>\n

The young talent is adapting on the fly as Beckett Sennecke continues his breakout postseason with three straight games with a goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Betting on the NHL? <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a four-way tie for the team postseason points leader between Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Jackson LaCombe and Troy Terry. All of them are playing their debut playoff campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lukas Dostal bounced back nicely in Game 4 after getting the hook in the game prior. He has stopped only 88 percent of the shots he\u2019s faced in this series, but the structure in front of him is enough to keep the net fortified no matter which version he brings with a playoff-worst minus-4.4 Goals Saved Above Expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Ducks have allowed 6.99 Expected Goals Against to Vegas\u2019 8.17 in this series, so I\u2019m taking the better defensive profile to prevail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

THE PLAY: Ducks (+136, DraftKings)<\/p>\n

Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n

Sean Treppedi handicaps the NFL, NHL, MLB and college football for the New York Post. He primarily focuses on picks that reflect market value while tracking trends to mitigate risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[233,183,149,5317,5,4,351,43,171,352,74,39,5316],"class_list":["post-573394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vegas-golden-knights","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-betting","tag-golden-knights","tag-goldenknights","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-betting","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-picks","tag-vegas","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-vegasgoldenknights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116563834848285206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573394","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=573394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}