Vegas at Minnesota

The Vegas Golden Knights made changes to their second and third lines for this season after losing James Neal and David Perron. They didn't look ready in a 5-2 loss at home to the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday. The defense was great last year but was awful in the opener, while the offense mustered just 23 shots. They got out-hit 41-31 and lost the giveaway battle 10-5. Now they head out on the road in a tough place to play. The Minnesota Wild is returning most of the same core of forwards in its top nine. Minnesota opened the season on the road, but now plays seven of nine at the Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota is 185-118 ATS at home in the first half of the season, as well as 15-4 after a loss of three or more goals. Play Minnesota.