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(NHL) Las Vegas vs. St. Louis,
Total: 5.50 | -107.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 5.50 | -107.00 Under
Result: Loss
The set-up: Right from the opening of the season (Vegas came out of the gate 8-1-0), the Golden Knights have been the feel-good story of the 2017-18 season. Vegas will visit St. Louis tonight having won eight straight, while boasting a 13-game point streak (12-0-1). Both are NHL records for a first-year club, giving the expansion team a 27-9-2 (56 points) record, good enough for first place in the Pacific Division (only the Lightning, with 60 points, have a better record in the entire NHL). The 25-15-2 (52 points) St. Louis Blues sit in second-place in the Central Division, just one point behind Winnipeg. The Blues have hopefully righted the ship with two straight victories, following a 2-7-0 stretch.
Vegas: With the team's 3-0 win over Nashville on Tuesday, Vegas improved to a spectacular 17-2-1 at home. ""We just keep playing our game and have good success," Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant told reporters after the win. "It's about competing and getting ready for the next game. If we keep playing the kind of hockey we're playing, we're going to win a lot of hockey games." Jonathan Marchessault (team-high 37 points) signed a six-year, $30 million contract extension Wednesday and has scored in three straight contests. He owns a seven-game point streak (five goals, six assists). He's getting plenty of help, as Vegas has five players with 10 or more goals. William Karlsson (club-best 20 goals) has five tallies in his last five contests, James Neal (17) has gone five games without scoring after recording one in three straight contests and Erik Haula, who played his 300th career game Tuesday, has 14.
St. Louis: Vladimir Tarasenko now shares the team lead in goals with Brayden Schenn after scoring his 17th of the season in Tuesday's 3-2 shootout victory over New Jersey. Schenn (club-high 41 points) has only two goals and two assists in 12 games since Jaden Schwartz was lost with an ankle injury scoring just once in the past 11 contests. Vladimir Sobotka registered his eighth goal of the season Tuesday and is one shy of matching his career high set in 2013-14. In net, Carter Hutton might be the backup goalie on the St. Louis Blues depth chart but he's certainly playing like a No. 1. He is 11-3-0, with a 1.88 goals-against average, a .937 save percentage, and one shutout in his last 14 starts.
The pick: Marc-Andre Fleury is back healthy for Vegas (8-1-1, 1.77 GAA & .943 SP), so at first blush, it may seem like an Under with Hutton on a roll, as well. However, Vegas is a different team on the road (10-7-1) and a typical road game this season for the Golden Knights averages just slightly over 6 1/2 goals. Make the Over a 10* play.
Vegas: With the team's 3-0 win over Nashville on Tuesday, Vegas improved to a spectacular 17-2-1 at home. ""We just keep playing our game and have good success," Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant told reporters after the win. "It's about competing and getting ready for the next game. If we keep playing the kind of hockey we're playing, we're going to win a lot of hockey games." Jonathan Marchessault (team-high 37 points) signed a six-year, $30 million contract extension Wednesday and has scored in three straight contests. He owns a seven-game point streak (five goals, six assists). He's getting plenty of help, as Vegas has five players with 10 or more goals. William Karlsson (club-best 20 goals) has five tallies in his last five contests, James Neal (17) has gone five games without scoring after recording one in three straight contests and Erik Haula, who played his 300th career game Tuesday, has 14.
St. Louis: Vladimir Tarasenko now shares the team lead in goals with Brayden Schenn after scoring his 17th of the season in Tuesday's 3-2 shootout victory over New Jersey. Schenn (club-high 41 points) has only two goals and two assists in 12 games since Jaden Schwartz was lost with an ankle injury scoring just once in the past 11 contests. Vladimir Sobotka registered his eighth goal of the season Tuesday and is one shy of matching his career high set in 2013-14. In net, Carter Hutton might be the backup goalie on the St. Louis Blues depth chart but he's certainly playing like a No. 1. He is 11-3-0, with a 1.88 goals-against average, a .937 save percentage, and one shutout in his last 14 starts.
The pick: Marc-Andre Fleury is back healthy for Vegas (8-1-1, 1.77 GAA & .943 SP), so at first blush, it may seem like an Under with Hutton on a roll, as well. However, Vegas is a different team on the road (10-7-1) and a typical road game this season for the Golden Knights averages just slightly over 6 1/2 goals. Make the Over a 10* play.
