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(17-7-1) Las Vegas Golden Knights vs. Detroit Red Wings (11-6-5)
Date: Saturday December 3rd
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Venue: Little Caesars Arena
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Golden Knights -140 Red Wings +115 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: N/A
NHL Betting Total: 6.5
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So don’t look now but the Wings are sitting 14th overall in the league and hold the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference right behind their old foe in the finals, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Wings are a flawed team still but they have a +2 goal differential and .614 points percentage. The Red Wings, the Senators and the Sabres were all slated to make a jump in terms of their schedule towards being a playoff ready team and the Wings are the furthest along.
The issue they have faced this season among analysts is that when they lose, they lose big. But nevertheless they are a fun team to watch and have a bright future.
The Golden Knights are still for real but have come back down to earth slightly. They are 3-3-1 in their last ten game stretch and have only scored 1 powerplay goal over that same period.
So we dive a little closer into this matchup between two teams with different season expectations, going down in the D.
Las Vegas Golden Knights
The Knights despite their recent struggles have remained a top 10 offence in the NHL and one thing they have in spades that other teams struggle with is depth scoring.
Logan Thompson continues to be a feel good story as well and keeps getting them wins with solid goaltending.
As a theme in my hockey coverage this year where we find nitpicky stuff about really good teams we look at the Knights special teams which is abysmal right now and could be a factor long term this season.
Their penalty kill is 23rd in the league at 74.6% and their powerplay is horrible also, which is surprising given the weapons they have. Regardless of their arsenal though they are only 20% on the peeper which is 21st in the league.
I doubt the powerplay stays at that clip it’s hard to picture, but they certainly need to get some stuff corrected.
Detroit Red Wings
I believe it’s likely that Husso will get the start in this one because he has been outstanding (still mad about this Ken Holland if you’re reading this). He has a .912 sv % and a 2.59 GAA, also a 9-3-3 record.
The Wings goals allowed per game total is 3.09 and tied for 13th overall which isn’t terrible but with Sieder and Chiarot back there you would have thought they would be at least slightly better than this and it’s been their blue line that has been their biggest weakness.
They also score at a rate of 3.23 goals per game on average which is pretty damn decent for this young group. And what will inevitably hurt that number is the fact they just announced today that forward Tyler Bertuzzi will miss 6 weeks after suffering a hand injury.
NHL Betting Trends:
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas’ last 5 games.
- Vegas are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 7 of Vegas’ last 8 games on the road.
- Vegas are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
- The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit’s last 9 games.
- Detroit are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
- Detroit are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games at home.
- Detroit are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
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I am very tempted to take the Wings as an upset here. It’s not that nuts and I think the line reflects that given how short of a favorite the Knights are.
I just can’t do it though. I think the Knights are clearly the much better team and will give the Red Wings a little more than they can handle.
Gimme the Knights with the juice.
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