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Rogers' 10* TOTAL MASSACRE >> SIZZLING 102-79-1 L182!
(NHL) New Jersey vs. Vegas,
Total: 5.50 | 100.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 5.50 | 100.00 Under
Result: Win
The set-up: The Vegas Golden Knights won the last three games of the team's five-game road trip (4-0-1) and return home with a 45-19-5 record (95 points). The first-place Golden Knights own a 12-point lead over San Jose in the Pacific Division with 13 games to play, as they prepare to open a four-game homestand against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night. New Jersey had lost four of five before opening a six-game road trip (lasting 14 days!) with a 3-2 shootout victory at Nashville on Saturday, snapping the Predators' 10-game winning streak. The 35-26-8 Devils are holding down the final playoff slot in the Eastern Conference with 78 points, one point behind Columbus and three ahead of the Florida Panthers.
New Jersey: The Devils are struggling to score lately, as New Jersey has scored more than two goals in regulation only twice in the past 11 games and is scraping to find offense from someone other than Taylor Hall (30 goals & 74 points), who has 31 points more than anyone else on the team. However, Hall has been held off the scoresheet in back-to-back games, after collecting at least one point in each of his previous 26 contests. Defenseman Sami Vatanen is doing his part at both ends of the ice in recent games, collecting 12 points over the past 12 games and playing at least 23 minutes 11 times in that span.
Vegas: The Golden Knights are inching closer to a Pacific Division title in their first year of existence (quite a story). Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury allowed two goals or fewer in each of the four victories on the road trip and reached a milestone by becoming the 13th goaltender in history with 400 wins in Monday's 3-2 triumph at Philadelphia. Fleury missed two months earlier in the season after suffering a concussion but has now joined Roberto Luongo and Henrik Lundqvist as the only active goaltenders to amass 400 victories.Fleury's been great (2.15 GGA & .930 SP) but the Vegas offense averages 3.36 GPG (3rd-best), led by four players with 60-plus points. Jonathan Marchessault leads with 65 points and William Karlsson has 62 points, including a team-high 36 goals.
The pick: Vegas is 24-7-2 at home, where the team averages 3.64 GPG. The Devils are struggling right now to score but I still think this games goes "over the total," as the Golden Knights wlll get theirs plus the Devils are a way better offensive team than they have shown lately (look for Hall to get on the scoresheet). Make the Over a 10* play.
New Jersey: The Devils are struggling to score lately, as New Jersey has scored more than two goals in regulation only twice in the past 11 games and is scraping to find offense from someone other than Taylor Hall (30 goals & 74 points), who has 31 points more than anyone else on the team. However, Hall has been held off the scoresheet in back-to-back games, after collecting at least one point in each of his previous 26 contests. Defenseman Sami Vatanen is doing his part at both ends of the ice in recent games, collecting 12 points over the past 12 games and playing at least 23 minutes 11 times in that span.
Vegas: The Golden Knights are inching closer to a Pacific Division title in their first year of existence (quite a story). Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury allowed two goals or fewer in each of the four victories on the road trip and reached a milestone by becoming the 13th goaltender in history with 400 wins in Monday's 3-2 triumph at Philadelphia. Fleury missed two months earlier in the season after suffering a concussion but has now joined Roberto Luongo and Henrik Lundqvist as the only active goaltenders to amass 400 victories.Fleury's been great (2.15 GGA & .930 SP) but the Vegas offense averages 3.36 GPG (3rd-best), led by four players with 60-plus points. Jonathan Marchessault leads with 65 points and William Karlsson has 62 points, including a team-high 36 goals.
The pick: Vegas is 24-7-2 at home, where the team averages 3.64 GPG. The Devils are struggling right now to score but I still think this games goes "over the total," as the Golden Knights wlll get theirs plus the Devils are a way better offensive team than they have shown lately (look for Hall to get on the scoresheet). Make the Over a 10* play.
