The Golden Knights are no strangers to being heavy favorites, especially in home games. This season Vegas have been at least a -200 favorite in six of their 13 games, the most of any team in the NHL. Tonight though, it’s on another level.
At William Hill, the Golden Knights are currently -550 favorites over the San Jose Sharks. It’s the largest moneyline favorite the Golden Knights have ever been in any of their 557-game history as a franchise, and it’s not even particularly close.
The previous high was -440, a number the Golden Knights have hit twice. In 2021-22 Vegas were -440 in home games against the Sabres and Coyotes. Vegas have been at least -400 favorites on four occasions, they’ve won three of the four games.
2/1/22: -440 vs BUF (5-2 win)
4/9/22: -440 vs ARI (6-1 win)
11/17/22: -400 vs ARI (4-1 win)
3/23/19: -400 vs DET (3-2 loss)
VGK have been at least -300 favorites 15 times. Their record isn’t particularly great considering the expectation of lopsided contests. The Golden Knights are 9-6 in these games including a loss to San Jose in April of 2022.
2/12/23: -375 vs ANA (7-2 win)
10/27/23: -360 vs CHI (3-2 loss)
10/14/23: -355 vs ANA (4-1 win)
10/13/22: -355 vs CHI (1-0 win)
4/23/22: -340 vs SJS (5-4 loss)
3/1/20: -340 vs LAK (4-1 loss)
3/19/23: -335 vs CBJ (7-2 win)
1/20/22: -320 vs MTL (4-3 win)
10/17/19: -320 vs OTT (3-2 win)
4/18/22: -310 vs NJD (3-2 loss)
3/3/20: -310 vs NJD (3-0 win)
12/21/22: -305 vs ARI (5-2 win)
3/20/28: -305 vs VAN (4-1 win)
10/28/22: -300 vs ANA (4-0 win)
2/21/23: -300 at CHI (3-2 loss)
Tonight is the first foray into the land of -500 for Vegas. Next stop, -600, a place we’ve only seen a few times in NHL history, most recently when the Maple Leafs beat Chicago 5-2 in a February game in Toronto.
Emmanuel
I like that 3rd line:
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Jonathan Marchessault
William Carrier — Michael Amadio — Mark Stone
Paul Cotter — William Karlsson — Pavel Dorofeyev
Jonas Rondbjerg — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton — Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson
Emmanuel
But it would be interesting to flip the 2C & 3C……
knights fan in minny
good to se cloudy back in the line up
THE hockey GOD
his nick name is Whitey
Chris
These teams should not be comparable. Yet one is on a 2 game winning streak and one is on a two game losing streak.
Emmanuel
I apologize for hogging the boards but there are a LOT of interesting things going on:
1. Would you want Draisaitl on the VGK?
2. Whats the most you would give up for him?
Jailbird
NO! &. Nothing,
TS
Emmanuel, don’t apologize for posting!! Keep it going!
Vic
Ditto
Emmanuel
When i first posted, i had 3 of the first 4 posts so it felt awkward, anyways i got bumped down somehow….
Puzzingly, no one seems interested in the 3rd best player in the league (supposedly).
TS
Emmanuel, I believe the new posts are posted at the top of comments section, and older posts move down. Silly fact.
hdbiker7851
They should have beat the DUCKS and failed – they forgot how difficult it was to beat LA – 2 losses in a row. The sharks have been a push over for Vegas just as the Ducks had been in the past – don’t be so sure Vegas is going to pound them – I hope so, but you can never tell and that is just being a realist not being negative as some would like to suggest. GO KNIGHT GO and get back on the winning track.