San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights Betting Preview

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Brent Burns, Logan Couture, and the San Jose Sharks will face off against Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson, and the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in a divisional tilt. AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain will broadcast the action, which gets going at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 24.

San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden Knights Odds

Moneyline odds have not yet been posted for this matchup.

San Jose is 12-11 straight up (SU) and has lost 6.5 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Through 23 regular season contests, 13 of its games have gone over the total, while nine have gone under and none have pushed. The Sharks are 4-6 SU as a road team in 2018-19.

San Jose has converted on 21.1 percent of its power play opportunities this season, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, it has the second-best penalty kill in the league, and it has successfully killed off a whopping 89.7 percent of its penalties..

With a .891 save percentage and 24.5 saves per game, Martin Jones (9-7-2) has been the best option in goal for San Jose this year. If San Jose decides to rest him, however, head coach Peter Deboer may go with Aaron Dell (3-4-2), who has a .928 save percentage and 2.12 goals against average this year.

On the other side of the ice, Vegas is 11-13 straight up (SU) and has lost 7.2 units for moneyline bettors this year. 14 of its matches have gone under the total, while nine have gone over and none have pushed. It’s 6-4 SU at home this year.

The Golden Knights have converted on just 17.9 percent of their power play opportunities this season, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked ninth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 81.7 percent of all opponent power plays.

Marc-Andre Fleury has stopped 23.4 shots per game as the top netminder in goal for the Golden Knights. Fleury has 11 wins, nine losses, and one overtime loss to his credit and has recorded a 2.45 goals against average and a fairly-weak .907 save percentage this year.

San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden Knights Betting Predictions

Pick: SU Winner – Sharks, O/U – Over

Betting Trends

  • The Golden Knights are 1-1 in games decided by a shootout this season while the Sharks are 0-2 in shootouts.
  • The under has hit in three of Vegas’ last five outings.
  • This game features two teams that fire the puck on goal a lot. San Jose has taken the league’s fourth-most shots on goal (35.2) while Vegas’s attempted the eighth-most (32.8).
  • The Knights this season have tallied the second-most hits per game in the NHL (27.8), but the team’s averaged 30.8 over their last five home games.