Penguins vs Golden Knights Prediction, Odds & Props

NHL · Sat, Oct 17 · 10:08 PM ET

Pittsburgh Penguins

Away · 3-5

Vegas Golden Knights

Home · 8-2

Scouting report

Sprinkle's read:PIT +1.5 puck line★★★

A dog that keeps it close

Pittsburgh has stayed within a goal in one of their last five, and the puck line pays you for a one-goal loss.

The number

At +1.5 a regulation loss by one still cashes; only a two-goal defeat, empty-netter included, beats it.

The decider

Silovs is the weaker net by a wide margin right now — stopping about nine of ten, a touch under his baseline — so Pittsburgh's side of the scoreboard is the one likely to move.

The context

These two have been playing different games: Vegas's games are ordinary, Pittsburgh's are track meets. This bet is really a question of which pattern holds. Pittsburgh is putting 30.3 shots a game on net and finishing 11.8% of them.

Situational

Pittsburgh is on the second night of a back-to-back; Vegas is on the second night of a back-to-back — a notch toward the under.

What breaks this

Their last meeting went at a 8-goal pace. Silovs has been the weak link; another soft night sinks it.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Last five

W7-0 @ PHI
W6-5 vs MTL
L2-3 vs WPG
L3-5 @ WSH
L3-5 @ CHI

Out

No players listed out.

Vegas Golden Knights

Last five

W3-2 @ VAN
W6-2 @ SEA
W2-1 vs LA
L2-4 @ MIN
W5-2 @ NSH

Out

No players listed out.

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