Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks odds, picks and best bets
The Vegas Golden Knights (19-13-6) visit the San Jose Sharks (16-19-2) Sunday at SAP Center at San Jose for a 10 p.m. ET puck drop. We analyze the Golden Knights-Sharks sports betting odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips and picks around this matchup.
Golden Knights at Sharks: Projected starting goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Martin Jones
Fleury is 14-7-3 with a .915 save percentage and 2.63 goals against average. His last time out, he gave up five goals on 34 shots in an overtime loss against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.
Jones remains a volatile starting option for the Sharks. He leads the league in both losses (14) and goals allowed (87). He is 12-14-1 with a .888 SV% and 3.29 GAA.
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Golden Knights at Sharks: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Golden Knights 6, Sharks 3
Moneyline (ML)
The Sharks (+125) come into Sunday off of back-to-back losses to the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday (3-2) and St. Louis Blues on Saturday (5-2). They've dropped eight of their last nine games and are 2-7-1 across their last 10 games. They remain a strong fade despite an adequate 10-10-0 home record.
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS (-150) will be the play. They've been off since that loss to the Canucks on Thursday. They're 6-2-2 across their last 10 games and 9-7-3 on the road for the season. Vegas has a plus-6 goal differential on the season while San Jose is at minus-30.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Golden Knights to win outright returns a profit of $6.67.
Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
VEGAS (-1.5, +180) has significant advantages in Corsi (total shot attempts), scoring chances and PDO (save percentage plus shooting percentage) at 5-on-5. Back the visitors to win by at least 2 goals for a greater return on your investment. The same $10 bet will return a profit of $18.
The Golden Knights are 15-23 against the spread overall and 8-11 on the road while the Sharks are just 16-21 ATS overall and 9-11 at home. Eleven of the Golden Knights' 19 wins on the season have been decided by margins of at least 2 goals.
Over/Under (O/U)
Take the OVER 5.5 (-150) and feel free to wager heavily. The Knights are 4-6 against the Over/Under across their last 10 games and the Sharks went 5-5 against the projected totals, but it's a battle of two shaky goaltenders. Both sides will be able to put up a comfortable goal total and send this one Over the number in the second period.
Esten's NHL betting record: 137-108
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