Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights odds, picks and prediction
The Vegas Golden Knights (10-2-1) play host to the Colorado Avalanche (7-4-1) for the second time in three days before this head-to-head series flips to Denver for Games 3 and 4 of the four-game set. Tuesday's puck drop at T-Mobile Arena is set for 10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Avalanche-Golden Knights NHL odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
The Golden Knights pulled out a 1-0 victory Sunday in a shockingly low-scoring game between two of the NHL's top offenses. Avs D Cale Makar missed the game due to an upper-body injury and remains questionable. D Samuel Girard and LW Gabriel Landeskog remain in the league's COVID-19 protocols.
Golden Knights D Shea Theodore and G Robin Lehner also remain questionable due to upper-body injuries.
Avalanche at Golden Knights: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports' betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:22 a.m. ET.
- Money line : Avalanche -105 (bet $105 to win $100) | Golden Knights -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS : Avalanche +1.5 (-300) | Golden Knights -1.5 (+240)
- Over/Under : 6 (O: -105 | U: -115)
Avalanche at Golden Knights: Projected starting goalies
Philipp Grubauer (7-3-0, .937 SV%, 1.61 GAA) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (7-1-0, .944 SV%, 1.38 GAA)
Grubauer took a rare loss Sunday with 1 goal allowed on 24 shots faced. He had won his previous four starts but still hasn't allowed multiple goals in an outing since giving up 3 on 30 shots in a win over the San Jose Sharks Jan. 26.
Fleury continues to handle a heavier workload with Lehner out of the lineup. The veteran leads the league in both save percentage and goals against average, and he recorded his second shutout of the season Sunday.
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Avalanche at Golden Knights: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Golden Knights 5, Avalanche 2
Money line (ML)
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS (-110) should be backed once again for the straight-up win. Makar's absence is the most significant injury on either side.
Both teams are in the top-eight of the NHL in all three of Corsi For percentage, scoring chances for and expected goals for at 5-on-5. The Avalanche had more shot attempts and scoring chances Sunday, but the Knights earned a split in high-difficulty attempts.
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Against the spread (ATS)
Chase the value with GOLDEN KNIGHTS -1.5 (+240) to win by 2 or more goals. Defense is Colorado's thinnest positional group and the absences of Makar and Girard affect the team at both ends of the ice.
The Golden Knights have won by 2 or more goals just three times in their last 10 games, but they should be able to take better advantage of Colorado's absences in the second meeting in three days.
Over/Under (O/U)
Take the OVER 6 (-105) with the line suppressed following Sunday's low-scoring affair.
Vegas is 8-5 against the Over/Under for the season and the four head-to-head contests prior to Sunday had each played to the Over.
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