Edmonton Oilers vs. Vegas Golden Knights Game 1 Prediction, NHL Odds
Edmonton defeated L.A. in six games in the first round, eliminating the Kings for the second year in a row. Vegas beat Winnipeg in five games after losing Game 1 at home. In fact, both Edmonton and Vegas fell at home in Game 1 in the first round series’ but strung off a bunch of wins after the wake-up call.
Puck drop for Game 1 Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena starts at 9:30 p.m. EDT, with Edmonton a slight -124 moneyline favourite on the road and the total at 6.5 on the NHL odds.
Oilers vs. Golden Knights NHL Playoffs Betting Odds
Oddsmakers have Edmonton as a -149 favourite to advance in this series with Oilers in six the most likely outcome at +395. Edmonton is also the current Stanley Cup winner favourite at +394. Vegas is fourth at +645 to win it all.
Head-to-head these divisional foes played four times in the regular season and the Oilers went 3-0-1 with two contests finishing in overtime. The over was 4-0 in the four meetings with a minimum of seven total goals in each game. So far 29 of Edmonton’s 44 road games have finished over the total. The Oilers also enter having won 13 of their last 15 games overall and nine of their last 10 on the road. Vegas is 5-1 in their last six home games.
Edmonton Oilers
After dropping two of their first three games last round, Edmonton’s league-best offence picked up the slack and buried five, six, and five goals in three consecutive victories to win the series against Los Angeles. The shift in scoring began with a 3-0 comeback in Game 4 that finished in a Zach Hyman overtime winner. Jack Campbell also picked up the win in net in Game 4 but it was Stuart Skinner starting all six games against L.A. and now moving forward.
Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid both reached double-digit points in the series with Draisaitl leading the team in both goals (seven) and points (11). Defenceman Evan Bouchard also had a tremendous series with 10 points. No other Oilers skaters had more than four points, but it was a true team effort defeating L.A. with players stepping up at different moments.
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is dealing with another injury scare. Captain Mark Stone is the need to know item around the Golden Knights right now. Stone left practice Tuesday visibly in discomfort although head coach Bruce Cassidy said everything is good with his captain. Stone returned last round from a 40-game absence due to a back injury and put up three goals and five assists in five games against Winnipeg last round. His eight points were tied with Chandler Stephenson for the team lead. Stephenson and William Karlsson led Vegas with four goals each last round. Jack Eichel also scored three times in his first post-season series.
Laurent Brossoit started all five games in net and was pretty solid with a .915 save percentage and 2.42 goals against average. Brossoit ended the regular season as the team’s starter in relief of the injured Logan Thompson and Adin Hill but has kept the crease with Hill returning last series.
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