The Vegas Golden Knights (5-1-3) and Carolina Hurricanes (6-2-0) meet Tuesday. Puck drop from Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NHL odds around the Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes odds and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Season series: Golden Knights lead 1-0
Vegas won 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Oct. 20 as slight underdogs (+100) as the Under (6) cashed. Forwards Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Dorofeyev, William Karlsson and C Jack Eichel scored even-strength goals for VGK, while Sebastian Aho had the lone score for the Canes. In that win, goaltender Adin Hill left the game due to injury after just 4 saves midway through the first period. G Akira Schmid stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced for the relief victory.
Carolina is back home after a 6-game road trip, playing its first home game since Oct. 11, as the Canes are traditionally sent away for 2 weeks in October due to the North Carolina State Fair being right across the street from Lenovo Center. The Canes are 2-0-0 in 2 home games Oct. 9-11, while cashing as a favorite in both. The Over is also 2-0 at home.
The Golden Knights have had a power outage lately, scoring just a single goal in 2 losses in Florida. The Golden Knights lost 2-1 in OT at the Tampa Bay Lightning last time out on Sunday, following up a 3-0 loss at the Florida Panthers on Saturday. The Under has cashed in 3 straight outings. Schmid and Carl Lindbom split the starts in Florida, as Hill remains sidelined.
Golden Knights at Hurricanes odds
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Moneyline (ML): Golden Knights +118 (bet $100 to win $118) | Hurricanes -145 (bet $145 to win $100)Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Golden Knights +1.5 (-200) | Hurricanes -1.5 (+165)Over/Under (O/U): 6 (O: -120 | U: +100)Golden Knights at Hurricanes projected goalies
Akira Schmid (4-1-0, 2.67 GAA, .896 SV%) vs. Frederik Andersen (4-1-0, 2.72 GAA, .901 SV%)
Schmid allowed 3 goals on 26 shots in the 3-0 loss Saturday in Florida, following up his relief appearance and victory against Carolina last Monday. Schmid has won 4 of his 5 appearances, allowing 3 or fewer goals in 4 of those outings.
Andersen conceded 4 goals on 48 shots in a 5-4 shootout win against the Colorado Avalanche on the road Thursday in his most recent appearance. He allowed 3 goals on 35 shots in the 4-1 loss at Vegas, and he has allowed 3 or fewer goals in 5 starts to date. At home, Andersen is 2-0-0 with a 2.89 GAA and .867 SV% in 2 starts.
Golden Knights at Hurricanes picks and predictionsPrediction
Hurricanes 3, Golden Knights 2
The HURRICANES (-145) are worth playing as a moderate favorite, as Carolina searches for a little bit of revenge.
Carolina has won each of its 2 games at home, and the Hurricanes are going to come home, enjoy some home cooking, and get some revenge against Vegas after its first loss in regulation to date.
The Golden Knights +1.5 (-200) will cost you 2 times your potential return, and that’s a little too expensive for a little bit of insurance. As an underdog, Vegas is 2-1 on the puck line as an underdog, and the outright win was against the Canes.
However, it’s too expensive to play VGK alone on the puck line. If you add it to a multi-leg parlay, it would be OK to play this.
PASS on playing Vegas as a singular play.
UNDER 6 (+100) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.
The Under is 4-2 in the past 6 games for the Hurricanes, but be careful, as the Over has cashed in each of Carolina’s 2 home games to date.
The Under has cashed in 3 in a row for VGK, averaging 1.7 goals per game, while allowing 2.0 GPG in the span.
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