The Vegas Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks meet in NHL action from the SAP Center on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Vegas is listed as a -160 road favorite while San Jose is a +140 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
For Vegas, Shea Theodore is out for this game while Reilly Smith and Logan Thompson are bot out until early April. For San Jose, Alexander Barabanov is questionable for this game while Evgeny Svechnikov and Andreas Johnsson are both out indefinitely.
Matchup History
Vegas’ 2-1 win over San Jose back on February 16th, 2023, made it five straight meetings without back-to-back wins in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Vegas is 7-0 in their last 7 road games and 8-2 in their last 10 games overall while the under is 10-1 in their lats 11 games following a loss by 3 or more goals. San Jose is 15-43 in their last 58 division games and 13-40 in their last 53 games overall while the over is 20-5-2 in their last 27 division games.
Pick
I’m backing Vegas here. The Golden Knights are the only team with anything to play for here and we can’t forget that this is a Sharks team that’s won just 7 times at home this season. Vegas is the better team and the price with the Golden Knights all things considered isn’t that bad. Give me Vegas here.