Blues vs Golden Knights NHL Odds Preview
Western Conference Battle in Las Vegas on Monday
The St. Louis Blues look for some luck on the Vegas Strip on Monday as they take on the Golden Knights in a National Hockey League contest. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors for this Western Conference battle in this betting preview of Blues vs Golden Knights NHL Odds for Monday night in Vegas.
Blues vs Golden Knights 
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Location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Streaming: ESPN+/Live Sports Stream
Offense Vanishing in Vegas?
The Vegas Golden Knights had been struggling over the last couple of weeks, signaling the first real slump for the defending Stanley Cup champions in quite a while, but coach Bruce Cassidy’s club isn’t even close to hitting the panic button as the offense woke up to beat both Vancouver on Thursday and Washington on Saturday, by identical 4-1 final NHL scores.
With starting goalie Adin Hill day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, the Golden Knights will turn to Logan Thompson between the pipes. The 26-year old who had a tremendous run for most of last NHL season as the starter before suffering an injury in early February, Thompson is 6-3-2 in eleven starts this season, with a 2.36 goals-against average and a .918% save percentage on the season.
Blues Keeping Tempo
The St. Louis Blues have been playing rollercoaster hockey in the last week and a half, alternating wins and losses over their last six games entering tonight’s road showdown with the Vegas Golden Knights. One star on the rise to watch out for on this club is forward Jake Neighbours.
The 21-year old Calgary native has scored seven goals and an assist in his last eight games, and head coach Craig Berube will need his young gun to step up once again in this hockey matchup. Vegas has won nine of their last twelve games at home and have beat the Blues in three of their last four head-to-head battles.
Projected to start in goal is Jordan Binnington. The 30-year old veteran is 7-6-1 with a 2.98 goals-against average and one shutout in 15 starts this season.
Golden Knights at Flames Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the hosting Vegas Golden Knights NHL Game Predictions betting odds to win as large favorites against the visiting St. Louis Blues on Monday night priced in the range around -190 to -200.
The Golden Knights have struggled of late, losing six of their last ten games, but with the club returning home, Vegas has done well at T-Mobile Arena, winning nine of their last twelve at home. St. Louis has alternated wins and losses in their last six contests overall, and against Vegas, has a record of 3-3 in their last six meetings.
Concluding the Blues vs Golden Knights NHL Odds Betting Preview, the total for this contest is set at 6.5 goals shaded heavily to the Under around the price range between -120 to -125.
The Blues are 10-2-2 to the Under in their last 14 road games, while the Golden Knights have gone Under the total in six of their last seven games overall and four straight at home. The First Period Over has cashed in eight of the last ten meetings between these two Western Conference clubs.
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