Vancouver Canucks vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, Preview and Odds - 03/07/2024

 

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Thursday, March 7, 2024

Venue:  T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV

Where to Watch:  ESPN+

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Canucks -105, Knights -115; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Canucks -105, Knights -115; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Canucks -105, Knights -115; Over/Under:  6 goals

Vancouver Canucks:  40-17-7 (1st place, Pacific Division)

Vegas Golden Knights:  33-22-7 (4th place, Pacific Division)

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Vancouver Canucks:  4-5-1 last 10

Vegas Golden Knights:  2-7-1 last 10

The Canucks are entering this game with 87 points, a 40-17-7 record overall, and they are 20-11-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Los Angeles Kings in their last game, winning that one on the road 2-1 in OT. J. T. Miller and Elias Pettersson each scored 1 goal for them in that game. Quinn Hughes led the team in assists with 2 while Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson, and Conor Garland each led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Thatcher Demko was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 24 shots with 23 saves and a .958 save percentage. Their offense has scored 226 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 177 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The Golden Knights are entering this game with 73 points, a 33-22-7 record overall, and they are 19-9-2 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets in their last game, losing that one on the road 6-3. Chandler Stephenson, William Karlsson, and Mason Morelli each scored 1 goal for them in that game. Chandler Stephenson, Michael Amadio, Byron Froese, Nicolas Hague, and Shea Theodore each led the team in assists with 1 while Jack Eichel and Nicolas Roy each led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Adin Hill was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 5 goals on 32 shots with 27 saves and a .844 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 201 goals this season averaging 3.2 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 185 goals against them allowing 3 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Canucks listed as a slight underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Canucks have looked really good in their games this season with their 40-17-7 record overall which leads their division in the West with one of the best records in the entire NHL. They have also looked really good in their road games with their 20-11-4 road record. Meanwhile, the Knights have also looked good in their games this season with their 33-22-7 record overall, but that record has them in 4th place of their division in the West right and in a Wild Card spot. They have looked good on home ice with their 19-9-2 home record, but they haven't looked good at all in their games lately and they have been sliding down the standings as they were once leading their division in the 1st half of the season. The 2nd half of the season hasn't been kind to them though as they have been slumping a lot and even in their games lately they have looked terrible, going 2-7-1 in their last 10 games and coming off another 6-3 loss in their last one. The Canucks haven't looked great lately themselves with their 4-5-1 record in their last 10 games, but they do have some momentum on their side now with 2 wins in a row and have been a really good road team this season. The best way to place a bet here is on the Canucks to win this game. 

Canucks Golden Knights Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, March 7, 2024 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Canucks 3 Knights 1.

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Vancouver Canucks: 40-24 (+9.6 units) on the moneyline in all games. 17-6 (+7.9 units) on the moneyline after playing 2 consecutive road games. 9-1 (+10.8 units) on the moneyline after scoring 2 goals or less in 3 straight games. 20-12 OVER in a road game where the total is 6 or more. 18-6 OVER after 1 or more consecutive unders. 11-3 OVER after playing a game where 4 or fewer total goals were scored.

Vegas Golden Knights: 33-29 (-5.8 units) on the moneyline in all games. 27-27 (-8.5 units) on the moneyline after playing a game where 8 or more total goals were scored. 13-15 (-7 units) on the moneyline off a road blowout loss by 3 goals or more. 11-5 OVER after playing 4 consecutive road games. 7-1 OVER after playing 4 straight games where 7 or more total goals were scored.

Vancouver Canucks:  G. Brisebois (D) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. T. Myers (D) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. D. Joshua (C) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. T. Poolman (D) out for season - Migraine.

Vegas Golden Knights:  M. Stone (RW) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. B. Howden (C) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. P. Dorofeyev (LW) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. T. Bjornfot (D) Out indefinitely - Undisclosed. W. Carrier (LW) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. R. Lehner (G) Out indefinitely - Hip.

“Unreal save. That’s a highlight one that will probably be on tonight and the rest of the month. It kind of woke our bench up. We gave up a couple of odd-man rushes and he gave us life.” - Rick Tocchet after his team’s win against the LA Kings in their game on Tuesday.

“They wanted the puck more than we did. It’s going to happen sometimes, but our will right now to compete on pucks just isn’t good enough to win consistently in this league, and that’s exactly what we’re going through.” - Bruce Cassidy after his team’s loss against the Blue Jackets in their game on Monday.

LW Höglander, Nils

C Pettersson, Elias

RW Suter, Pius

LD Hughes, Quinn

RD Hronek, Filip

G Demko, Thatcher

LW Barbashev, Ivan

C Eichel, Jack

RW Marchessault, Jonathan

LD Martinez, Alec

RD Pietrangelo, Alex

G Hill, Adin

Points: J. Miller (84)

Goals: B. Boeser (35)

Assists: Q. Hughes (61)

GAA: T. Demko (2.52)

Points: M. Stone (53)

Goals: J. Marchessault (32)

Assists: M. Stone (37)

GAA: A. Hill (2.49)

Coaches:

Vancouver Canucks: Rick Tocchet (2nd season)

Vegas Golden Knights: Bruce Cassidy (2nd season)