Columbus (26-18-3) at Vegas (31-11-4)
When: Tuesday, January 23rd 2018
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Time: 10:05 ET | TV: FS Ohio, AT&T SportsNet-Rocky Mountain
Opening Odds: Vegas -165/5.5
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The Vegas Golden Knights were the darlings of the National Hockey League just a month into the season, and many predicted they wouldn’t be able to sustain that, especially on the road. Fast forward to January, and the Golden Knights are a true force to be reckoned with – holding the league’s best mark after Sunday’s 5-1 thumping at Carolina. Vegas looks to pad the league’s best home record when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. The Golden Knights are only two wins shy of tying the NHL record for wins (33) by an expansion club, set by Florida and Anaheim during the 1993-94 season – and they still have 36 games remaining. Vegas has been unstoppable at home with a league-best 18-2-2 record and has not lost in regulation at T-Mobile Arena since November 28th. The Blue Jackets will have plenty of rest heading to Las Vegas – which has proven to be a bad thing for many teams – as they have played once in 10 days and have been idle since Thursday, when they squeezed out a 2-1 shootout victory over Dallas coming out of their bye week. The Blue Jackets acquired G Jeff Zatkoff from the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations.
Artemi Panarin scored the lone shootout goal in Columbus’ win over Dallas, the team’s league-high sixth win in the format and Panarin’s fifth conversion in nine attempts this season. Cam Atkinson, expected to be out for four to six weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken bone in his foot on December 27th, participated in practice Monday. Atkinson said he still needs to be medically cleared, but noted he could return sooner than the initial timetable for recovery. Columbus will finish their two-game road trip in Arizona on Thursday.
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William Karlsson, who was left unprotected by Columbus and scored six times in 81 games, ranks among the league leaders with 25 goals, including 10 in the past 13 games. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (1.68 GAA) has allowed two goals or fewer in eight of his last nine starts and has two shutouts on the season in 16 games – one more than he had in 38 games with the Penguins last season. Forward James Neal has scored in three straight games and has 10 goals and 19 points in 20 meetings versus Columbus.
The Blue Jackets have probably been in Vegas for a few days now and teams have come out sluggish against the Knights in T-Mobile Arena. I don’t know if this team will come back down to earth or not, but I’m not betting against them right now.
Pick: Golden Knights -160
- Blue Jackets are 10-1 in their last 11 games playing on 3 or more days rest.
- Blue Jackets are 4-1 in their last 5 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Blue Jackets are 15-5 in their last 20 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Blue Jackets are 10-4 in their last 14 vs. Pacific.
- Blue Jackets are 20-8 in their last 28 Tuesday games.
- Blue Jackets are 19-9 in their last 28 when their opponent scores 5 goals or more in their previous game.
- Blue Jackets are 3-7 in their last 10 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Blue Jackets are 33-87 in their last 120 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Blue Jackets are 2-7 in their last 9 road games.
- Blue Jackets are 1-6 in their last 7 games following a win.
- Golden Knights are 4-0 in their last 4 vs. Metropolitan.
- Golden Knights are 5-0 in their last 5 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.
- Golden Knights are 8-1 in their last 9 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Golden Knights are 8-1 in their last 9 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Golden Knights are 10-2 in their last 12 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Golden Knights are 5-1 in their last 6 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.
- Golden Knights are 18-4 in their last 22 home games.
- Golden Knights are 4-1 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Golden Knights are 21-6 in their last 27 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Golden Knights are 12-4 in their last 16 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Golden Knights are 15-5 in their last 20 games following a win.
- Golden Knights are 21-8 in their last 29 overall.
- Under is 4-0 in Blue Jackets last 4 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Under is 4-0 in Blue Jackets last 4 road games.
- Under is 4-0 in Blue Jackets last 4 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Under is 5-0 in Blue Jackets last 5 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 7-1 in Blue Jackets last 8 overall.
- Under is 5-1 in Blue Jackets last 6 Tuesday games.
- Under is 5-1 in Blue Jackets last 6 games following a win.
- Under is 5-1 in Blue Jackets last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Under is 4-1 in Blue Jackets last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Over is 6-2 in Blue Jackets last 8 when their opponent scores 5 goals or more in their previous game.
- Under is 15-5 in Blue Jackets last 20 vs. Pacific.
- Under is 8-3 in Blue Jackets last 11 vs. Western Conference.
- Over is 5-2-1 in Blue Jackets last 8 games playing on 3 or more days rest.
- Under is 6-1 in Golden Knights last 7 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Under is 5-1 in Golden Knights last 6 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Under is 5-1 in Golden Knights last 6 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 4-1 in Golden Knights last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Under is 4-1 in Golden Knights last 5 games following a win.
- Under is 4-1 in Golden Knights last 5 home games.
- Under is 4-1 in Golden Knights last 5 vs. Metropolitan.
- Under is 7-2 in Golden Knights last 9 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Under is 9-4 in Golden Knights last 13 overall.
- Over is 15-7-2 in Golden Knights last 24 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
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