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Penguins vs Golden Knights Betting Preview<\/h2>\n

The Golden Knights’ East Coast road trip has not gotten off to a promising start, losing to Buffalo and Philadelphia. Can Las Vegas turn the tide tonight in Pittsburgh? WagerTalk NHL handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his thoughts.<\/p>\n

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Friday, March 11<\/th>\nNHL Betting Notes, Courtesy of Caesars<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Moneyline:<\/td>\nPittsburgh Penguins -170 vs Golden Knights +150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Puckline:<\/td>\nPenguins -1.5 (+165) \/ Golden Knights +1.5 (-185)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total:<\/td>\n6 Goals (Over -120 \/ Under EV)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game Time:<\/td>\n7:05pm ET \/ 4:05pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arena:<\/td>\nPPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TV:<\/td>\nNHL Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Penguins vs Golden Knights Analysis<\/h2>\n

The Las Vegas Golden Knights and Pittsburgh Penguins will look for a quick turnaround here on Friday as both teams come into this one off back-to-back losses over recent games.<\/p>\n

The Knights come off two poor one goal efforts against the Flyers and Sabres respectively over recent starts while the Penguins got edged out by the slimmest of margins against two very good teams in the Hurricanes and Panthers also.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights and Penguins have faced each other once this season with the Penguins coming out 5-3 winners over in Vegas back on January 17th.<\/p>\n

Vegas\u2019 Offensive Slump<\/h3>\n

The team owning the 8th-highest number of shots per game in the league this season has found themselves in something of an offensive slump of late.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights have averaged just 2.00 goals per game since early February which is a major concern, especially considering the league\u2019s most offensively challenged team this season, the Montreal Canadiens, have averaged 3.34 goals per game over that same timeframe.<\/p>\n

Vegas\u2019 shots-to-goal percentage is also a major concern hitting just over 9% this season.<\/p>\n

Strong Against the West<\/h3>\n

While the Penguins have struggled at home of late, winning just two of their previous nine contests inside the PPG Paints Arena, their form against Western Conference opposition has been the opposite, cashing ten of the last 14 times they\u2019ve faced off against teams from the West.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s little surprise either as Pittsburgh\u2019s defense has been absolutely on point this season, allowing the fewest power play goals to opponents, the fourth-lowest shot-to-goal percentage at just 8.59% and the league\u2019s fourth-lowest goals allowed per game also at just 2.60 gapg on average.<\/p>\n

Penguins vs Golden Knights Prediction<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s hard to look past anything other than a Pittsburgh Penguins win here on Friday.<\/p>\n

Tristan Jarry is expected in nets tonight for the Penguins and he\u2019s had an excellent season for Pittsburgh this year, posting the fifth-most quality starts out of any goalie on the season so far with a .920 SV% to boot.<\/p>\n

Facing him will be an untested Logan Thompson who is expected in net tonight for the Golden Knights, and while the young Canadian did look decent against San Jose at home last time out, that wasn\u2019t the case in his only road start this season against Nashville where he gave up three goals with a .885 SV%.<\/p>\n

That could prove costly tonight against a Pittsburgh Penguins team averaging the fourth-most expected goals per game this year along with the fifth-highest total scoring chance percentage per game as well.<\/p>\n

Take the Pittsburgh Penguins to win<\/strong> outright at home against the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.<\/p>\n

\"Caesars<\/a><\/p>\n

Interested in placing a bet on Friday night’s Penguins vs Golden Knights showdown? Caesars Sports is offering up to a $1,500 match bet<\/a> for first-time deposits in New Jersey, West Virginia, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona, New York and Louisiana.<\/em><\/p>\n

Puck Time | NHL Predictions March 11<\/h3>\n

Join Andrew McInnis and Carmine Bianco for Friday’s edition of Puck Time as our panel of professional hockey handicappers break down tonight’s NHL betting card. Puck Time airs every weekday morning on WagerTalk TV at 11am ET \/ 8am PT.
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