The Washington Capitals (37-16-5) travel to Fabulous Las Vegas to take on the Vegas Golden Knights (30-22-8) in a President’s Day contest at T-Mobile Arena. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. ET. We analyze the Capitals-Golden Knights odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips around this matchup.
Capitals at Golden Knights: Projected starting goalies
Braden Holtby vs. Marc-Andre Fleury
Holtby and the Capitals have had three days off since beating the Colorado Avalanche in Denver Thursday. The Caps netminder owns a 3.14 goals against average and .896 save percentage. Over 11 games from Dec. 23-Feb. 8, Holtby was torched to the tune of a .842 SV%. He gave up seven goals in his last home start but has rallied since to stop 12-of-12 in a relief appearance and 32-of-34 at Colorado last Thursday.
Fleury has appeared in 41 games this season (40 starts). He has posted a 2.87 GAA and .904 SV%. The 13-year NHL veteran has scuffled his way to a .854 SV% over his last 223 minutes of ice time.
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Capitals at Golden Knights: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Vegas 4, Washington 3
Moneyline (ML)
Washington is an impressive 6-1 on three days of rest this season. Vegas is 1-2-1. The Golden Knights are a solid rest-of-the-way dark horse. They are in the middle of a difficult stretch of their schedule that had them bracket their late-January bye week with four road games before and four after (no home games from Jan. 12-Feb. 7). Then, the Knights returned home for just one game before going to Minnesota. Now, Vegas is hosting five straight games, but against a tough collection of foes (St. Louis Blues, New York Islanders, Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers).
Through it all, Vegas has maintained some peripherals worth backing. Today’s line — VEGAS -139 — is worth backing.
Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Washington is 20-9 against the puck line on the road. Vegas is a mere 9-21 at home.
The overall lean toward the Knights and a solid price are worth a watch here. KEEP AN EYE ON VEGAS -1.5 (+180) and grab the Knights if the line approaches +185.
Over/Under (O/U)
Washington has allowed 4.0 goals per game over its last seven. When Washington plays on three days of rest, their combined goal totals have averaged 7.14 per game. For Vegas, the total has averaged 7.5. In a combined 10 games on three days of rest, the Over is 9-1. The Over is a combined 12-5 when these teams play during the day.
Take the OVER 6.5 (+125) at a generous price.
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