The amazing Vegas Golden Knights won the Pacific Division in their first year in the league, but now they go up against a team that has plenty of playoff experience in the Los Angeles Kings, who beat the Knights on consecutive nights in February. The best way to handle the Knights is to negate their speed and the Kings have a knack for doing it, using one of the Knights' strengths and that is great forechecking. Also, the Kings have a goalie that has won two Stanley Cups in Jonathan Quick and he has a 2.40 goals-against average this season with a .921 save percentage with five shutouts. Los Angeles won four of its last six games, but come off a 4-2 loss to Dallas in the season finale. The Kings are 10-1 their last 11 games after scoring two or fewer goals their previous game and the Knights are just 1-5 their last six versus teams that scored two or fewer their previous game. Look for experience to be the deciding factor and play the Kings.
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NHL
Los Angeles at Vegas
April 11, 2018
10:00 PM Eastern
1 unit on Los Angeles +121 (moneyline) (risk 1 to return 2.21)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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