Vegas at Arizona

A pair of defensive-minded teams clashes out West. Vegas won the West last year with a dynamite defense, and they are doing it again at sixth in the league in goals allowed and seventh in penalty killing. They've allowed 12 goals the last six contests. The offense hasn't been as strong as a year ago, in the middle of the pack in goals scored and on the power play. They face an Arizona squad that is also outstanding on defense at ninth in goals allowed and No. 1 in penalty killing. The Coyotes are 16-5-1 UNDER the total after scoring five goals or more in their previous game. Leading scorer Brad Richardson has missed the last two games with the flu, and the offense is just #28 in goals scored and #22 on the power play. Arizona is 10-4 UNDER the total at home against a team with a losing road record, plus 68-31-6 UNDER when their opponent allows two goals or less in their previous game. All of which means to look for more defense than offense. Play the UNDER.