Jets vs Golden Knights Prediction
The Winnipeg Jets will play the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of their series in the First Round of the NHL playoffs on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jets Preview
The Winnipeg Jets are 46-33-3 this season and they have won five of their last seven games. Winnipeg was a very good home team this season, but ran into some issues on the road. The Winnipeg Jets are averaging 3.00 goals per game, 2.73 goals against per game, 19.3% on the power play, and 82.4% on the penalty kill. Kyle Connor has led the Jets with 31 goals, 49 assists, and 273 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Winnipeg is Connor Hellebuyck, who is 37-25-2 this season with a 2.49 goals against average and a .920 save percentage.
Golden Knights Preview
The Vegas Golden Knights are 51-22-9 this season and they have won five of their last seven games. Vegas ended the regular season with two wins against Seattle by scores of 4-1 and 3-1. The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 3.26 goals per game, 2.74 goals against per game, 20.3% on the power play, and 77.6% on the penalty kill. Jack Eichel has led the Golden Knights with 27 goals, 39 assists, and 223 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Vegas is Laurent Brossoit, who is 7-0-3 this season with a 2.17 goals against average and a .927 save percentage.
Trends
Winnipeg is 5-2 in their last 7 games and 6-13 in their last 19 Round One playoff games. The under is 23-5-1 in Winnipeg’s last 29 road games. Vegas is 12-3 in their last 15 home games and 16-6 in their last 22 games. The under is 4-1 in Vegas’ last 5 games. The home team is 4-1 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams come into this series playing well, but Vegas will have the home ice advantage in this game. One thing to keep an eye on is the Vegas goaltending situation. The Golden Knights have been dealing with some goalie injury issues and will be starting Brossoit in this game. The Jets have Connor Hellebuyck, who has been very good all year long. I think this is a game the Jets can steal and I am taking them to win on the road.
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