Arizona vs Vegas: The Knights will score two points and secure the lead in Western Division

Vegas beat Arizona in the last three consecutive head-to-head meetings with a total score of 9-4. Will Peter DeBoer’s team be able to upset their opponent again? We predict that the Knights will not give the Coyotes any hope of success.

Arizona can already say goodbye to the playoffs, which will take place without the team from Glendale. Although everything was solely in their hands. They decided to fail precisely at the end of the regular season when it was impossible to do so. In the last 11 meetings, Rick Tuckett’s boys have only two wins and nine losses, and the failures in the games with Vegas, Minnesota and Colorado are understandable, but in the last two games, the Coyotes managed to lose to San Jose - 4-6 and 2-4. That’s why Arizona is now in fifth place, five points behind the playoff zone.

Vegas are now on a phenomenal run that will allow them to win the regular season in the West Division. Yes, the Knights stumbled a bit in March and April, when they allowed four losses in five meetings, but those setbacks were the last so far. In the next ten meetings, Peter DeBoer’s team did not lose a single point, winning all of their games in that run by a combined score of 45-17. Such a powerful spurt allowed Vegas to break into the first line in the standings of the Western Division and create a 6-point gap over the nearest pursuer, and they beat Colorado the day before - 5-2.

The rivals approach the encounter in such a different state that it’s unseemly to even compare them. If Arizona lost 9 of the last 11 games, Vegas won in ten games in a row, and regularly these victories were bright and colorful with a serious difference in the score. Moreover, historically, the Knights are a difficult opponent for the Coyotes, as the opponents have played 18 face-offs in all time, in 13 of which the team from Paradise was stronger (72%). We offer to bet on Vegas to win at odds of about 1.85.

Lately Vegas and Arizona have alternated between efficient and cautious matches and the last time Peter DeBoer’s team won 1-0, so we have the right to expect a spectacular performance. The Knights should be especially careful in this game. They are in phenomenal form having scored 45 goals (4.50 average per game) in the last ten meetings which is a very strong indicator, whereas the Coyotes allowed 38 pucks (3.80 average per game) in this period. Based on that, Vegas’ individual Total Over 3.5 pucks at odds close to 2.25 seems to be the best option for the prediction.

Mark Stone, as expected, is the true leader of Vegas and the best scorer of the Knights having recorded to his account already 56 points (19 goals + 37 assists) in 47 games, which allows him to be in the top ten of the most productive hockey players in the league. Looking at the statistics, it may be noted that the 28-year-old Canadian assists his partners more than scoring himself, but in the last eight games he scored seven goals, so it is worth looking closely at the bet on Mark Stone goal with odds of about 2.80.