San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction: The Knights will live up to their status as favorites

Prediction for the NHL San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights match which will take place on February 20th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

San Jose is coming off another modest regular season, and as a result, the Sharks are not looking forward to the playoffs. They started the season with a streak of 11 straight losses, the last two crushing at the hands of Vancouver and Pittsburgh - 1:10 and 2:10. They cheered up the Californians, who started to hang around a lot more after that, but they still lost a lot more often than they win. In their last four games, they lost to Anaheim - 2:3, Winnipeg - 0:1, beat Calgary - 6:3, but the day before, they lost to Columbus - 3:4 and remain in 15th place in the Western Conference.

Vegas is spending the current season as the reigning Stanley Cup champions. The start of the regular season was very productive for the Knights, beating one opponent after another, but they were unable to maintain that high level of play. The results went down, some stretches were quite bad, but this was due to numerous injuries. In their last four games, Bruce Cassidy's wards beat Edmonton 3:1, Arizona 3:2, and then lost to Minnesota 5:3 and Carolina 1:3. That's good enough for fifth place in the Western Conference.

Vegas is a team that can still be considered young by NHL standards, but the rivalry with San Jose has already become a pivotal one. The rivals have met several times in the playoffs, and each time the intensity of their battles is off the charts. The Knights have started to prove that they are the favorites in this pairing, winning the last three consecutive head-to-head meetings by a combined score of 14:5. 

We have already noted that Vegas has played well against San Jose of late, and that goes not only for wins, but also for goals scored. In the three previous meetings, they sent 14 pucks (4.67 average per game), a very respectable number that indicates well for the Californian defense. The Sharks are also the league's most fierce defensive team, allowing 207 goals in 54 games (3.83 goals per game).