Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks Prediction: Expect a Total Over

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 11. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Vegas spends this season in the status of the current Stanley Cup winner. From the beginning of the regular season, the Knights proved that post-championship syndrome is an excuse for the weak, picking up points in almost every game. It's impossible to go this long without any downs. The team has won four of their last five games, losing only to St. Louis in overtime, 1:2. Such a strong performance allows Vegas to lead the Western Conference standings.

San Jose has also been showing decent results lately, but none of that matters globally, as the Californians failed miserably in their debut of the regular season. In the 11 starting meetings of the season, they scored only one point, losing to Colorado in a shootout - 1:2, and in the ten remaining battles, they lost in regulation time. The Sharks began to win periodically, and in the last seven games, they lost only to Boston and Rangers - 0:3 and 5:6, respectively, but even this spurt does not affect their position. The team remains in last place in the Western Conference standings.

Vegas and San Jose are teams that have been competing with each other not so long ago, but this fact has not prevented them from becoming principled opponents. This status forces them to fight with full dedication in head-to-head meetings, and therefore, the stronger team is the one who is simply better prepared at the moment. Of course, in this case, it's the Knights, who have won their two previous meetings 4:1 and 5:0, and in the last five battles, they have scored nine of a possible ten points, with the Black and Gold crushing their opponents in all of those battles.

San Jose failed in the debut of the current regular season and then allowed two consecutive painful defeats with a total score of 3:20. At that point, the Sharks realized who they were, so they quit being cautious and started enjoying hockey, not paying attention to the standings. This has allowed them to cling to points occasionally. Still, the performance of their games is particularly impressive: in their last four battles, they have scored and conceded a combined 40 goals (10.00 average per game).