The Vegas Golden Knights (7-2-3) have -118 moneyline odds to win when they host an expected tight game against the Tampa Bay Lightning (6-5-2), who have -102 odds, on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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Golden Knights to win vs Lightning -118
Golden Knights vs. Lightning Betting Lines
- Favorite: Golden Knights (-118)
- Underdog: Lightning (-102)
- Over/under: 5.5
Golden Knights vs. Lightning Quick Facts
- Vegas’ games this season have gone over 5.5 goals seven of 12 times.
- In 46.2% of Tampa Bay’s previous games this season (6/13), the teams combined to score more than Thursday’s over/under of 5.5 goals.
- Thursday’s over/under is 0.7 lower than the two teams’ combined average of 6.2 goals per game.
- The 5.4 goals per game that these two clubs give up combined are 0.2 less than the 5.5-goal total set for this match.
Golden Knights Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Golden Knights Season Stat Insights
- The Golden Knights are ranked 17th in the league with 40 goals this season, an average of 3.3 per contest.
- On defense, Vegas has been one of the best units in league action, conceding 31 total goals to rank second.
- With a +9 goal differential, they’re ranked sixth-best in the NHL.
- The 11 power-play goals Vegas has put up this season have come on 44 chances, sixth-best in the NHL.
- The Golden Knights’ offense is eighth the league with a 25% power-play conversion rate.
- Vegas has scored a total of one shorthanded goal this season.
- The Golden Knights rank 15th in the league in penalty-kill success rate at 81.25%.
- The Golden Knights’ players have posted the second-best faceoff win percentage in the league at 55.1%.
- Vegas connects on 11.7% of its shots, ranking 11th in the league.
- The Golden Knights’ players are looking for their first shutout win this season. As a team, they are averaging 21.8 hits and 17.3 blocked shots per game.
Golden Knights Moneyline
- In eight games as the moneyline favorite this season, Vegas has won five of those games.
- In eight games with moneyline odds shorter than -118 this season, the Golden Knights have been victorious five times.
- The moneyline odds say Vegas has a 54.1% chance of winning this game.
Golden Knights Leaders
- Jack Eichel: eight goals and 11 assists
- Mitchell Marner: three goals and 11 assists
- Mark Stone: two goals and 11 assists
- Akira Schmid: 6-1-0 record, .908 save percentage, 15 goals conceded
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Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stats Insights
- The Lightning have the NHL’s 24th-ranked scoring offense (37 total goals, 2.8 per game).
- Tampa Bay has allowed 2.8 goals per game, and 36 total, the eighth-fewest among all NHL teams.
- Their 13th-ranked goal differential is +1.
- Tampa Bay has put up six power-play goals this season (on 44 chances). That ranks 28th in the NHL.
- The Lightning have a 13.64% power-play conversion rate, the NHL’s No. 28 percentage.
- The 88.64% of opponent power plays the Lightning kill is the fourth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- The Lightning have the NHL’s 31st-ranked faceoff win rate (44.8%).
- The 10.8% shooting percentage Tampa Bay has compiled ranks 16th in the league.
- The Lightning have not shut out an opponent this season. They average 20.8 hits and 14.5 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Moneyline Insights
- The Lightning have been listed as the underdog four times this season, and upset their opponent once.
- Tampa Bay has a record of 1-3 in games when sportsbooks list the team at -102 or longer on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied, based on the moneyline in this matchup, that the Lightning have a 50.5% chance to win.
Lightning Leaders
- Jake Guentzel: five goals and seven assists
- Anthony Cirelli: seven goals and four assists
- Nikita Kucherov: five goals and six assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 3-4-2 record, .900 save percentage, 24 goals conceded
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