PUCK LINE DESTROYER
(NHL) Vegas vs. Colorado,
Point Spread: 1.50 | -155.00 Vegas (Away)
Result: Win
ASA NHL TOP PLAY ON 10* Vegas Golden Knights Puck Line (+1.5 goals) over Colorado Avalanche, Wednesday at 10:05 PM ET - Vegas was tired in Game One and it showed. They played goalie Robin Lehner after a long layoff and his rust showed. The point is that one should not put too much weight into the 7-1 shellacking that the Golden Knights suffered in Game One. It was a unique situation in more ways than one given the goalie situation and the scheduling situation. The latter was particularly beneficial to the Avalanche as they were well rested and took advantage of that. Marc Andre Fleury has been playing very well and had played the entire series versus Minnesota in the first round and he will be back between the pipes tonight for Vegas. While Colorado is a very strong team and it is tough to play against them the Golden Knights are really undervalued here. They had played a grueling 7-game series entering Game One of this series and it showed. But now they have had a little chance to hit the reset button after getting beat badly in the opener of this series. While Vegas certainly has a shot at the outright upset here, it is still tough to play against a powerful Colorado team on their home ice. However, if the Golden Knights do fall short, we are expecting this to be a very close game likely decided by a 1-goal margin. Grabbing the 1.5 goals (and laying about a -150 price in doing so) with road underdog Vegas is the value play here as we expect a huge response from the road team in this one.