Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights 5/6/23 - NHL Betting Picks and Odds
Edmonton Oilers vs. Vegas Golden Knights
NHL: 7:00 PM
May. 06, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : EDM -125 ; O/U 6.5
The Edmonton Oilers continue a road trip Saturday for game two of their second round series in Las Vegas against the Vegas Golden Knights. Edmonton comes into game two down in the series following a 6-4 lost in game one of this series. Stuart Skinner struggled mentally in the net for Edmonton posting a .848 save percentage after giving up five goals on 33 shots in just over 59.5 minutes on the ice before Vegas found the empty net. Leon Draisaitl provided the only real spark of the game for Edmonton scoring all four goals on five shots, while four different Edmonton players contributed 2 assists each.
Offensively this season Edmonton has been one of the better teams in the entire league averaging 3.96 goals per game on 33.6 shots and the defense has been fantastic as well allowing just 3.12 goals on just over 31 shots per game. Connor McDavid does everything for Edmonton leading the team with 153 points and 89 assists to go along with a team high 64 goals on 352 total shots.
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The Vegas Golden Knights stay at home Saturday running hot on A5 game win streak this postseason following their two goal victory in game one of this series Wednesday night. Laurent Brossoit struggled a bit in the net for Vegas allowing four goals on 27 shots to post a .852 save percentage but held on in 60 minutes of game time to secure the win. Ivan Barbashev led the way for the Vegas offense with two goals on three shots in just over 14 minutes of game time. Jack Eichel chipped in one goal and one assist, while three other Vegas players scored one goal each.
Offensively Vegas has been mediocre this season averaging 3.26 goals per game, but the defense has been fantastic allowing just 2.74 goals on 30.9 shots. Jack Eichel led the way for the Vegas offense this season with 66 points, while Chandler Stephenson posted a team high 49 assists. Jonathan Marchessault led the team with 28 goals on 234 total shots.
Recent Betting Trends:
Edmonton is 3-2 SU in their last 5 games
Total has gone OVER in 4 of the last 5 games for Edmonton
Vegas is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games
Total has gone OVER in 4 of the last 5 games for Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Vegas' last 10 games at home.
Free Betting Pick: Vegas Golden Knights +105
Game 1 of this series was a shootout as Vegas held on to get the job done. Look for Vegas to again play well in game 2 as the Golden Knights take full control of this series. Take Vegas to do enough at home in front of their fans to get another win to take a 2 game lead. Final Score Prediction, Vegas Golden Knights win 4-1.