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Golden Knights vs Penguins Hockey Predictions & Best Bets

Game time: December 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: PPG Paints Arena — Pittsburgh, PA

Article updated Dec 1, 12:24 AM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Vegas is on the road playing Pittsburgh at the PPG Paints Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Pittsburgh -120 was the opening favorite and line hasn't

Game outlook

Vegas is on the road playing Pittsburgh at the PPG Paints Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Pittsburgh -120 was the opening favorite and line hasn't moved.

Vegas Highlights

With a power ranking of 6, Vegas is ranked #10 in offense (scoring an average of 3.46 per game), #6 in defense (allowing an average of 2.63 points to be scored against them per game) and are 17-6-1 this season.

Pittsburgh Highlights

Pittsburgh Penguins has a power ranking of 27 and are #9 for offense (scoring an average of 3.50 per game), #14 for defense (giving up an average of 2.63 points per game) and 11-12 overall. Vegas went 3-0-0 in their last 3 matchups against Pittsburgh.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Pittsburgh Penguins to win and the total score to be 6.5. The SportsJaw community predicts Vegas Golden Knights to win (53%) OddsShark has not made their prediction yet.

55% picked Pittsburgh Penguins on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Golden Knights 3 to Penguins 4.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Golden Knights 3 to Penguins 4.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw Golden Knights vs Penguins archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Golden Knights vs Penguins matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Vegas Golden Knights+100 → -105Moved
  • Moneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins-120 → -115Moved
  • Spread · Vegas Golden Knights+1.5 (-250) → +1.5 (-246)Moved
  • Spread · Pittsburgh Penguins-1.5 (+208) → -1.5 (+210)Moved
  • Total · Over6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Vegas Golden Knights
17-7 matchup record · 3-7-0 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Pittsburgh Penguins
11-12 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-01T05:24:05.498Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

No completed head-to-head result is available in the current history window.

Final result

Matchup pick recap

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Vegas Golden Knights 4-3

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on December 1, 2022, a 1-goal decision in the series. Pittsburgh Penguins' strongest period was the 2nd period, when it outscored its opponent 2-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Vegas Golden Knights +1.5 (-246) spread, Vegas Golden Knights covered, while the 7 combined goals finished over the recorded total of 6.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoversMoneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins -115Win
  • TowerTalkSportsMoneyline · Vegas Golden Knights -105Loss
  • MalakhovTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • DoclocksMoneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins -115Win
  • SfdanMoneyline · Vegas Golden Knights -105Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioMoneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins -115Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Vegas Golden Knights -105Loss
  • DouwannaMoneyline · Pittsburgh Penguins -115Win
  • Jmontes562Moneyline · Vegas Golden Knights -105Loss