Stars vs Golden Knights Game 1: Predictions, picks and bets

The NHL Playoffs have reached the penultimate stage with the conference finals and in the West, it will be the Golden Knights heading into the series as raging -250 favorites against the Dallas Stars to advance to their second Stanley Cup Finals in three years.

Both teams were pushed to seven games in their second-round matchups and will know how important it is to get off to a 1-0 lead. 

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Dimers' Suggested Plays
🔥BEST: Stars +1.5 (-180*)
💵Moneyline: Golden Knights  (-161*)
👆Over/Under: o6.5 goals (-105*)
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BEST
Puck line: Stars +1.5 (-180*) has a 63% probability

The Golden Knights are no doubt the more impressive team on paper heading into this series, but these NHL Playoffs have been known for throwing up the odd surprise. Our predictive analysis says the Stars keep it close and cover the puck line in this one.

Moneyline
Golden Knights H2H (-161*) has a 60% probability

Vegas came through their second-round matchup against the Canucks, but it was somewhat surprising that it took them the full complement of seven games to do so. While we’re expecting this one to be close, we still see the Knights claiming the outright win. Take Vegas at the moneyline to add to your parlays. Like your parlays? BOOST it with the PointsBet Parlay Booster on all sports, all season. Conditions apply.

Over/Under
u6.5 goals (-105*) has a 1.2% edge on the sportsbooks

These two teams played off a little over a month ago shortly after the NHL restart and combined for 8 goals. We’re expecting a similar scoreline to open this Western Conference Finals series. Side note just to drive the point home: the over has won in eight of the Stars’ last ten games.

Dimers' take-out

These NHL playoffs have been extremely entertaining, and we are anticipating another humdinger on our way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Expect lots of goals that may even spill into extra period

*odds are correct at time of publishing