Golden Knights vs. Sharks NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Dec. 23

The Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks -- both coming off defeats -- will meet on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET, at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise. The Sharks are big underdogs on the road, at +185, and the Golden Knights are -225.

Vegas lost 4-3 on the road in its last game on Dec. 21 against the Edmonton Oilers. The Golden Knights were led by Noah Hanifin (three assists) and Tomas Hertl (one goal and two assists).

San Jose lost 4-2 at home against the Seattle Kraken in its most recent game on Dec. 20. Four Sharks skaters had one point each in that outing, including Macklin Celebrini (one assist) and Collin Graf (one goal).

Here is our pick for who will claim the win in Tuesday's game.

Golden Knights vs. Sharks Predictions & Pick

For predictions on the upcoming game between the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, per Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Sharks 4 - Golden Knights 3
• Pick OU: Over 6.5 (Dunkel projecting 6.96 goals)
  

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Golden Knights vs. Sharks Moneylines

Grab a peek below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Golden Knights-Sharks game.

• Favorite: Golden Knights (-225)
• Underdog: Sharks (+185)

Golden Knights Betting Insights

• The Golden Knights have been victorious in 14 of their 29 games when they were listed as a moneyline favorite this season (48.3%).
• Vegas has had five games with moneyline odds of -225 or shorter and won them all.
• Based on the moneyline in this matchup, the Golden Knights' implied win probability is 69.2%.
• Vegas' games this season have gone over this matchup's total of 6.5 goals 15 times.

Sharks Betting Insights

• This season the Sharks have been an underdog 35 times, and won 17, or 48.6%, of those games.
• San Jose is 4-7 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +185 or more on the moneyline.
• The Sharks have a 35.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• San Jose has played 16 games this season with more than 6.5 goals.

Golden Knights Key Stats

• Vegas' 102 total goals (three per game) make it the 21st-ranked scoring team in the league.
• Defensively, the Golden Knights are one of the stingiest squads in league action, giving up 98 total goals (2.9 per game) to rank seventh.
• Its goal differential (+4) makes the team ninth-best in the league.
• The 28 power-play goals the Golden Knights have put up this season (on 108 power-play chances) are the sixth-most in the NHL.
• Vegas has the league's fifth-best power-play conversion rate (25.93%).
• The one shorthanded goal the Golden Knights have scored this season rank 24th among NHL teams.
• Vegas kills 82.35% of opponent power plays, the eighth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• Vegas has the fourth-best faceoff win rate in the NHL, at 52.7%.
• The Golden Knights shoot 10.1% as a team (22nd in the league).

Sharks Key Stats

• San Jose's 106 goals on the season (2.9 per game) rank 16th in the NHL.
• The Sharks give up 3.4 goals per game (121 in total), 27th in the league.
• it has the 27th-ranked goal differential in the league at -15.
• The Sharks have 23 power-play goals (on 126 chances), 11th in the NHL.
• San Jose's power-play percentage (18.25) ranks the team 19th in the league.
• In terms of shorthanded goals, the Sharks have two.
• San Jose's has the 22nd-ranked penalty-kill percentage (78.07%).
• San Jose wins 47.2% of faceoffs, 26th-ranked in the NHL.
• The 11.8% shooting percentage of the Sharks is fourth in the league.