New Jersey at Vegas

New Jersey's four-game winning streak ended Wednesday at Colorado, a 5-2 loss on the second night of a back-to-back. Jake Allen made 40 saves, and the Devils allowed four third-period goals in just under ten minutes. The 45 shots they faced were a season high, and the four wins before it finished 4-3, 4-1, 3-1, and 5-1. Vegas is 9-4-1, and New Jersey is 8-5-0. The shot totals are tighter than that gap. The Devils take 34.1 shots a game and allow 23.9, while the Golden Knights take 29.8 and allow 25.1. Vegas lost the three games before Tuesday: 6-2 to Tampa Bay, 6-2 at St. Louis and 2-1 in overtime at Columbus. That is 14 goals allowed in three games. Tuesday's 4-1 win over Ottawa was a one-goal game until two empty-net goals in the final two minutes. Vegas has served 107 penalty minutes to New Jersey's 67 and kills 67.7% of its penalties. That sends a team that already controls the shot count to the power play more often. Vegas has allowed a power-play goal in six straight games, and I'm on New Jersey on the moneyline this afternoon.