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NYI @ VGK

Thursday, January 9, 2025 · 9:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's starter from ESPN's probable-goalie report: Confirmed once the team or a beat reporter confirms it, Expected before that, refreshed every 30 minutes on game days. With no report yet it falls back to the team's most recent starter (Last start). After the game it shows the real starters from the box score. Injuries lists both teams' players on ESPN's injury report (Day-To-Day, Out, Injured Reserve) before puck drop. Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

New York Islanders
35-35-12 · Away
4 – 0
FINAL
Vegas Golden Knights
50-22-10 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
NYI +155 · VGK -185
Puck Line
NYI +1.5 (-165) · VGK -1.5 (+125)
Total
O 6 (-105) · U (-115)

Graded: total 4 → OVER L · VGK -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 NYIo6 57%
21-16-3
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
50%
10-10-2
50%
1-1
58%
22-16-2
VGKo6 54%
19-16-5
25%
1-3-1
33%
3-6-1
55%
11-9-1
50%
1-1
50%
19-19-2
Puck Line
cover %
 NYI+1.5 68%
27-13
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
73%
16-6
50%
1-1
-13.01u
16-24
VGK-1.5 45%
18-22
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
57%
12-9
50%
1-1
+11.66u
26-14
Moneyline
win %
 NYI dog +155 38%
15-25
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
36%
8-14
0%
0-2
-0.99u
9-12
VGK fav -185 70%
28-12
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
81%
17-4
100%
2-0
+5.46u
21-6
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-135/u+105 FD 1.5 o-120/u-106 NYI 78%
31-9
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
73%
16-6
100%
2-0
48%
19-21
 1.55 0.70 / 0.85
VGK 93%
37-3
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
95%
20-1
100%
2-0
55%
22-18
 1.90 1.05 / 0.85
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-180/u+140 FD 1.5 o-186/u+144 NYI 88%
35-5
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
82%
18-4
100%
2-0
60%
24-16
 1.80 0.98 / 0.83
VGK 83%
33-7
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
76%
16-5
100%
2-0
55%
22-18
 1.95 0.95 / 1.00
3rd Period
over 0.5
 FD 1.5 o-210/u+160 NYI 90%
36-4
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
86%
19-3
100%
2-0
65%
22-12
 2.28 0.93 / 1.35
VGK 90%
36-4
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
91%
19-2
100%
2-0
55%
18-15
 2.25 1.50 / 0.75
Team Comparison '24-25
NYIVGK
Record (W-L-OTL)35-35-1250-22-10
Points %50.0%67.1%
Goals for / game2.733.35
Goals against / game3.172.67
Shots for / game29.530.3
Shots against / game28.726.1
Power play %12.6%28.3%
Penalty kill %72.2%75.7%
Faceoff %54.9%50.5%
1st period GF / GA0.70 / 0.820.99 / 0.77
2nd period GF / GA0.95 / 1.060.99 / 0.95
3rd period GF / GA1.00 / 1.151.33 / 0.83
Avg game total5.906.02
Starting Goalies from the box score
NYI · Ilya Sorokin
30 saves on 30 shots · 0 GA · W
VGK · Adin Hill
17 saves on 20 shots · 3 GA · L
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
NYI1210210/1
VGK0000300/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
NYIPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Bo Horvat G 0.5
o+210
 28% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Anders Lee G 0.5
o+230
 38% 30% 0%0/2 1 O
Jean-Gabriel Pageau G 0.5
o+375
 24% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Noah Dobson G 0.5
o+550
 13% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Anthony Duclair G 0.5
o+325
 25% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Ryan Pulock G 0.5
o+1000
 5% 20% — 0 U
Maxim Tsyplakov G 0.5
o+450
 18% 20% — 0 U
Kyle Palmieri G 0.5
o+325
 28% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Casey Cizikas G 0.5
o+750
 5% 10% 0%0/1 1 O
Scott Mayfield G 0.5
o+1750
 5% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Mathew Barzal G 0.5
o+225
 16% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Dennis Cholowski G 0.5
o+1200
 13% 10% — 0 U
Matt Martin G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 50%1/2 0 U
Brock Nelson G 0.5
o+300
 20% 0% 50%1/2 1 O
Adam Pelech G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Pierre Engvall G 0.5
o+700
 12% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Alexander Romanov G 0.5
o+1100
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Kyle MacLean G 0.5
o+900
 5% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Anders Lee PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 53% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Bo Horvat PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 49% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Mathew Barzal PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+105
 53% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Anthony Duclair PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-170
 42% 40% 25%1/4 0 U
Noah Dobson PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 40% 40% 50%1/2 1 O
Kyle Palmieri PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 50% 30% 0%0/2 1 O
Brock Nelson PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-155
 38% 30% 50%1/2 2 O
Mathew Barzal A 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 37% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Brock Nelson A 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 25% 30% 0%0/2 1 O
Kyle Palmieri A 0.5
o+250 / u-375
 35% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Anders Lee A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 28% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Anthony Duclair A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 25% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Bo Horvat A 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 31% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Noah Dobson A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 30% 20% 50%1/2 1 O
Bo Horvat SOG 2.5
o-140 / u+105
 56% 60% 100%2/2 3 O
Noah Dobson SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-135
 55% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Anders Lee SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 53% 40% 100%2/2 2 U
Mathew Barzal SOG 2.5
o-125 / u-105
 42% 40% 0%0/2 3 O
Kyle Palmieri SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 60% 20% 100%2/2 1 U
Brock Nelson SOG 2.5
o+115 / u-150
 45% 10% 100%2/2 1 U
Ilya Sorokin SV 26.5
o-110 / u-125
 48% 20% 0%0/2 30 O
VGKPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Mark Stone G 0.5
o+175
 39% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Victor Olofsson G 0.5
o+225
 37% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Brett Howden G 0.5
o+375
 33% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Tanner Pearson G 0.5
o+350
 20% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Noah Hanifin G 0.5
o+550
 13% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
William Karlsson G 0.5
o+230
 19% 20% — 0 U
Tomas Hertl G 0.5
o+210
 23% 20% 100%1/1 0 U
Jack Eichel G 0.5
o+125
 28% 20% 100%1/1 0 U
Keegan Kolesar G 0.5
o+425
 20% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Nicolas Hague G 0.5
o+1100
 10% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Zach Whitecloud G 0.5
o+1200
 9% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Pavel Dorofeyev G 0.5
o+230
 33% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Alex Pietrangelo G 0.5
o+650
 8% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Brayden McNabb G 0.5
o+1100
 5% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Shea Theodore G 0.5
o+550
 8% 10% — 0 U
Alexander Holtz G 0.5
o+525
 8% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Jonas Rondbjerg G 0.5
o+700
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Cole Schwindt G 0.5
o+700
 0% 0% — 0 U
William Karlsson PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 48% 60% — 0 U
Shea Theodore PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 54% 60% — 0 U
Victor Olofsson PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 53% 60% 33%1/3 0 U
Noah Hanifin PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-165
 38% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Jack Eichel PTS 1.5
o+130 / u-175
 45% 50% 100%1/1 0 U
Alex Pietrangelo PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-170
 38% 40% 100%2/2 0 U
Mark Stone PTS 1.5
o+185 / u-250
 39% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Pavel Dorofeyev PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 40% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Tomas Hertl PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 48% 30% 100%1/1 0 U
Jack Eichel A 0.5
o-155 / u+115
 68% 80% 0%0/1 0 U
Mark Stone A 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 69% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Shea Theodore A 0.5
o-105 / u-130
 51% 60% — 0 U
William Karlsson A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 36% 40% — 0 U
Alex Pietrangelo A 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 30% 30% 100%2/2 0 U
Noah Hanifin A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 28% 30% 100%2/2 0 U
Tomas Hertl A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 30% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Victor Olofsson A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 16% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Pavel Dorofeyev A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 13% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Pietrangelo SOG 1.5
o-200 / u+145
 60% 60% 100%2/2 1 U
Victor Olofsson SOG 2.5
o+135 / u-180
 58% 60% 33%1/3 1 U
Noah Hanifin SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 55% 60% 100%2/2 2 O
Pavel Dorofeyev SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 65% 60% 0%0/2 3 O
William Karlsson SOG 2.5
o+105 / u-140
 45% 50% — 2 U
Tomas Hertl SOG 2.5
o+120 / u-160
 40% 50% 100%1/1 1 U
Jack Eichel SOG 3.5
o-110 / u-120
 43% 40% 100%1/1 3 U
Mark Stone SOG 2.5
o+120 / u-165
 31% 30% 0%0/2 2 U
Shea Theodore SOG 2.5
o+140 / u-185
 28% 20% — 3 O
Adin Hill SV 25.5
o-105 / u-125
 40% 40% 100%1/1 17 U
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Jan 23, 2024 at NYI VGK 3–2 1–02–10–1 5 — VGK
Jan 6, 2024 at VGK VGK 5–2 1–12–02–1 7 — VGK
Jan 28, 2023 at NYI VGK 1–2 OT 0–01–10–0 3 — NYI
Dec 17, 2022 at VGK VGK 2–5 0–11–21–2 7 — NYI
Dec 19, 2021 at NYI VGK 4–3 SO 1–10–02–2 7 — VGK
Oct 24, 2021 at VGK VGK 0–2 0–10–00–1 2 — NYI
Feb 15, 2020 at VGK VGK 1–0 0–01–00–0 1 — VGK
Dec 5, 2019 at NYI VGK 2–3 OT 0–01–11–1 5 — NYI
Dec 20, 2018 at VGK VGK 4–2 0–21–03–0 6 — VGK
Dec 12, 2018 at NYI VGK 3–2 1–11–11–0 5 — VGK