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VGK @ CAR

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 · 5:30 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.

Vegas Golden Knights
39-26-17 · Away
6 – 3
FINAL
Carolina Hurricanes
53-22-7 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
VGK +130 · CAR -150
Puck Line
VGK +1.5 (-185) · CAR -1.5 (+140)
Total
O 5.5 (-145) · U (+115)

Graded: total 9 → OVER W · CAR -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 VGKo5.5 56%
5-4
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
40%
2-3
33%
1-2
56%
5-4
CARo5.5 63%
5-3
40%
2-3
70%
7-3
100%
2-0
33%
1-2
50%
4-4
Puck Line
cover %
 VGK+1.5 89%
8-1
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
80%
4-1
67%
2-1
-1.89u
4-5
CAR-1.5 38%
3-5
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
50%
1-1
33%
1-2
+1.30u
5-3
Moneyline
win %
 VGK dog +130 56%
5-4
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
40%
2-3
33%
1-2
-0.09u
1-1
CAR fav -150 75%
6-2
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
100%
2-0
67%
2-1
+2.59u
5-0
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 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-135/u+105 FD 1.5 o-140/u+110 VGK 78%
7-2
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
60%
3-2
67%
2-1
78%
7-2
 2.11 1.00 / 1.11
CAR 50%
4-4
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
0%
0-2
67%
2-1
50%
4-4
 1.75 1.25 / 0.50
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-180/u+140 FD 1.5 o-180/u+140 VGK 44%
4-5
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
20%
1-4
67%
2-1
33%
3-6
 1.67 1.11 / 0.56
CAR 75%
6-2
60%
3-2
80%
8-2
100%
2-0
67%
2-1
63%
5-3
 2.50 1.25 / 1.25
3rd Period
over 1.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 1.5 o-210/u+160 VGK 67%
6-3
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
60%
3-2
100%
3-0
44%
4-5
 2.00 1.22 / 0.78
CAR 63%
5-3
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
50%
1-1
100%
3-0
25%
2-6
 2.00 1.00 / 1.00
Team Comparison '25-26
VGKCAR
Record (W-L-OTL)39-26-1753-22-7
Points %57.9%68.9%
Goals for / game3.233.61
Goals against / game3.052.93
Shots for / game29.032.2
Shots against / game24.423.9
Power play %24.6%24.9%
Penalty kill %81.4%80.5%
Faceoff %50.8%50.3%
1st period GF / GA0.76 / 0.981.18 / 0.78
2nd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.120.98 / 0.98
3rd period GF / GA1.32 / 0.741.28 / 1.09
Avg game total6.286.54
Starting Goalies from the box score
VGK · Akira Schmid
21 saves on 24 shots · 3 GA · W
29 saves on 34 shots · 5 GA · L
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
VGK2040351/4
CAR1110241/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
VGKPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jack Eichel G 0.5
o+160
 56% 60% 67%2/3 2 O
Pavel Dorofeyev G 0.5
o+170
 56% 60% 33%1/3 2 O
Tomas Hertl G 0.5
o+210
 33% 40% 33%1/3 1 O
William Karlsson G 0.5
o+350
 33% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
Ivan Barbashev G 0.5
o+325
 33% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Brett Howden G 0.5
o+475
 20% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Reilly Smith G 0.5
o+500
 11% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Brandon Saad G 0.5
o+525
 0% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Mitch Marner G 0.5
o+250
 11% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Cole Reinhardt G 0.5
o+750
 6% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Kaedan Korczak G 0.5
o+1400
 11% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Alexander Holtz G 0.5
o+550
 8% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Brayden McNabb G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Ben Hutton G 0.5
o+1100
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Shea Theodore G 0.5
o+575
 0% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Keegan Kolesar G 0.5
o+800
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Jeremy Lauzon G 0.5
o+1500
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Zach Whitecloud G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Tomas Hertl PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 56% 60% 67%2/3 2 O
Ivan Barbashev PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 56% 60% 67%2/3 2 O
Mitch Marner PTS 0.5
o-195 / u+145
 56% 60% 75%3/4 2 O
Pavel Dorofeyev PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 56% 60% 67%2/3 2 O
William Karlsson PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 44% 50% 33%1/3 1 O
Jack Eichel PTS 1.5
o+155 / u-210
 56% 50% 33%1/3 3 O
Shea Theodore PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 33% 40% 67%2/3 1 O
Ivan Barbashev A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 56% 60% 33%1/3 2 O
Tomas Hertl A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 44% 50% 33%1/3 1 O
Jack Eichel A 0.5
o-150 / u+115
 56% 50% 67%2/3 1 O
Mitch Marner A 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 44% 50% 75%3/4 2 O
Shea Theodore A 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 33% 40% 33%1/3 1 O
William Karlsson A 0.5
o+300 / u-425
 11% 20% 0%0/3 1 O
Pavel Dorofeyev A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 11% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Tomas Hertl SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 78% 80% 100%3/3 2 O
Jack Eichel SOG 2.5
o-145 / u+110
 89% 80% 100%3/3 6 O
William Karlsson SOG 1.5
o-125 / u-105
 78% 70% 100%3/3 1 U
Shea Theodore SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+115
 67% 70% 67%2/3 1 U
Pavel Dorofeyev SOG 2.5
o-110 / u-120
 56% 60% 67%2/3 9 O
Mitch Marner SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 56% 50% 50%2/4 1 U
Akira Schmid SV 25.5
o-125 / u-105
 33% — — 21 U
CARPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Seth Jarvis G 0.5
o+140
 63% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Sebastian Aho G 0.5
o+155
 50% 50% 33%1/3 0 U
Jordan Staal G 0.5
o+550
 25% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
Taylor Hall G 0.5
o+325
 25% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Jackson Blake G 0.5
o+240
 25% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
Jordan Martinook G 0.5
o+550
 0% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Jesperi Kotkaniemi G 0.5
o+500
 17% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Logan Stankoven G 0.5
o+275
 25% 20% 0%0/4 1 O
Mark Jankowski G 0.5
o+600
 17% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Shayne Gostisbehere G 0.5
o+650
 20% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Jalen Chatfield G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Sean Walker G 0.5
o+575
 13% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Andrei Svechnikov G 0.5
o+240
 0% 10% 0%0/3 1 O
Nikolaj Ehlers G 0.5
o+210
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Domenick Fensore G 0.5
o+1200
 0% — — 0 U
Alexander Nikishin G 0.5
o+900
 13% — 0%0/1 0 U
Joel Nystrom G 0.5
o+1100
 0% — — 0 U
Bradly Nadeau G 0.5
o+400
 0% — — 0 U
Sebastian Aho PTS 0.5
o-225 / u+165
 100% 100% 33%1/3 1 O
Seth Jarvis PTS 0.5
o-225 / u+165
 88% 90% 100%2/2 0 U
Jackson Blake PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 75% 70% 33%1/3 1 O
Taylor Hall PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 50% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Shayne Gostisbehere PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 80% 60% 0%0/2 0 U
Logan Stankoven PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 38% 40% 25%1/4 1 O
Nikolaj Ehlers PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 38% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Sean Walker PTS 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 13% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Andrei Svechnikov PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 0% 10% 33%1/3 1 O
Sebastian Aho A 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 63% 60% 0%0/3 1 O
Seth Jarvis A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 50% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Shayne Gostisbehere A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 60% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Jackson Blake A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 50% 50% 0%0/3 1 O
Taylor Hall A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 38% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Nikolaj Ehlers A 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 38% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Logan Stankoven A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 13% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Sean Walker A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 0% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Andrei Svechnikov A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 0% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Logan Stankoven SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 88% 80% 75%3/4 2 O
Taylor Hall SOG 1.5
o-120 / u-110
 75% 70% 50%1/2 0 U
Sebastian Aho SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 63% 60% 67%2/3 1 U
Andrei Svechnikov SOG 1.5
o-170 / u+125
 63% 60% 100%3/3 4 O
Seth Jarvis SOG 2.5
o-135 / u+100
 63% 60% 50%1/2 2 U
Jackson Blake SOG 2.5
o+150 / u-200
 75% 60% 100%3/3 1 U
Sean Walker SOG 1.5
o-200 / u+150
 50% 50% 67%2/3 2 O
Nikolaj Ehlers SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 38% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Frederik Andersen SV 22.5
o-115 / u-115
 40% 40% 0%0/1 29 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Oct 20, 2025 at VGK CAR 1–4 0–21–00–2 5 5.5 U VGK
Jan 17, 2025 at CAR CAR 3–2 0–01–12–1 5 6 U CAR
Nov 11, 2024 at VGK CAR 5–2 2–02–01–2 7 6.5 O CAR
Feb 17, 2024 at VGK CAR 3–1 0–11–02–0 4 — CAR
Dec 19, 2023 at CAR CAR 6–3 1–13–02–2 9 — CAR
Mar 11, 2023 at CAR CAR 0–4 0–10–10–2 4 — VGK
Mar 1, 2023 at VGK CAR 2–3 0–01–21–1 5 — VGK
Jan 25, 2022 at CAR CAR 4–3 OT 0–02–11–2 7 — CAR
Nov 16, 2021 at VGK CAR 4–2 2–00–22–0 6 — CAR
Feb 8, 2020 at VGK CAR 6–5 SO 1–20–14–2 11 — CAR