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Stanley Cup Finals Preview: Vegas Has The Depth!

The Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers both won their respective conferences and are set to face off in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight.
All odds courtesy of the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/nhl?tab=stanley-cup">FanDuel Sportsbook</a>. 
<h2>Florida Panthers (+108) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (-130) Total: 5.5 (O-118, U-104)</h2>
Two teams on opposite ends of the spectrum enter Game 1. The Panthers knocked off three favorites in the Eastern Conference as an eight-seed, just one year removed from winning the Presidents&#8217; Trophy. On the other hand, the Golden Knights were the top seed in the Western Conference, and the chalk won out. As much as these teams had a fair gap during the regular season, that&#8217;s not as prevalent with this series. 
The Golden Knights are listed as slight home favorites for Game 1 on the moneyline at -130, while the Panthers are priced at +108. Both teams have been getting quality goaltending and timely scoring, meaning there&#8217;s a lot of intrigue surrounding how this matchup will ultimately play out. 
During the regular season, the teams split matchups, and they were both tightly contested, meaning we&#8217;re expecting much of the same tonight.
Looking toward the goalie matchup, the visiting Panthers will continue to ride <a href="https://www.numberfire.com/nhl/players/sergei-bobrovsky">Sergei Bobrovsky</a> between the pipes while the Golden Knights counter with <a href="https://www.numberfire.com/nhl/players/adin-hill">Adin Hill</a>. Florida&#8217;s netminder has posted an 11-2 record, paired with a .935 save percentage, while Hill is sitting at 7-3, along with a .937 save percentage. It&#8217;s hard to give an edge here one way or another with how dialed in these goalies are, but the experience factor certainly favors Bobrovsky. 
Minus their opening-round series against the Winnipeg Jets, the Golden Knights have been quick starters in their other two postseason Game 1&#8217;s. We expect that notion to hold again tonight and for the Golden Knights to parlay some early momentum into a Game 1 victory. 
Best Bet: Golden Knights moneyline (-130)
In their two regular-season matchups, Vegas and the Panthers tallied three and six goals. The total for Game 1 is 5.5, with the over priced at -118, while the under is at -104. These teams each have substantial underlying numbers on both sides of the puck, which makes it a little more challenging to handicap how to project this opening matchup in terms of the total. We&#8217;re more inclined to look towards a feeling-out process from both teams in Game 1, in addition to the strong goaltending, which means the value the under presents here at -104 should be targeted tonight. 
Best Bet: Under 5.5 (-104)

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