Ice Hockey | Wednesday, December 28, 2022 8:52 AM

Anaheim Ducks vs Vegas Golden Knights Best Bet: Ducks on Another Losing Skid

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Anaheim Ducks vs Vegas Golden Knights Best Bet: Wednesday, December 28th

The Anaheim Ducks have suffered from losing streaks throughout the first half of the campaign, but they’ll catch the Knights on a back end of a back-to-back situation when the two teams skate on Wednesday night. Our resident pucks expert Ej Garr hopes you enjoyed getting paid with another 2.50 offer on Tuesday that took only 20 minutes to unfold. Let’s continue the winning Holiday trend as we arrive at Hump Day Hockey.

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Anaheim Ducks vs Vegas Golden Knights Preview

December 29, 03:00 (UK time)

That was a sweet way to start the week with another plus-money offer on the table, so I hope you took advantage of Tuesday night’s tip. Vegas went down 1 – 0 just before the 12-minute mark of the opening frame and the Knights wasted no time with a response to make it 1 – 1 just over a minute later.

Jonathan Marchessault sat out the game again, and we see how the injuries affect the newly formed lines that have been forced to be created. Coach Cassidy put out Stone – Stepeneson – Amadio as his first line, and Amadio converted a power-play goal to get us that 1 – 1 level score which cashed our tickets.

The 2nd line skated as Kessel – Karlsson – Smith, and let’s talk about a matchup nightmare that can be. It showed when Brayden McNabb scored to give the Knights the 2 – 1 lead in the 2nd period with that unit on the ice.

LA responded with a goal of their own 3 minutes later, and they went to the third period tied at 2 – 2. You can see the final score with your own eyes, but all we need is another 1 – 1 after 20 minutes to be happy tonight.

In the meantime, the Ducks are mired in another 3-game losing slide, and this is the sixth time this campaign that they have pulled that lovely accomplishment. On top of the three different 3-game losing runs this year, the Ducks have run off a 6-game and a 7-game skid to boot. There have been some ugly hockey games being played in Anaheim this year, but they have also had their moments of success.

Adin Hill and John Gibson are showing as the expected net-minders for this game, and that made me smile thinking about early goals too. Gibby still has an inflated GAA of 3.99, and I smell twine burning behind him from all of the rubber being constantly pressed against it.