Golden Knights at Sharks 3/18/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

With the Golden Knights the team has battled back from the early season struggles to finally find their way to the playoff berth potential they have in the conference. What is even better for the Golden Knights is they are only 11 points back from the Sharks in the standings and 12 games back from the leading Flames. The downside is the season is starting to wind down and it is unlikely that the Golden Knights will win that many games to make up the difference without the Sharks or Flames winning as well. For the Golden Knights the offense has finally started to come around with 2.97 goals a game being scored. The defense is giving up 2.75 goals a game. The Golden Knights have ended up getting a power play conversion at 17.1% on the year, but the penalty kill has killed off 82.3% of the opponents power plays.

On the season the Sharks have a great offense that has scored 3.58 goals a game. The defense for the Sharks has allowed only 3.04 goals a game so far. The Sharks have converted on the power play at 24.2% of the chances they have obtained. The defense for the Sharks has killed off 81.2% of the opponents power plays.