Tuesday's edition of the "Morning Skate" follows a wild Monday slate, where there were three early games and three late, and again a few high-scoring affairs.
A total of 47 goals were scored in the six games, with four of them landing on seven or more goals.
Let's get right to it to find out what took place with Monday's games:
- The Los Angeles Kings opened their road game with an early 2-0 lead, but the feisty Ottawa Senators aren't like the Sens of old. They battled back to tie the game in what turned into a seven-goal second period that saw the game head into the third knotted at 5-all. They tied 2-2 in the third, and at 7-all in overtime, Josh Norris and Tim Stützle combined on an OT winner for Ottawa.
- In my featured game of the night, I told you I thought the Penguins and Canadiens could go over, and we saw Evgeni Malkin (1 goal, 2 assists) help the Penguins build a two-goal lead in the first period, Nick Suzuki (2 assists) and Montreal take a second-period lead, and Pittsburgh pot four straight goals en route to a 6-3 victory.
- And in an early season rematch from opening night, Florida and Boston were on the ice for the second time in less than a week. Sam Reinhart registered his 68th multi-point game with the Panthers, as he scored on the man advantage and the penalty kill, to help Florida defeat the Bruins at TD Garden, 4-3.
Through the first six nights:
- Favorites are 25-19
- Overs are 21-21-2
Tonight's FEATURED GAME (lines courtesy DraftKings):
Vegas (-130, 6u-115) at Washington
With nine games on the board, I'm looking at the top of the rotation at the first game, with the Vegas Golden Knights visiting the Washington Capitals.
A lot of emotion going into this one, as former teammates will be battling between the pipes, with Vegas' Adin Hill facing Washington's Logan Thompson.
Thompson started his career with Vegas but spent a lot of time in the press box as a healthy scratch during the team's Stanley Cup run two seasons ago, and had a somewhat tumultuous behind-the-scenes campaign last season.
Now with Washington, this is a game he undoubtedly has been looking forward to, and will also be glad to get out of the way.
Vegas opened the season 3-0-0, all the games being played at home. The Knights played Sunday night, got on an 8 am flight Monday and now play Tuesday. Washington is playing just its second game of the season, so it'll be interesting to see how these teams perform.
PREDICTION: The Golden Knights came out flying in their first two games, scoring 8 goals and then 4. Sunday against Anaheim, they scored just 3 goals. Now they're on the road and open a three-game trip against a very salty former teammate who is looking forward to shutting them down. This one could come down to the netminders, and which one breaks first. I think we're headed to a low-scoring game.