The Curses of the Bambino, Billy Goat and, most recently, Bo Jackson have been broken. The Curse of the Presidents’ Trophy is now on the clock.
Betting
Circa Sports and Caesars Sportsbook have posted props on whether the Golden Knights will make the NHL playoffs or miss them for the first time in franchise history.
NHL favorites went 2-0 on Friday, 14-0 on Saturday and 6-0 on Sunday, when BetMGM sportsbook suffered its biggest loss of the weekend.
The Golden Knights opened the season as 5-1 co-favorites with the Colorado Avalanche to win the Stanley Cup and +210 co-favorites to win the Western Conference.
The Westgate SuperBook had six Super Bowl prop bets tied to events in Wednesday’s NHL game between the Colorado Avalanche and Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the suspension of Nevada’s mask mandate on Thursday, which means sporting events in Las Vegas may look different now.
The Pacific Division has won three of the past five NHL All-Star Games, but the Central is favored at Circa Sports in Saturday’s showcase at T-Mobile Arena.
Las Vegas radio and sports betting personality Brian Blessing, known for his boundless energy and passion for Buffalo sports, died this week. He was 64.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was a Golden Knights fan favorite, but that doesn’t mean bettors are looking to back Fleury against Vegas on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
The parlay, which paid a whopping 22,670-1, was placed on Tuesday and included legs on the NHL, NBA, NFL, college basketball, college football and the LPGA Tour.
The Knights are now the +405 second choice at Circa Sports to win the Pacific Division behind the Edmonton Oilers (-160) and they’ve shot up as high as 15-1 at the South Point to win the Stanley Cup.
The Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche are 5-1 co-favorites at the Westgate SuperBook to win the Stanley Cup. The Buffalo Sabres are the longest shots at 500-1.
Caesars Sportsbook is on the hook for $1 million-plus if the Seattle Kraken win the Stanley Cup, and BetMGM has a mid-six figure liability on the NHL expansion team.
Marc-Andre Fleury is the 10-1 second choice at Caesars Sports to win the Vezina behind Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, the +450 favorite. Robin Lehner is tied for the eighth pick at 20-1.
Marc-Andre Fleury made a major impact on the Golden Knights. But the trade that sent him to the Chicago Blackhawks didn’t impact the team’s odds at Las Vegas sportsbooks.