The Wings don't look in the best shape at the moment; with two wins in their last ten, they've started to peel from East playoff contention. The offense has been mostly stagnant the past few weeks, again on Tuesday at Washington in a 4-1 loss. Dylan Larkin's first-period goal was all the Wings could muster. In the six losses in their last eight, the Wings haven't managed to score more than two goals. Thus, the Puck Line seems teed up for the Golden Knights, still fighting for first place in the Pacific (and avoiding the Oilers in the first round), sharp in their return home Thursday night vs. the Bruins in a 5-1 romp helped by Pavel Dorofeyev's hat trick. Play VGK on Puck Line

Possibly the highest that BetRivers will go while still offering -1. Obviously you can manipulate the puckline at your books, but we are rather limited. The Wings are down a few rotational guys led by blueliner Erik Gustafsson (18 points). Per usual, Vegas is one of the best home teams in the league. If I was a betting man -- oh yeah, I am -- this probably pushes, but I doubt loses so I don't see any downside. I tend to live/bet in quadrants (well, quadrant is four and this is three, but I hate geometry): Get better/stay the same/get worse. Or win/push/lose. If one scenario hits two of those three, that's my decision. I think at worst we get the win/push here.