from Ed Graney of the Las Vegas Review-Journal,
An interesting and yet perhaps meaningless stat: When a team in a first-round matchup of the Stanley Cup playoffs goes seven games to win a series and then meets a higher seed that swept its opponent, the lower seed is 5-0 in that next round.
It’s a potential reality for the Golden Knights.
They’re just not expected to do so.
Welcome to unfamiliar territory, the Knights entering their best-of-seven showdown with the Colorado Avalanche as an underdog in a series that begins with Game 1 on Sunday night at Ball Arena.
The Westgate sportsbook opened the Avalanche at -175 on Friday night. The market grew a tad higher Saturday....
The Knights have advanced to the playoffs in each of their four years and just once have not been favored to win a series. That came during the 2017 expansion season against Winnipeg in the Western Conference Final.
The Knights won in five games.
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