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Golden Knights Face Vancouver In Round 2; Five Questions With SuperBook’s Jay Kornegay On VGK In Pandemic Playoffs

Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

The Vegas Golden Knights now know their second round opponent — the Vancouver Canucks, a real-deal team that dispatched the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues Friday night in round one. The Knights play the Canucks in Game 1 Sunday at 7:30 PM Vegas time.

The Golden Knights are based in Las Vegas, home of many a sportsbook where fans and sports bettors have been known to place a wager on the VGK.

LVSportsBiz.com caught up with Jay Kornegay at the SuperBook to get his thoughts on the Knights and the bets.

Jay Kornegay of the SuperBook, pre-pandemic days.

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LVSportsBiz.com: When the VGK are in the postseason. do you see a bump or spike of bets placed on the Golden Knights?

Jay Kornegay: Hockey is up 35 percent over last year’s playoff games. The NBA still gets the bulk but puck numbers are very solid.

LVSB: From your anecdotal observations, do you find many people placing bets on the Golden Knights purely for sentimental or rooting interests?

JK: There’s always home time sentiment no matter which sport or team. The Knights definitely get their share of home town support.

LVSB: When it comes to VGK games, what’s the most popular bet?

JK: The side is usually the most popular. However, the “over” and the “goal line” are right behind the game line. Most of the parlays include the side and “over”.

Alex Tuch when NHL games had fans.

LVSB: What is your most interesting VGK prop bet option?

JK: Our players (“fans”) love the player to score the first goal. It’s a fun prop but also has the low risk, high reward scenario. Bettors are getting odds on all the players.

Marc-Andre Fleury returned to the goal for the Vegas Golden Knights Saturday. Photo by NHL.

LVSB: NHL playoffs are usually low-scoring so how nervous are bettors that an empty net goal could mean money swings?

JK: Usually, the general public is rooting for the empty netter(s) for the over or the goal line. Usually when the favorite wins by 2 goals or more, it’s a losing proposition for us.

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Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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