Chasing Goals over dies as Golden Knights beat Penguins

The night started the way every Chasing Goals stop does: on the sidewalk outside the arena, with a sheet of paper and a DraftKings promo code.

Viva La Stool

@VivaLaStool

The fellas are CHASING GOALS tonight in Pittsburgh If you want to make the game a little more interesting download @DKSports and use code “CHASINGGOALS” for a special offer #DKPartner

The pregame graphic said over 6.5. Later in the night the gambling account was calling it over 7.5. Either way the math needed a track meet, and Penguins vs. Golden Knights didn't turn into one. Tomas Hertl put Vegas up 1-0 on a power play at 16:36 of the 1st, and then nobody scored for the whole 2nd period. At the second intermission it was 1-0, which left the crew at the bottom of a very deep hole.

elio imbornone

@elio82

Need 6 in the third

That's gallows humor, and the numbers back it up: 1-0 after 40 minutes, with an over 6.5 that needs 7 goals, means you need 6 in the 3rd period. Then the 3rd actually tried. Tommy Novak tied it for Pittsburgh 1:09 in, and the building finally had something to stand up for.

Barstool Gambling

@stoolgambling

TWO GOALS DOWN The Chasing Goals Crew is still alive @DKSports #DKpartner

A very slow start, in Barstool's own words, but it was alive. Rickard Rakell put the Penguins ahead 2-1 at 9:58. Trevor Connelly answered for Vegas at 11:19 to make it 2-2, which made 4 goals on the night with more than 8 minutes left and the over suddenly breathing.

Barstool Gambling

@stoolgambling

MAKE IT 4 GOALS OVER 7.5 HAS LIFE IN PITTSBURGH @DKSports #DKpartner

That was as close as it got. Pittsburgh had late chances, including a 5-on-3 power play, and couldn't cash them. Hertl got his 2nd of the night on a Vegas power play with 32.8 seconds left to win it 3-2. That made 5 total goals. It came up short of 6.5 and short of 7.5, and the home team lost too.

elio imbornone

@elio82

Loser!! Pittsburgh very bad

The trash talk on the way out is the right read. Pittsburgh has now lost 3 straight and sits at 5-8-2, while Vegas moved to 10-5-2. For the tour, the lesson is that a 1-0 game through 2 periods kills a goals over no matter how loud the 3rd gets. Chasing Goals moves on to the next city, and the over 6.5 stays in Pittsburgh.