Oddsmakers at Las Vegas casino Caesar's Palace aren't discouraged by the San Jose Sharks stumbling at the finish line of the regular season.
Ahead of the start of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Wednesday, Caesar's gave the Sharks the second-best odds (+800) to win the Cup. The Tampa Bay Lightning, who became the second team in NHL history to win 62 games in a single regular season, is the odds-on favorite (+250).
— B/R Betting (@br_betting) April 9, 2019
The Sharks have better odds than the Vegas Golden Knights (+1000), their first-round opponents, and the Calgary Flames (+1000), the Western Conference's best team in the regular season.