It’s a whirlwind Saturday in the NHL with a whopping 14 games on the slate. With so many teams also playing last night, it made for one busy Saturday morning, that’s for sure.
We suffered our first losing day in nearly three weeks last night, going 1-2 on our trio of Over plays (New Jersey/Philly, Dallas/Colorado, Winnipeg/San Jose). It’s a tricky card today with the number of teams playing the second leg of back-to-backs, but hopefully we can get back on track tonight and push the season unit profit total into double digits.
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We didn’t have time to get breakdowns up for the early afternoon games, but we’re in action on a trio of contests this evening. Here’s the breakdowns for the entire evening slate, along with any betting opinion we might have (including the three bets we made).
Good luck on whatever you play!
Odds below are at the time we made the pick.
Reasons to bet Detroit: The Red Wings have won 3 of their last 5 trips to Florida. The Panthers are playing their first home game following a 4-game western road trip.
Reasons to bet Florida: The Panthers have earned points in 9 of their last 10 games (5-1-4). Detroit was pounded 7-3 last night in Carolina, its 9th loss in 10 games (1-8-1).
Other things to know:
- Detroit is 2-5 on the road
- Detroit has scored 10 goals in its last 3 games after scoring 9 in its previous 7
- Detroit has allowed 5+ goals in 7 of its last 10 games
- Florida has scored 4+ goals in 6 of its last 8 games
- Florida has allowed at least 2 goals in all 13 of its games this year
- Florida is playing with 2 days rest
- Detroit has lost 11 of its last 14 games when playing with 0 days rest
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Reasons to bet St. Louis: The Blues have won 5 of their last 6 games, including a 2-1 win over the Wild Wednesday in St. Louis. The Wild is just 4-9 this year.
Reasons to bet Minnesota: The Wild has won 6 of the last 8 meetings. St. Louis is playing on 0 days rest for the second time this week.
Other things to know:
- Minnesota is 3-1-1 in its last 5 home games versus St. Louis
- Minnesota has won 3 straight at home, outscoring opponents 12-4
- St. Louis has lost 3 of its last 4 on the road, and the win came in OT at Detroit
Reasons to bet Toronto: The Leafs are playing with 2 days rest while Philadelphia is playing its second game in as many nights and its second back-to-back this week. The Flyers have allowed 19 goals in their last 4 games.
Reasons to bet Philadelphia: The Flyers are 4-1 at home and have won 4 of 6 overall. Toronto’s lost 4 of its last 5 games.
Other things to know:
- Tavares is still out for Toronto
- Muzzin is out for Toronto
- Toronto is 2-3 on the road
- Toronto has allowed 3+ goals in 6 of its last 7 games
- Toronto has scored 3+ goals in 8 of its last 10 games
- The Over is 7-2-1 in Toronto’s last 10 games
- Philadelphia is 6-1-1 in its last 8 home games versus Toronto
- Philadelphia has scored 24 goals in its last 6 games
- The home team is 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings
Reasons to bet Calgary: The Flames are playing on 1 day of rest while Columbus is playing for the second straight night and 3rd in 4. Calgary is 3-0-1 in its last 4 trips to Columbus.
Reasons to bet Columbus: The Blue Jackets have earned points in 7 of their last 9 (4-2-3). Calgary is playing its 4th straight game on the road, where it’s just 3-5-1.
Other things to know:
- Calgary overcame a 4-1 third-period deficit Thursday in Nashville to win 6-5 in OT
- Calgary scored 5 regulation time goals Thursday after scoring just 6 goals in its previous 5 road games combined
- Columbus has lost 3 straight and has 0 regulation time wins in its last 7 games
- Columbus has allowed 3+ regulation time goals in 5 straight games
- Columbus has scored 3 regulation time goals or less in 12 of its 13 games this year
- The road team is 7-1-1 in the last 9 meetings
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Reasons to bet New Jersey: The Devils have earned points in 4 of their last 5 games (2-1-2). Carolina has lost its last 3 games when playing with 0 days rest.
Reasons to bet Carolina: The Hurricanes are 6-1 at home this season. New Jersey’s 0-3 on the road, scoring just 2 goals in those 3 games.
Other things to know:
- The home team is 7-0-1 in the last 8 meetings
- New Jersey has allowed 13 regulation time goals in its last 3 games, excluding empty netters
- The Under is 15-6-5 in the last 26 meetings
- The Under is 9-1-2 in the last 12 meetings in Carolina
- There was an average of 3.5 goals per game in the 4 meetings last year
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Reasons to bet Montreal: The Canadiens are 4-1-2 on the road and have won 5 of their last 7 overall. Dallas played a hard-fought 2-1 win last night in Colorado.
Reasons to bet Dallas: The Stars have turned things around after an ugly start to the year, winning 5 of their last 6 games.
Other things to know:
- Montreal has scored 4+ goals in 5 of its last 7 games and 6 of its last 9
- Montreal is playing its 3rd game in 4 days
- Dallas has scored 2 goals or less in 8 of its last 10 games
- Montreal has won 5 of the last 7 meetings
- The home team is 7-1-2 in the last 10 meetings
- Dallas is averaging 2.00 goals per game this year at home
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Reasons to bet Vancouver: The Canucks are 8-1-2 in their last 11 games. San Jose has dropped 4 straight and 6 of 7.
Reasons to bet San Jose: The Sharks have won 7 straight home games versus Vancouver and are 12-2-1 in the last 15 meetings overall. The Canucks are playing their 3rd road game in 4 days and 4th game in 6 days overall.
Other things to know:
- The home team is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings
- San Jose has scored 3+ goals in 13 of the last 15 meetings
- Vancouver has outshot its last 2 opponents 89-53
- San Jose outshot Winnipeg 53-19 last night in a 3-2 home loss to the Jets
- San Jose has scored 6 goals in its last 4 games
- San Jose has allowed 3+ goals in 6 of its last 7 games
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Reasons to bet Colorado: The Avalanche is 4-1-1 on the road this season. Arizona has lost 4 of the last 5 meetings.
Reasons to bet Arizona: The Coyotes have been off since Wednesday while the Avs are playing for the second straight night and 3rd in 4. Arizona has earned points in 8 of its last 10 games (7-2-1).
Other things to know:
- Colorado beat Arizona 3-2 in OT Oct. 12 in Colorado
- Colorado has lost 3 straight games and 4 of its last 5
- Colorado has 3 regulation time wins in its last 10 games
- Arizona lost 4-1 at home to Montreal Wednesday in its first game back from a 4-game eastern road trip
- Arizona has scored 2 regulation time goals or less in 4 of its last 5 games
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Reasons to bet New York: The Islanders have won 8 straight games following a 5-2 win over Tampa Bay last night. Buffalo has dropped 3 of 4.
Reasons to bet Buffalo: The Sabres are 5-0-1 at home and should be motivated to bounce back from a 6-1 whipping last night in Washington. The Islanders have been outshot in 7 of their last 9 games.
Other things to know:
- New York is 3-1 on the road
- New York has scored 4+ goals in 4 straight games
- New York has allowed 2 goals or less in 7 of the last 8 games
- Buffalo has scored 7 goals in its last 4 games
- Home teams are 7-2-1 in the last 10 meetings
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Reasons to bet Ottawa: The Senators are coming off a 2-1 homestand. Boston may let down against the lowly Senators, coming off a 5-1 win over the Sharks and with a Monday game versus Pittsburgh on deck.
Reasons to bet Boston: The Bruins are 5-0-1 at home and 6-0-2 in their last 8 overall. Ottawa has lost the last 8 meetings.
Other things to know:
- Ottawa is 0-3-1 on the road
- Ottawa has not played since Sunday
- Boston has not played since Tuesday
- Boston has scored 28 goals in its last 7 games
- Boston has allowed 3 goals in its last 3 home games combined
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Reasons to bet Chicago: The Blackhawks whipped LA 5-1 last week in Chicago. The Kings have lost 7 of their last 9 games and allowed 5 goals in each of their last 4.
Reasons to bet LA: The Kings outshot Chicago 39-26 in last week’s loss to the Hawks. Chicago’s lost 5 of its last 6 games overall and is winless on the road.
Other things to know:
- Chicago was outshot 51-20 Tuesday in a 3-0 loss in Nashville
- Chicago has been outshot 90-46 in its last 2 games
- Chicago has not scored a power play goal in 6 straight games
- Chicago has scored 1 goal or less in 4 of its last 5 games and 2 regulation time goals or less in 7 of 9
- LA was outshot 49-24 Wednesday in a 5-3 loss at home to Vancouver
- The Under is 6-2-2 in the last 10 meetings
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Reasons to bet Winnipeg: The Jets are 4-3 on the road. Vegas has allowed 4+ goals in 3 of its last 5 games and 4 of 8.
Reasons to bet Vegas: The Golden Knights are playing on 1 day of rest while the Jets were outshot 53-19 last night in a 3-2 win at San Jose. Winnipeg has lost 4 of the last 6 meetings.
Other things to know:
- Vegas is 4-3-1 at home
- Winnipeg has scored 7 goals in its last 2 games after scoring 10 regulation time goals in its previous 7
- Winnipeg has allowed 2 goals or less in 4 of its last 6 games, excluding empty netters
- Vegas has 2 regulation time wins in its last 8 games