NHL Predictions and Best Bets:
Here are tonight’s NHL predictions and best bets.
New York Rangers at Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers (+130) at Edmonton (-155) – Total 6.5 (-110)
8 p.m. ET
These two teams met eight days ago in New York, with the Oilers coming away with a 4-1 win at MSG. The road team has now won eight of the last nine head-to-head meetings. Joonas Korpisalo, who returned in the Rangers’ 4-3 win over Seattle on Saturday, is expected to start tonight. It will be his first start against Edmonton in two years. The Rangers have won three straight since losing 4-1 to the Rangers eight days ago.
So how do we attack Connor McDavid props and get some plus money? I will take McDavid for two points, Draisaitl for two shots on goal, and parlay it with an Evan Bouchard assist. On the Rangers side, Alexis Lafreniere has had 2+ shots on goal in six of the last eight games and seven of his last eight against the Oilers. JT Miller has registered 2+ shots on goal in five straight overall and against the Oilers. Pavel Dorofeyev is heating up, scoring in back-to-back games and in four of his last six.
Lastly, Leon Draisaitl has goals in each of the Oilers’ last three games, and in each of the last five games that he has scored at least one goal, he has found the back of the net in the third period. Overall, this season, in the 11 games he has scored a goal, he has found the back of the net in the third period in seven of the games.
NHL Predictions and Best Bets:
Bouchard assist/McDavid 2+ points/Draisaitl 2+SOG (+146) – 1 unit
Miller/Lafreniere 2+ SOG each (+152) – 1 unit
Pavel Dorofeyev anytime goal (+180) – ¼ unit
New York Rangers money line (+130) – ½ unit
Connor McDavid anytime goal (+125) – ½ unit
Leon Draisaitl 3rd period goal (+370) – ¼ unit
Philadelphia Flyers at Vancouver Canucks
Philadelphia (-135) at Vancouver (+114) – Total 6.5 (Over, -118)
9:30 p.m. ET
The Flyers are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss at Calgary on Sunday night and have now lost 12 consecutive Sunday road games. The Flyers have now dropped three straight and six of seven overall. The Canucks are on a five-game losing streak of their own and have dropped fifteen of sixteen. The Flyers have won five of their last six versus Vancouver, including both meetings last season, which makes Rick Tocchet (2-0) versus his former team. Both the Flyers and Canucks are struggling mightily, and it’s hard to back either team. One other reason for pause on betting the Flyers is that they are a combined 0-7 on the front and back end of back-to-backs this season.
What I do feel good about are player props. The Flyers’ Jamie Drysdale is on a four-game assist streak and has an assist in six of his last eight games. Radek Dvorak and Owen Tippett have goals in back-to-back games versus Vancouver. Tippett has had at least two shots on goal in nine of his last thirteen games overall. Trevor Zegras has points in six of his last seven games against the Canucks.
On the Vancouver side, Brock Boeser has goals in three of the last four games, points in four straight and 11 of the last 14. His linemate, Elias Pettersson, has points in nine of his last 12 games and in seven of eight home games. The third member of that line is Arshdeep Bains, and his anytime goal prop (+525) offers great value. Jonathan Lekkerimaki has had 2+ shots on goal in eight of the last 11, and Drew O’Connor has goals in three of his last four games against the Flyers. I do believe the Canucks will score goals tonight against the Flyers, who have given up 3+ goals in seven consecutive games.
NHL Predictions and Best Bets:
Tippett and Lekkerimaki 2+ shots on goal each (+126) – 1 unit
Drew O’Connor anytime goal (+650) – ¼ unit
Zegras point/Drysdale assist (+252) – ½ unit
Boeser/Pettersson 1+ point each (+100) – 1 unit
Jamie Drysdale assist (+176) – ½ unit
Arshdeeo Bains anytime goal (+525) – ¼ unit
Drew O’Connor anytime goal (+650) – ¼ unit
Vancouver Canucks team total Over 2.5 (-154) – 1 unit
