Hockey Handicapping Articles
2023-24 NHL Award Winners Predctions with Betting Odds
by Ryan Cobbett - 9/5/2023
As the 2023-24 NHL season approaches, it is time for us all to lock in our futures. And what’s more exciting than predicting the stars for the upcoming season? We will go from award by award (per DraftKings odds) and take a look at who the favorite for each award is, who I got winning it, and a potential dark horse to keep your eye on.
2023-24 NHL Season Points Totals Predictions with Odds and Expert Picks
by Ryan Cobbett - 8/29/2023
We are just a few weeks away from the 2023-24 NHL season, so it’s time to make some predictions for NHL season points totals. Will Vegas repeat? Can Toronto live up to expectations in the playoffs? Is this the year Dallas strikes gold? We have seen some teams make some big moves, while other teams have us wondering what is going on (Nashville and Winnipeg). In this article, I will give my predictions on the team’s season point totals, and in a few weeks, I will take a deeper dive into each team with my 2023-24 team-by-team predictions.
NHL Conn Smythe Trophy 2023 Odds and Predictions
by Matt Zitt - 6/1/2023
The Conn Smythe Trophy has emerged as the pinnacle of individual recognition in the NHL world. The spectacle of the award lies in its diversity, with winners coming from all positions on the ice. Wingers, centers, defensemen, and goalies have all claimed the coveted trophy, showcasing the overall talent within the NHL. Goaltenders have faced under-representation in recent years, with only one recipient since the 2013 season.
Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden Knights Series Predictions and Betting Odds
by Matt Zitt - 5/18/2023
The Vegas Golden Knights will go to battle with the Dallas Stars in the NHL’s 2023 Western Conference Final. The series will begin Friday night in Sin City as Vegas is the higher seed and receives home ice advantage. The VGK are priced as small favorites in the Western Conference Final series despite Dallas winning the regular season series. The Knights are priced at -135 to win the series, while bettors can grab Dallas at +115.
Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes Series Predictions with Betting Odds
by Matt Zitt - 5/17/2023
Not many people would have predicted the Hurricanes vs. Panthers, with the winner moving on to play for the Stanley Cup. But here we are in May and both teams have entered the Eastern Conference Finals. Both teams were among the favorites in the preseason to lift Lord Stanley’s Cup. However, as the season wound down, both teams were basically counted out.
NHL Betting Advice: Hot and Cold Teams for Wagering 1/9/2023
by Ryan Cobbett - 1/9/2023
As we approach the midway point of the 2022-23 NHL season, we are starting to separate the contenders from the pretenders. As of today, the Bruins are the top dogs, sitting with 66 points, nine more points than the second-best mark (Hurricanes 57). Three teams have yet to cross the 30-point mark, as the Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, and Ducks find themselves at the bottom of the barrel. We saw the Devils get off to a dominating start, but they have cooled of late, going 4-5-1 in their last 10 games.
2022-23 Detroit Red Wings Predictions and Futures Odds Picks
by Ben Pessah-Berlin - 10/10/2022
This Detroit Red Wings team made some strides last year. Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond arrived in Detroit with a splash and made the team fun to watch, especially considering the absolutely awful seasons leading up to last year. Seider won the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie, and suddenly the team has hope. This team had an interesting offseason in which they were quite busy making it an exciting year if you are a Detroit fan.
Hockey Betting Strategy: Five Ways To Win Betting The NHL
by August Young - 10/3/2022
With the 2022-23 National Hockey League campaign just around the corner, there couldn’t be a better time to provide sharp insight and actionable information that you can use to ensure betting success through this upcoming season.
NHL Eastern Conference Finals Predictions: New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
by Devon Rymarchuk - 5/31/2022
The back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves in very familiar territory as they face off against the New York Rangers, who are coming off a blowout Game 7 win against the Carolina Hurricanes. Both teams have been led all season and the playoffs by superior goaltending. Igor Shesterkin and Andrei Vasilevskiy are amongst the league’s finest when it comes to goaltending, and both are front runners (best odds) for the Vezina, which is given to the league’s best goalie.
NHL First Round Series Predictions and Betting Odds
by Devon Rymarchuk - 5/2/2022
The 2022 regular season is in the books for the NHL, and the league could not be heading in a better direction. The transparency throughout the league and how many contenders for the Stanley Cup the NHL has right now makes it one of the healthiest leagues in all of sports.
NHL Betting Help: Hot and Cold Moneyline and Puckline
by Cameron McQuade - 4/1/2022
We are officially under one month away until the end of the NHL regular season. The Eastern Conference playoff teams seem to have solidified their spot in the Top 8 and are now just fighting for seeding. The Western Conference is much different, with a great fight between Winnipeg, Dallas, and Vegas. With many meaningful games remaining, it’s important to see which teams are hot and cold to bet accordingly, follow the trends, and know when to fade the trends.
NHL Betting Help: Hot and Cold Moneyline and Over Under
by Josh Weil - 2/20/2022
The NHL season started off with a ton of COVID issues, and the results were truly all over the place. However, now it feels like a normal season again. Hockey betting is very trend happy, especially compared to other sports. As a result, it is very important to realize which teams are scoring goals, conceding them, and winning. We will be focused on the moneyline and game totals here.
Biggest Comebacks in NHL History
by Mike Pruitt - 10/26/2021
In games like hockey, coming back from a large deficit is one of the most difficult things to do in the entire sporting world. Once a team is up a couple of goals, and we have made it at least to the second period, this is when you will see the squad with the lead shift their line into a much more defensive posture.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens NHL Playoff Series Predictions
by Doc's Sports - 5/18/2021
For these two storied franchises, playoff success has been rather few and far between since Montreal was last able to hoist the Stanley Cup back in 1993. That remains the last time a Canadian team won the Cup. And as such, this championship drought has made the Canadian franchises the butt of any jokes involving the playoffs. For as big a rivalry as the Leafs/Habs has been over the last couple of decades, the fact remains that this is the first playoff meeting between these two clubs since 1979. That’s right, 1979. That’s doesn’t mean there hasn’t a rivalry, it has just been a bit fabricated in terms of legitimate hate towards one another. But boy am I glad to finally see this series come to life.
Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes NHL Playoff Series Predictions
by Doc's Sports - 5/17/2021
Oh, how the tables have turned. The Nashville Predators had a great run of form from the 2016-17 season where they went to the Cup Finals only to lose to Pittsburgh in six games. They followed that up with back-to-back division titles, but since then it’s been nothing but misfortune for the Predators despite reaching the playoffs in both last year and this season.
Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights NHL Playoff Series Predictions
by Doc's Sports - 5/15/2021
This first-round matchup between the Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights could easily be the hardest series to predict. Why? Well because the Golden Knights finished second overall in the entire league – level with Colorado for most points – and second in the division, seven points up on Minnesota, yet they actually have a losing record against the Wild. Yes, Vegas finished the regular-season series against the Wild with just a 3-5 record, which is absurd given how dominant they were at times this season. Hockey has a funny way of evening out the playing surface as we’ve seen time and time again; a certain team just having another team’s number.
2021 NHL West Division Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 1/4/2021
If you’re a fan of old-school hockey and love watching 2-1 games every single night, the NHL’s newly-minted West Division might be the division for you. Outside of the Avalanche, who boast elite talent up and down the lineup, this division figures to be extremely low scoring amongst the other six teams in the division. For starters, you have three of the top six teams from last year in respect of goals-against average and four of the top-13 teams, with Vegas sitting 13th.
2021 NHL East Division Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 1/4/2021
If I was a fan of any team in the league, I would be extremely worried about making the playoffs in the NHL’s newly minted East Division as this division is perhaps the strongest and will be the most competitive division from start to finish. Right off the bat, you have a Boston team who checks in as the favorites to win the division. And in a shortened season, this veteran squad could get hot at the right time and make another deep playoff run.
2021 NHL Central Division Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 1/4/2021
The NHL’s newly minted Central Division is a collection of teams that have either tasted success recently or been on the wrong end of a hard-fought playoff series. For starters, you have the Lightning, who are the defending Cup Champions at the expense of the Dallas Stars, who also find themselves in the Central Division. The Hurricanes are two seasons removed from competing in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Bruins, only to be swept 4-0.
2021 North Division Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 1/4/2021
As I was preparing to write this intro, I listed off a bunch of words that I could use to describe what an all-Canadian division is going to be like. The word that stuck out the most to me was “intense”. Not only does each Canadian team play each other nine or 10 times, they do so with such geographical rivalries that only a few teams are familiar with.
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