After a couple of slow nights the NHL is back in full force with 20 teams in action tonight. I’ve once again found a couple of road dogs that I really like tonight.
Washington Capitals @ Philadelphia Flyers
Washington has won 10 of their last 11 games with their only loss coming 6 days ago on the road in Detroit. Neuvirth is back in net after registering a shutout in New Jersey last Friday. The Flyers on the other hand have only won 4 of their last 10 games and look to be stumbling towards the playoffs. The Capitals are only two points behind them in standings so this is a huge game in terms of gaining home ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs. Ovechkin is out, but Backstrom is in for the Capitals and in recent years the Capitals have been able to find ways to win many of the games that Ovy could not play. I expect tonight to be no different and the fact that Ovechkin is out is likely one of the reasons that the Capitals have the line they do in this one.
My Pick: Washington Capitals +140
Columbus Blue Jackets @ Colorado Avalanche
The Avs finally won a game on Saturday, even if it was just a shootout victory over the worst team in the NHL (Oilers). The Avs had lost their previous 10 games so a win over any team is a positive for them at the moment. Tonight the Avs host the Blue Jackets, who haven’t been doing much better of late having only won 2 of their last 10. Each of these wins have come on the road and the Blue Jackets may still be holding on to a bit of playoff hope at the moment so they should bring their A game against the Avalanche tonight. The Avs are getting too much credit for their shootout win and they had lost that shootout I would expect the line to have been much different. Let’s take advantage of this and wager on the Jackets tonight.
My Pick: Columbus Blue Jackets -110
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