Today is a big day in the NHL with 24 teams in action over 12 games. It will also be a pretty big betting day for myself as I have found 3 games where I like the odds and I have decided to place my unit bets. You will have noticed if you’ve been following the site that over the entire season so far I have only placed 3 bets and each one has panned out successfully. This will obviously not always be the case, but hopefully it will happen more often than not. You will also notice that I almost always bet on the underdogs. This is because I feel that there is a lot of parody in the NHL and the top teams are not that much better than the average teams. Also, sportsbooks almost always consider the home team the favourite. I don’t agree with this either, because unlike football or soccer, the home team does not have a huge advantage in hockey and the statistics will back me up on that. Anyways, here are my picks for tonight. You will notice they are all away team underdogs.
Chicago Blackhawks +130
Detroit Red Wings -150
I bet the Chicago Blackhawks at +130
Minnesota Wild +105
Los Angeles Kings – 125
I bet the Minnesota Wild at +105
Columbus Blue Jackets +155
San Jose Sharks -175
I bet the Columbus Blue Jackets at +155
I feel that the odds are in my favour in each one of these games because I think they could all go either way very easily and in the case of the Minnesota Wild, I feel they should be the favourites in this game.
Written by: Niko de Jonge
Tagged with: Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Hockey Betting • LA Kings • Minnesota Wild • NHL betting • San Jose Sharks