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Free Expert NHL picks throughout the 2024/25 NHL season. We crunch the numbers, analyze the data, and provide free NHL picks every day of the regular season and throughout the NHL Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals.

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Money Line Pick

TB Lightning Win(+120)

Reasoning

This has been the craziest NHL playoffs series so far, as home-ice advantage has been absolutely meaningless. In Game 1, the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers routed the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 in Game 1 at Amalie Arena. In Game 2, Sergei Bobrovsky posted the shutout in a 2-0 win as short ‘dogs (+105). Returning to home ice in Game 3, the Panthers had a chance to push the Lightning to the brink of elimination, but instead, Tampa Bay returned the favor with a 5-1 rout as underdogs (+115). Now, the Lightning face the realistic possibility of getting back into this series if they can replicate the result of their most recent win.

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov managed 2 assists in Game 3, but he is still looking for his first goal of the postseason. Still, after managing just 1 assist in the first 2 games, the showing was promising. Tampa Bay had five different scorers, including Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point. If it is to get the job done in Game 4, it will be all hands on deck for Tampa Bay. As crazy as it sounds, we’ll back the Lightning as underdogs, as down is up and up is down in this series. It’s all about road-ice advantage, with the visitor going a perfect 3-0 so far. Let’s bank on that continuing tonight.

Lightning vs Panthers prediction: Lightning ML (+120) available at time of publishing. Playable to +115.

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Game Totals Pick

Under 6.0(-110)

Reasoning

It has been feast or famine in this series for the Colorado Avalanche. In Game 1 in Dallas, the Avalanche rolled the Stars 5-1, while the Stars bounced back for a 4-3 victory in overtime as short ‘dogs on home ice. Dallas salvaged the split at home, but it seized back home-ice advantage with a 2-1 win in overtime in Game 3. While things were coming up aces for the Stars, they crashed back to Earth in Game 4, as Mackenzie Blackwood pitched the shutout in a 4-0 win for the home side. Logan O’Connor had a shorthanded goal, Nathan MacKinnon struck for a power-play goal and Nathan Landeskog returned to the scoresheet with an even-strength goal after a multi-year drought and absence due to injury.

Now, we head back to the Metroplex for a pivotal Game 5. One of these teams will be just 1 win from advancing to the 2nd round with a victory, while the losing side will be pushed to the brink of elimination. To be honest, it’s hard to find an angle on the side, as Colorado has won twice by 4 goals apiece, while Dallas has grinded out 2 overtime victories. The best bet here is to play the Under, as we should have a lot of physicality, defense and stellar goaltending play. As a series like this goes along, things tend to tighten up significantly as any mistake could have dire consequences.

Avalanche vs Stars prediction: Under 6 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to -130.

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At Pickswise we have expert NHL picks for all of the top NHL action throughout the 2024/25 season. We crunch the numbers, analyze the data, and provide the best free NHL expert picks every day. The NHL is an exciting sport to wager on and there are plenty of opportunities for wins during the bumper 2024/25 NHL season.

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How Do I Get NHL Picks For Today’s Games?

NHL Picks are most similar to MLB Picks, in that the most popular NHL wagering is done via the Money line (ML) where a bettor simply picks a winner or loser of the game finding value in the price. Just like an MLB pitcher, NHL game lines are determined largely by the goaltender matchup. You’re going to pay a premium price (-180 or more) for putting in an NHL free pick on a solid goaltender – but it’s one position that can win or lose the bet for you. Fatigue is also a factor in finding the best NHL picks as Team A may be playing their first game in a week while Team B is in their 3rd contest in 5 nights.

We try to post our NHL picks for today at least 24 hours in advance. However, due to the huge volume of games, this can sometimes be impossible if teams are playing back-to-back games. We want to get our picks up as close as possible to the opening lines so we can get on the early line value, but team news and research is always key to making the best possible NHL Picks.

NHL Picks Against the Spread

NHL betting has a 1.5-goal spread known as the puck line (PL). Again just like baseball betting has the run line (-1.5). NHL wagers are exciting until the very last second of the game as teams often pull their goaltender near the end to get an extra skater on the ice. All of a sudden an empty-net goal pushes your NHL free pick to victory – or defeat. Betting on the puck line provides better payout odds and NHL picks against the spread can also be pushed to higher numbers such as -2.5 or 3.5 goals for an even better return on investment.

Free NHL Over / Under Picks

Most games are listed right around 5.5 goals in the NHL. The total number of goals is the total of combined goals by both teams and you can either select over or under the total. If the line is 5.5 and you wish to wager on the over then the total combined goals for the game must be 6 or more for you to cash your ticket.

NHL over/under betting is an interesting wager. A huge factor to take into consideration is the goaltenders as they have a huge part to play in influencing the number of goals in the game. A goaltender’s Goals Against Average (GAA) is a key stat to measure the effectiveness of a goaltender.

NHL Consensus Picks

NHL Consensus Picks is a way of saying the popular pick or often referred to as a public pick. What this actually means is where the majority of the bets are being placed. If we’re looking at Money Line markets, for example, if 70% of the tickets are on the Pittsburgh Penguins to beat the New York Islanders, then the Penguins are the consensus pick for that game. Bettors can use this in their research or check possible line moves in the lead-up to a game.

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