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With just 3 games on the board, you may not love many sides or totals tonight. Thankfully, that’s what the player prop market is for. There may only be 6 teams in action, but that means over 100 skaters to target. The Minnesota Wild vs Winnipeg Jets matchup should be a hard-fought game and trusting anyone on the Anaheim Ducks or Vancouver Canucks can be rough. However, we’ve found great value in the first game of the night. That one takes place in Detroit with the Red Wings hosting the Chicago Blackhawks, so let’s check out who we’re targeting. Along with our player props, be sure to check out all of our NHL picks for today’s action.
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Lucas Raymond over 0.5 points (-105)
Before we dive into our play, we first want to mention that we also expect Detroit’s Dylan Larkin to have a big game. However, his overall points prop on home ice comes with an expensive price and targeting a goal or assist can go either way as he leads the team in shots, but also has primarily assists. Regardless, we’re not going far regarding our official play. That’s because Raymond has been skating on the same line as Larkin. He’s been the winger alongside the center since the trade of Tyler Bertuzzi.
Therefore, don’t let his mediocre 33 points fool you. He was behind only teammate Moritz Seider for the Calder Trophy (Rookie of the Year) last season and is coming into his own. With such a young career, he’s only faced tonight’s opponent — the Chicago Blackhawks — 3 times. The first was one of the first games of his entire career, in which he scored 3 goals and notched an assist for a 4-point night. Overall, he’s had at least a point in 2 of 3 games against Chicago. Now skating alongside Larkin while also still being on the first power play unit, he should make it 3 of 4 against a very weak Blackhawks team.
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