Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Zak’s Puck Picks!! I started in Cash with Flash Handicapping Challenge and have been heating up. I am super excited to keep the momentum going and win some serious money with all of you!
A big part of my life is my 3 kids. Each one of them holds a different attribute that I would personally use to aid me in deciding what picks to make. My twins Pork and Ribs and their little brother Bean (not their real names but very appropriate nicknames).
Pork is a doer. He is one to dive into a situation and figure it out as it unfolds, usually with great success. In terms of the puck pick, it will be a gut feeling pick and be backed with some stats to explain the feeling.
Ribs, he likes to observe the situation, take in all the information, and then make an educated decision on what his next step will be. His puck pick will be focused around teams that are on hot streaks, either against a team in a matchup or on a winning streak.
Now Bean may sound cute and innocent, but he is a wild man. Not a lot of thought goes into actions and if there is some thought, its geared towards “how can I push Dad’s buttons”. His puck pick will be a little more on the risky side. There will be reasons why I think we should go this way.
As cook by trade and hockey as a passion since I was 3 years old, let’s get some puck picks in the oven and make some dough shall we?
All odds are referenced from vegasinsider.com. I will play ALL the picks mentioned in these articles.
Puck Record for February (4-0) last night (4-0).
Good start to the end of January. The next 30 days (Jan 31- Feb 29) starts off strong. 3 article picks and one on Twitter all hit. Let’s keep this positivity rolling!
Pork’s Puck Pick-. Dallas -141
The Devils have been playing much better hockey as of late. Putting pucks in the net to keep themselves in games. Dallas has been playing great as of late. Their success comes from keeping pucks out of their net. 1st in the league allowing a measly 2.5 goals per game, should easily be enough for Dallas to come up with the victory. Their team defense and goaltending have been superb and will be the Devils undoing this evening.
Rib’s Puck Pick- NY Rangers -115
With both of these teams playing each other last night, and the Rangers coming up with the 4-2 victory, I see a similar narrative playing out tonight. The only difference is tonight’s game is in Detroit. The Rangers still have a better road record (10-11-1-1) than the Wings do a home record (8-16-2-0). Poor Jimmy Howard who appears to be the only starter for Detroit until Bernier comes back from injury has a dismal 2-20-2 record. Take this line early as I am sure it is only going to fade closer to -200 by game time.
Bean’s Puck Pick – Columbus + 109
Buffalo’s struggles are real. It seems as though the only player that is going well here is Jack Eichel who was the third man to reach 30 goals on the season on Thursday night. With the injury to their starting puck stopper Ullmark, I see this team struggling to score more goals than they let in. Columbus also has an injury to their starting puck stopper however Elvis Merzlikins has taken the net and played great! With his 2.39 GAA vs Hutton’s 3.24GAA, I see the Blue Jackets were able to score enough while keeping Buffalo off the board to get the win.
Games to keep an eye on Tampa v SJ, Chi v Ari,
There are a few other matchups I like, however, it depends who the puck stopper is. Stay tuned to the #nhl and # sports betting tabs on Discord, as well as Twitter for any changes or more potential matchups as more news unfolds!
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