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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. The month of January #30dayhandicappingchalenge (49-49) article picks (22-25) (2-1 Thursday)

Won one in a shoot out, and lost one in a shootout. So close to a perfect night. Cash with Flash challenge is over. Not the 52% I was hoping for however 50% is a solid benchmark to improve upon! We’ll start a new count in February! 

Pork’s Puck Pick- Lightning -167

With Tampa Bay being winners of 7 of their last 10 games and leading in about every statistical category Newsday Sports shows, it should be easy to see what you would make this pick. Anaheim does have a win under their belt in their lone meeting since the all-star break putting 4 pucks past Antti Raanta of the Arizona Coyotes. However, Andrei Vasilevskiy has started to hear his name rumbled on the Vesna conversation, a trophy given out to the league’s best puck stopper at the end of the season. The Lightning and their high-end firepower will just be too much for Anaheim to handle through 60 minutes. 

Rib’s Puck Pick- Penguins -159

The Penguins are at home in this contest looking to avenge a 3-0 home loss at the hands of these Flyers back on January 21. Pittsburgh was coming off of a 4 game in 5-night stretch at that point and put in a sub-par performance, only guiding 19 pucks towards the net. This will be both teams’ first game back after the all-star break and as injury-riddled, as both teams are, they should be well-rested. I think Pittsburgh will put forth a much better effort in this game and avenge that home loss to finish off a strong January for them. 

Bean’s Puck Pick – Bruins -136

The Winnipeg Jets are a struggling team right now who have lost 7 of their last 10 games. After a much-needed break, things do not get any easier with the Bruins coming to town. Worse than that, there is a good chance it appears by the news at Newsday sports, that Tuukka Rask could make his return from a concussion. The Jets are thin on the back end and are suffering a few injuries to their already thin D core. With Boston’s ability to put the puck in the net, I see this being Winnipeg’s downfall in this contest

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!

I am very excited to join this team of highly skilled people at Win Daily. If you have any further questions, please feel free to find me on the Win Daily Discord chat (@Zak PRB) or on Twitter (@PRBpuckpicks) Thank you to you all for reading, let’s go make some bacon.

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. The month of January #30dayhandicappingchalenge (46-45) article picks (19-21) (0-2 Tuesday (one game pending but I’m sick and going to bed)) 

Pork’s Puck Pick- Arizona -112

Arizona is just the better team here. If I had faith picking the Sharks with their trouble scoring goals and stopping the puck against Anaheim, I have more faith in Arizona. After losing his last 2 starts, I believe Antti Raanta returns to his winning ways after mending his injuries during the all-star break. John Gibson has lost 4 of his last 5 starts, although I don’t think many are blaming him. I am actually surprised this line is as high as it is. Anaheim does have a respectable 11-9-3 home record, however, with Arizona sitting in 4 in the Pacific Division, they need wins and have to beat teams they should beat. This is one of those games.

Rib’s Puck Pick- Washington-162

Nashville is struggling right now. They are a team full of talent, that just doesn’t seem to gel right. Washington is coming off a victory in Montreal. Holtby looked like he had found his Grove again and is slated to start this game. They also get their leading puck slapper back in Alexander Ovechkin, after serving his slap on the wrist for abandoning the all-star festivities. Nashville has actually won the last 8 meetings between these clubs. But I see that trend ending tonight. 

Bean’s Puck Pick – Vancouver+107

Vancouver has been playing some great hockey as of late. Markstrom has been especially good puck stopping his way to 8 wins in his last 10 games. Martin Jones has done the exact opposite winning 2 of his last 10 starts. Vancouver put out a real balanced attacking effort with a 3-1 win on Monday night against the Blues, who in my opinion are a much better team than the Sharks. As I said earlier the Sharks have had trouble with goaltending and goal-scoring consistency, where Vancouver holds a 10^th ranked offense and 14^th in goals against per game. Vancouver is just too deep and to balanced to let this one slip

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!

I am very excited to join this team of highly skilled people at Win Daily. If you have any further questions, please feel free to find me on the Win Daily Discord chat (@Zak PRB) or on Twitter (@PRBpuckpicks) Thank you to you all for reading, let’s go make some bacon.