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 (9-3) last night (2-1).
Pork’s Puck Pick- Toronto -175
Toronto may have a short memory, however, I don’t think the embarrassment of the 8-4 drubbing the last time the Panthers came to town is quickly forgotten about. Without a fully healthy Sasha Barkov and the Leafs out for revenge, I expect them to come out firing on all cylinders. I know, I know I told Javier Prellezo on discord I wouldn’t bet against his cats anymore. But Pork’s got a feeling! As per Newsday Sports, I am predicting this to be a close game as the teams are 2nd (Panthers) and 3rd (Leafs) in goals per game separated by 0.004 goals per game. As well they are 24th (Leafs) and 25th. (Panthers) in goals against per game separated by 0.588 goals against. The Leafs have won both of their games coming out of the All-Star break where Florida has lost their meeting 4-0 against the Canadians. I see the Leafs taking this one. Sorry Javi
Rib’s Puck Pick- Dallas vs New York Rangers Over/Under. Under 5.5 goals -115
The Rangers are coming off back to back wins against Detroit, which you hope would be the case. Now they come up against a very solid defensive team in the Dallas Stars. Dallas is coming off a 3-2 shootout win vs the Devils and the Rangers won 1-0 against Detroit. The stats at Newsday sports has 4 of the last 5 meetings finishing under 5.5 goals, with all 4 of those finishing with 3 or fewer goals combined. With Dallas’s lack of ability to put the puck in the net and their ability to keep pucks out of their net, I see this low scoring trend continuing.
Bean’s Puck Pick – Philadelphia- PUCK LINE -1.5 (+117)
The Flyers are coming off of an impressive 6-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche. As Philly has struggled more on the road, I don’t need to tell you the struggles of the Detroit Red Wings home or away. Outscoring their opponents 16-11 in their last 5 games as well as beating Detroit by 2 or more in their last 2 meetings, I see this scoring trend continuing this evening in Motown!
There are a few other matchups I may 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.
