Zak’s Puck Picks for Monday, January 27, 2020

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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 (43-42) article picks (16-18) (1-2 all-star game) 

Apparently Draisaitl and Tkachuk put aside their differences to lead the Pacific past the Central and look really good in the process. That was some fancy puck-moving! Back to regular-season business and I couldn’t be happier! 

Pork’s Puck Pick- Toronto -106

A healthier Austin Matthews, after sitting out of the puck action at the all-star game should be what the doctor ordered for the Leafs to get back to their winning ways. Where stripping the puck has been an issue for both teams of late, I think the Leafs have a better goal-scoring ability. Even though the Predators have won the last two games against the Leafs, they have only won 4 of their last 10. The stats Newsday sports provide that has me believing the Leafs will come out Victorious is their 4^th in league scoring with 3.571 goals per game against Nashville’s 23^rd ranked goals per game allowed with 3.313 goals per game.

Rib’s Puck Pick- San Jose-167

Neither of these has been very good. Anaheim has won their last two games on the road and has a ton of young up and coming talent. The problem is, they are not there yet. San Jose is and their (13-11-4) home record has not been playing well either. Another victim of a coach firing and they have not faired well under new coach Bob Bugner either. I think the talent is there for the Sharks in this one and provided a much-needed confidence boost to one Tomas Hertl. They definitely have more puck firepower than the 30^th overall goal scoring team in Anaheim. The Sharks need to start this “second half” with a win, and I think it comes tonight.

Bean’s Puck Pick – Vancouver -103

The Canucks have been an absolute fire at home as of late winning their last 8 games at Rogers Arena. All-star Jordan Binnington, lost his last two starts heading into the break. I am going to follow both of these trends here and put my money on the “nucks”. The season series is split with both games going to at least overtime, so this one should be a tight one. The +1 ½ puck line might also be a good bet here. Right now Vegas Insider has that line for Vancouver at -182. 

There are a few other matchups I like, however, it depends who starts in goal. I like the Canadians against the Capitals depending on who the pick 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.