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A big part of my life is my three 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. The source of information comes from Newsday.sports.gracenote.com unless otherwise specified. I will play ALL the picks mentioned in these articles.
Puck Record for February (31-31) Friday night (2-2)
Flames laid another egg at home and the streak has finally ended for Detroit vs Boston. Tampa Bay pulled out an ugly win against the Flyers and got their stars back. Dallas took a late 3rd-period goal and a Seguin winner in overtime to get the win. On to a surprisingly large Sunday slate!
Pork’s Puck Pick- Boston Bruins-152 3:30 pm EST start.
Let’s just get the puck stoppers out of the way first. Halak for the Bruins has won four of his last five starts whereas Lundqvist has won1 of his last five. Boston has won the last three meetings whether home or away. Boston ranks higher in goals per game (6th vs 7th) and better in goals against per game (1st vs 20th). Boston has won seven of their last eight, and I believe will have enough to get that record to eight of nine.
Rib’s Puck Pick- Vancouver Canucks- 190
Jacob Markstrom has been fantastic in his last two home starts after allowing five against the Flames on February eighth.. Coming off of a 49 shot shutout against the Chicago in his last start, I expect him to be up to the challenge on this one. With three losses in their last five games allowing 19 pucks in, in that span while only scoring 12 I see Anaheim struggling to keep pace with the much deeper Canucks team.
Bean’s Puck Pick- Pittsburgh Penguins- PUCK LINE. -1.5 (-125) 12:30 EST START.
With Detroit having played Boston last night and started their clear number one puck stopper in Bernier, I am assuming with this pick that Jimmy Howard starts who has not been great. The Penguins have been one of the league’s better offensive teams despite missing a lot of man-games from players like Crosby, Malkin Guentzel. They are sitting eighth in the league in scoring currently going up against the 31st team in goals against.
Zak’s Puck Pick- Columbus Blue Jackets -145
Columbus has won nine of the last ten meetings between these two clubs and I don’t see that trend ending today. With the way these two puck stoppers have been playing I could also play the under 5.5 on this game as well as I could see this being a 3-2 finish. It doesn’t seem like Nico Heiscier will suit up for this contest again, who was the best Devil before getting stitches in his knee. Even though the Blue Jackets haven’t been scoring a lot lately I think they will be strong enough to pull out the win. The under 5.5 at -115 for those interested.
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!
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NHL Update
The NHL Playoff picture is beginning to take shape. With about 70% of the season behind us here are your division leaders and their respective Stanley Cup Odds. The Capitals have maintained their points lead over the surging Penguins, while the Lightning has won 8 in a row in an attempt to catch the Bruins. All 4 teams see their odds stay about the same to win the Stanley Cup, while the entire Pacific Division attempts to sort out who will represent them in the playoffs and who will settle for a Wildcard spot.
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Before the first puck of the season dropped for the 2019-2020 NHL season we offered Over/Under Point Totals for each team. The Islanders and Blue Jackets are on their way to hitting the over while the Devils and Red Wings are running out of gas to get them over the finish line.
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.
