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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 talking Puck Picks with all of you!
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 itout as it unfolds, usually with great success. In terms of the puck pick, itwill 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 theinformation, 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, eitheragainst a team in a matchup or on a winning streak.
Now Bean may sound cute and innocent, but he is a wild man. Not alot of thought goes into actions and if there is some thought, its gearedtowards “how can I push Dad’s buttons”. His puck pick will be a little more onthe 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 (55-47) 53.93%
Puck Recap: Wednesday night (1-2)
The Pittsburgh Penguins are sliding with four straight losses, despite getting 36 shots on Calvin Peterson. Only one goal and a two to one loss. Colorado pulled out a win, sadly it was only by one goal over the Buffalo Sabres. The Vegas Golden Knights, however, gave us a win and continued their home winning streak with a three to nothing shutout performance from Marc Andre Fleury. Now let’s move on to Thursday’s puck action.
Pork’s Puck Pick- Washington Capitals-143
With zero injuries to report and making a move to strengthen their struggling defense, the Washington Capitals look like a prime candidate to get on a solid run before the playoffs. Brandon Dillon was a solid add on the back end for the Capitals and will hopefully make them a little batter in their own end. The addition of Illya Kovalchuk will add some depth scoring and another crazy good shot on the power play. Losers of their last three games, including a loss in Washington in a shoot out, the Jets have been struggling. Puck stopper Connor Hellebuyck has been fantastic this year and has hidden a lot of the defensive issues around the club. However already confirmed by the Goalie Project on twitter, Ilya Samsonov will take his sixteen – five – one record into Winnipeg. This game should stay close, but with the Capital’s additions, I believe the have enough to pull out the win.
Rib’s Puck Pick- Vancouver Canucks-130
Vancouver has won four straight matchups against the Kings who are coming off a back to back against the Pittsburgh Penguins. After Losing Jakob Markstrom to a knee injury, backup puck stopper Thatcher Demko had an inspiring performance against Montreal in his last start. In a tight race in the Pacific Division, Vancouver needs to have a solid road trip and beat teams they should such as the Ottawa Senators. After clearing out their top goal scorer and some other depth pieces for some stellar draft picks, a depleted Ottawa team is also missing Anthony Duclair to an injury. He may not be ready to go against the Canucks tonight. I feel quite confident in Vancouver on the money line tonight.
Beans Puck Pick- New York Rangers+110
The Rangers have been on quite the run lately and have themselves just outside a playoff spot. If puck stopper Alexandar Georgiev starts this game, which has been confirmed again by The Goalie Project on Twitter, the Rangers should continue their winning ways. The Rangers have won eight of their last ten games and are currently on a four-game win streak. Three of those four games were on the road. Between the Canadians and Rangers, the road team has won the last three, which is where New York find themselves tonight. The Canadians also made some moves at the deadline which gained some draft picks but lost some depth. I like the Rangers in the upset this evening.
Houston’s Puck Pick- Calgary Flames +118
The Calgary Flames just took care of business against the Boston Bruins, in Boston, a place where the Bruins had only lost twice. The Flames are red hot on the road and have both their top two lines rolling. The defense looked a lot better against the Bruins, and there are even talks that they might get their Captain, Mark Giordano, back for this contest. The flames are nineteen- thirteen- two on the road this season whereas the Predators are fifteen- twelve- three- one at home this year. The Flames are boasting a six and one record on the road in their last seven games.the away team, Calgary in this contest has won six of the last seven between these two. Pekka Rinne is questionable to puck stop this one as he is currently out with an illness. The Flames should squeeze out the win in “smashville” (Home of the Draft Kings hockey championship, Good Luck Javi Prellezo) tonight.
Zak’s Puck Pick – New Jersey Devils +140
These are two teams trending in different directions. The San Jose Sharks have lost their last five straight, one of those was a two to one loss to the Devils in New Jersey. The Devils have won four of their last five. Puck stopper McKenzie Blackwood has won his last six starts with impressive wins over Washington and a shutout win in Philadelphia. After the trade deadline moves, I believe the Devils have come out the better team for this contest and most definitely the healthier. With only one injury to Will Butcher, the Devils seem to be in better shape than the Sharks with four, two centers and two defensemen. The Devils are twenty third in goals per game facing the harks who is twenty-ninth, compared toe the Devils twenty-eighth in goals-against vs San Jose in 27th. The goals for the discrepancy is what I believe lead the Devils to victory. After all, they say, the Devil is in the details.
There may be 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.
