Mark Lammey
If you thought we had a big day on the ice yesterday, things aren’t slowing down much as we approach the home stretch of the regular season. We have both playoff-bound teams and bottom-feeders in action. Having those weak teams on the ice means expensive prices to bet on sides. However, we can still target them in terms of the player prop market.
Before we dive into our favorite plays in that regard, our honorable mention for the day is Vegas’ Jack Eichel to score a goal. We aren’t targeting the afternoon games, so be sure to check out our analysis and get your plays in.
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Andrei Kuzmenko over 0.5 points (-150)
Any time you take your first skim of the board looking to for player prop targets, seeing the Anaheim Ducks in action is a good place to start. They’re hosting the Vancouver Canucks tonight, so that’s where we’re headed. We’re giving some love to a skater who may not be a household name but is having a breakout season. Consider this a 3-star best bet. Andrei Kuzmenko is having a career year with 61 points through 67 games while playing on the Canucks’ top line. He also has a chance at a 40-goal season, as he has 34 thus far. Consider taking his goalscoring prop at plus-money as well.
That’s what he has loved to do against the Ducks — he had a hat-trick against them in their first meeting this season and another goal in the next. More impressively, Kuzmenko is leading the team in goals despite taking only the 7th-most shots. When playing the Ducks, his point prop should really be set at 1.5, so we’re willing to pay the extra price for this type of value at over 0.5. Anaheim has been allowing the most goals per game all season, so we expect quite a few from Vancouver tonight. Kuzmenko has had a point in 6 of 8 games this month and we expect that trend to continue tonight.
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Kyle Connor over 0.5 assists (+110)
We’re going with another Western Conference skater with our second play, but a much more familiar name. Kyle Connor and the Winnipeg Jets have an ideal matchup tonight when they head to St. Louis to face the Blues. Their goaltending has been absolutely dreadful, especially recently, as they’re allowing the 3rd-most goals per game since the start of February. We’re getting such a great price on Connor’s assist prop primarily due to him being known as a volume-shooter. However, the Jets have plenty of skaters who can find the net.
Look no further than Connor’s linemate, Mark Scheifele. He leads the team in goals by a landslide with 38, so he’ll be looking to complete that coveted 40-goal season. Even if he isn’t linking up with Scheifele, Connor has been able to find plenty of guys to net goals. Not only does he have 73 points through 70 games, 46 of them have been assists. For a different type of trend, the last time Connor went more than 2 straight games without a point, he ended the drought with 2 assists against the Blues. He’s had at least 1 assist in 4 of his last 5 games against St. Louis, so this is another trend we anticipate continuing.
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