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LA Kings -1.5(-105)

The Los Angeles Kings find themselves 1 point out of the second wildcard playoff spot with 5 games remaining when they head into action on Thursday night. They will welcome the dreadful Vancouver Canucks to town; a lay up in the schedule this late in the season should be seen as a blessing as every point is crucial for the Kings from here on out. The Kings are known to be a solid defensive team that can limit their opponents high-danger scoring opportunities. On the year, they average 2.95 goals against per game, which is 8th-best in the NHL. They should have an easy time shutting down the brutal offense of the Canucks that is averaging 2.56 goals per game, good for 2nd-worst in the league.

In what is Anze Kopitar’s final season, the Kings will be doing everything they can to have 1 last playoff run with him. Look for the veteran lineup to come out and have a dominant performance. They should be leading this game late into regulation time, which brings in the chance for an empty net goal if needed. Give me the Kings on the puck line.

Canucks vs. Kings prediction: LA Kings -1.5 (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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NHL Best Bets
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NHL Best Bets Today

Our expert NHL handicappers spend hours analyzing every matchup of the entire NHL season. By analyzing the key statistics, team news, matchup, injuries, and much more, our experts leave no stone unturned ahead of making each NHL pick and prediction. 

Putting in this level of detail in your research is key to having success with your NHL wagering, and our experts put in the hours so you don’t have to. From starting goaltenders to injuries, fatigue, or a team’s playstyle, there is plenty to consider in every NHL game to find the best value pick.

While we review, predict, and preview every game of the NHL season, right through until the Stanley Cup Finals itself, our experts will have a level of confidence about a game and an NHL pick.

With all of our NHL picks, all of which you can find for today’s games on our NHL Picks & NHL Predictions pages, we have a star indicator displaying our experts’ confidence about that particular selection. This indicator is scored from 1 to 3 stars, with 3 stars being out most confident, 1 star being our least.

In addition to that, we have this NHL best bets page. Here you can find our top NHL plays, our best NHL bets, those in which we’re most confident about wagering on from today’s slate.

Being selective in your NHL wagering is key to turning a long term profit, and there’s no better place to start than our NHL best bets, all of which come with a detailed preview and explanation for the selection and our confidence.

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Our NHL expert handicappers will cover every game of the NHL season. With an in-depth preview for each game, along with our NHL best bets which will typically include a Puck Line, Money Line, or Goals Totals pick.

With over 1200 NHL regular-season matches in a typical year, plus the NFL Stanley Cup playoffs, you must be selective in wagering to give yourself the best chance of seeing success. Our NHL best bets are the perfect starting point for that and you can find them right here on this page, updated daily to show our most confident, and best NHL bets for today’s games.

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NHL games, as with all major US sports will have a multitude of markets available for every game offered by all leading online sportsbooks.

Alongside the importance of being selective in your wagering, and managing your bankroll, right up there with the most important factors in successful NHL bets are the odds and betting lines.

NHL is a major US sport and as such sees a great deal of betting turnover with online sportsbooks. As a result, sportsbooks are keen to out-compete one another, and the way they do this is by trying to offer the best odds, spreads, or betting offers.

NHL picks and odds are most similarly compared to MLB picks and odds in that the puck line is set at +/- 1.5, as the run line is in baseball, and it’s the odds that change rather than the lines.

With this, it’s vital to shop the odds for your NHL best bets, as you can see a huge difference in potential payout from placing a wager at one sportsbook as opposed to another. 

All of our NHL picks are accompanied by the best available odds and which online sportsbooks are offering them, but these odds are dynamic and can change.

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