NHL Parlays

Both the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets wrap up their regular seasons at Nationwide Arena in Ohio’s capital city, and it might be the final time we see Alexander Ovechkin on the ice in the NHL. Both teams are eliminated from playoff contention despite 93 points for the Capitals, and 92 points for the Blue Jackets. If these teams were in the Western Conference, particularly in the Pacific Division, they’d be smack dab in the middle of the postseason hunt. That speaks to the quality of the Eastern Conference this season.

The Capitals have won all 3 regular-season meetings, including a 2-0 win on Dec. 7 in the nation’s capital as heavy favorites as the Under cashed. On Nov. 24, Washington posted a 5-1 win as moderate favorites, while the total pushed. And, in the first and only meeting in Columbus, the Caps routed the Jackets 5-1 as slight favorites as the Under cashed. Washington has won 8 of the past 10 in this series, while the Under is 3-0-1 in the past 4 in the series, and 4-1-1 in the previous 6 meetings. With nothing to play for, it’s tough to handicap this matchup, but we’ll go with the dominant team, and that’s Washington.

Capitals vs Blue Jackets prediction: Capitals ML (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable to -110.

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The New Jersey Devils have been playing the role of spoiler over the last few weeks, which has ironically helped the Boston Bruins be where they are in the playoff race. The Devils were the team that finally knocked out the Detroit Red Wings with a come-from-behind victory last week, before coming back again to defeat the Ottawa Senators in overtime on Sunday and give the Bruins full control of their destiny.

The path is quite clear for the Bruins on Tuesday in their final game of the regular season: Defeat the Devils in any fashion, and they play the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If they lose in regulation, the Senators will pass them with a point in their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and if Boston loses in overtime or a shootout, Ottawa will need a win.

There were some questions about how Marco Sturm would deploy his roster on Tuesday night. Boston looked extremely fatigued over a 6-game losing streak, and the assumption was that when the Devils put them in the playoffs with the win on Saturday, a lot of their top players wouldn’t see much time over the final two games. However, after sitting some of them in Sunday’s win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, Sturm plans to ice something very similar to his playoff lineup on Tuesday.

The Devils are a scary team, and considering they are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division in wins, they likely deserved a better fate this season. However, after playing spoiler with a couple of late comebacks, I think they drop their final game here against a team motivated to play the Sabres in the first round rather than the Carolina Hurricanes.

Devils vs Bruins prediction: Bruins ML (-135) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number. 

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The Anaheim Ducks will take on the Minnesota Wild in a Western Conference matchup on Tuesday. The Ducks currently sit at 3rd place in the Pacific Division. Though they still have a chance to win the division as they are only 1 point behind the 1st-place Vegas Golden Knights. The Ducks have now lost 7 of their last 8 games. Through their last 5 games, they have scored 14 goals while giving up 21 goals. On the season, they are averaging 3.23 goals per game but allowing 3.51 goals per game. Allowing 3.51 goals per game is wild for a team that will be advancing to the playoffs. Part of the reason for this lack of defense is that the Ducks rank 3rd for most power play chances against them. The Ducks may be taking some time off before the playoffs, and this break started 8 games ago.

For the Wild, they will finish the season 3rd in the Western Conference. Opposite the Ducks, the Wild defense is the reason they are in the playoffs. On the season, they only allowed 2.84 goals against with their goaltenders stopping 90.3% of the shots they faced. The Wild have also won their last 3 home games. While this game does not matter, the Wild defense should be able to shut down the Ducks fading offense. I am taking the Wild on the money line.

Ducks vs Wild prediction: Wild ML (-115) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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