This is not necessarily how to bet in Las Vegas but we show you how to bet a little wiser here on The Program. First off let’s give a little shout out to our friends from Stock Lemon. Here is their latest link on NHL Predictions. Yes we are giving them a huge bone because of their success in the three other major sports.
Next up we bring in Kevin from NHL PREDICTIONS to give us his latest picks. Here is a little more on the tilt between Nashville and Anaheim.
Nashville Predators @ Anaheim Ducks – PREDATORS TO WIN (+111)
(Note: I’m risking 1 unit to win 1.11 units)
The Predators are coming off a 4-3 loss last night in Los Angeles, which comes after previously winning 4 of their last 5 games. Tonight’s game in Anaheim is their 5th and final game of their road trip and the Predators look to finish it off 3-2 with a win tonight. Nashville is 7-5-2 on the season. Anaheim returns home after a brutal 7 game road trip where they went just 1-6. The Ducks have lost 5 straight games, and 8 of their last 9, making them 5-6-3 on the year. On the season the Ducks are averaging just 1.9 goals per game, while allowing 2.71 goals against per game. Nashville has enjoyed 6 straight games of scoring 3 or more goals, and has increased their goals per game to 2.7 coming into tonight. With the night off last night Pekka Rinne should be between the pipes tonight. He is 7-4-2 with a 2.33 GAA and .929 SV %. Lifetime against the Ducks Rinne has enjoyed a lot of succes, with a 7-2-2 record and 1.95 GAA.
The Predators will most likely be without David Legwand, but should get Sergei Kostitsyn back tonight. In net for the Ducks will most likely be Jonas Hiller, who is just 4-5-3 with a 2.85 GAA and .902 SV% on the season. In their last 5 games the Ducks are averaging 3.40 goals against, while only scoring 1.20 goals per game. Coming off of a long road trip is hard enough for a team, but coming off a road trip as bad as the Ducks went through will be even tougher to get up for tonight’s game. One of those games on Anaheim’s road trip was against Nashville, who they lost to 3-0. Nashville has taken 7 of these two teams last 9 meetings, which includes the first round series win in last years postseason. The Ducks are in a bad spot for tonight’s game and I look for Nashville to continue their succes against Anaheim with Rinne leading the way with another solid outing against the Ducks. Take the Preds as a very live underdog.
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Using our keen eyes, it is time to Pick The Winner and therefore we will with just three picks tonight. We use the regular +1.5 and -1.5 based on goal spread for this one.
PICK THE WINNER:
- Nashville over Anaheim
- NY Rangers over Ottawa
- Philadelphia over Tampa Bay
This should be a fun one tonight as these are all battles that have some bad blood plus they also are hotly contested. We may also via Twitter give some inkling as to how the over/unders may go in these games as well. Stay tuned.
