I'm back with a few more picks for tonight's NHL games.
Below, I'll break down a bunch of NHL betting trends for tonight's hockey contests. We've got hockey player and team trends with help from Outlier, as well as some NHL prop picks below for March 5th:
March 5th NHL Player Trends
- ANA's Leo Carlsson has at least one point in five-straight road games (O0.5 Pts, +150 at Sportsbook)
- NYR's Alexis Lafreniere has gone UNDER 0.5 assists in 14-straight games vs top-10 defenses (U0.5 As, -300 at Sportsbook)
- VGK's Noah Hanifin has gone UNDER 1.5 blocks in 11-straight games (U1.5 blocks, -193 at Sportsbook)
- TOR's Auston Matthews has OVER 0.5 points in eight-straight road games (O0.5 Pts, -215 at Sportsbook)
- NYR's JT Miller has OVER 0.5 points in six-straight games (O0.5 Pts, -162 at Sportsbook)
- VGK's Mark Stone has OVER 1.5 shots in eight-straight games (O1.5 SOG, -178 at Sportsbook)
March 5th NHL Team Trends
- The Canucks are 0-10 in on the puckline in their last 10 games as favorites (ANA +1.5, -140 at Sportsbook)
- The Blues are 7-1 on the puckline in their last eight games against top-10 defenses (STL +1.5, -185 at Sportsbook)
- The Leafs are 7-1 in their last eight road games (TOR ML, +130 at Sportsbook)
- The Kings are 14-3 in their last 17 home games (Kings ML, -160 at bet365)
Find more NHL betting trends and tips at Outlier Trends:
March 5th NHL Picks
Taking the above trends alongside some more in-depth handicapping, here are two picks I'm focused on for tonight's NHL games:
Vegas' Mark Stone OVER 1.5 shots (-178 at Sportsbook)
This is such an easy OVER for me. For starters, Stone has gone OVER 1.5 shots in eight-straight games. He's averaging 2.5 shots per in that eight-game stretch.
But tonight, he gets to face a team that can't stop right wings like Stone. The Leafs allow the seventh-most shots in the NHL, but are particularly bad against RW, letting up the second-most SOG to the position. Right wings average 11.87 SOG per game against Toronto.
Ducks +1.5 puck line (-140 at Sportsbook)
The Ducks are actually playing pretty good hockey right now. Despite being one of the worst teams in the league, Anaheim is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. They've lost by more than 1.5 goals just once in that nine-game stretch, so this puck line is good business.
But, more important than all that, the Ducks' opponent tonight, Vancouver, has failed to cover 10-straight puck lines. The Canucks haven't won by more than 1.5 goals in their last seven games.
