NHL GAME PREVIEWS & BETTING TIPS

Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night’s matchup between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning gives bettors a clean favorite-versus-underdog board with just enough scoring potential to make the total interesting. Tampa Bay is the home favorite at Benchmark International Arena, and the current market around this matchup fills in the rest of the board with Lightning -1.5

Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals Saturday night’s matchup between the Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals gives bettors one of the more unusual boards on the NHL slate. Buffalo is listed as a slight favorite at Capital One Arena despite being on the road, with the Sabres sitting at -112 on the moneyline and Washington close behind at -106. That kind

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Los Angeles Kings Saturday night’s matchup between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings gives bettors one of the cleaner favorite-versus-underdog boards on the NHL slate. Los Angeles is a solid home favorite at Crypto.com Arena, and the market is backing that up with the Kings around -184 to -185 on the moneyline while Toronto

Utah Mammoth vs Vancouver Canucks Saturday night’s matchup between the Utah Mammoth and Vancouver Canucks gives bettors one of the more decisive favorite-versus-underdog boards on the NHL slate. Utah enters Rogers Arena as a strong road favorite at -218 on the moneyline, while Vancouver is priced at +183 to pull the upset. The puck line shows Utah -1.5 at +117

The St. Louis Blues head to Honda Center on Friday night for a 10:00 PM ET matchup with the Anaheim Ducks, and the pressure is a little different on each side. St. Louis enters at 31-31-12 and is running short on time in the Western Conference wild-card race after dropping the first two games of this trip. Anaheim is 41-29-5,

The Philadelphia Flyers head to UBS Arena in Elmont on Friday night for a 7:00 p.m. ET Metropolitan Division game against the New York Islanders. Philadelphia comes in at 37-26-12 and sitting on 86 points, while New York is 42-29-5 with 89 points. It is a real swing game in the East. The Flyers are chasing ground in the wild-card

The Pittsburgh Penguins head to Benchmark International Arena on Thursday night for a 7:00 PM matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and this one feels like a real measuring-stick game for both sides. Pittsburgh comes in at 38-21-16 after winning two straight and three of its last four, while Tampa Bay sits at 46-22-6 and is trying to rebound after

The Boston Bruins open a four-game road trip Thursday night when they visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena for a 7:00 PM start on ESPN+. Boston comes in at 43-24-8, fourth in the Atlantic and holding the top wild-card spot in the East, while Florida is 36-35-3 and sitting near the bottom of the conference with almost no

This is one of the more urgent games on Thursday’s NHL board. Detroit heads into Xfinity Mobile Arena for a 7:00 PM matchup on NBCS with a 39-27-8 record, while Philadelphia is 37-25-12, and both clubs sit on 86 points in a crowded Eastern wild-card race. They are chasing the same ground, and with only a handful of games left,