St. Louis Blues over Vancouver Canucks: Stl has underachieved most of the year but has now turned it around with 3 wins in a row. The turnaround has coincided with anointing 22 year old Allen the starting goaltender. Allen has gone 8-1 a 920 save % and a 2.09 GAA. Stl has been off since Sat.
Chicago Blackhawks over Colorado Avalanche: Not often we will lay this level of juice on the road however this game still provides plenty of value. Chic is 12-1-2 on the road. It was an unlikely team that being Col who stopped Chic 03/08 6-2 to end their 24 game point streak to start the season. Revenge is useless for handicapping but Chic will definitely be focused for the game after what happened last time.
Winnipeg Jets over New Jersey Devils: This will be the 4th and final game of a road trip for Winn. They have however had a day off since their last game. NJ will be playing their 5th game in 7 days.
Anaheim Ducks over Calgary Flames: We won with Ana on Wednesday night and will not hesitate to come back on them tonight at this juice level. Ana is 9-1 at home and has the #1 ranked home PP.
Anaheim Ducks over Phoenix Coyotes: In the weirdest scheduling of the shortened season Phx and Ana will play for a third straight time. The first 2 resulted in 5-4 shootout wins for Phx. It is difficult enough to beat a team 3 times in the playoffs not to mention in the regular season where this situation probably has never occurred.
Los Angeles Kings over Nashville Predators: Even though we lost with La on Sat I will not hesitate to come back on them tonight at home vs. Nash. The loss in Vanc 5-2 is misleading. La outshot and out chanced Vanc despite the final score.
Los Angeles Kings over Vancouver Canucks: A predictably slow start for La call it the typical Stanley Cup hangover.
New York Rangers/Ottawa Senators Under: Two teams that are without key players included in that group will be Nash for Ny tonight.
Anaheim Ducks over Detroit Red Wings: This will be game 5 of a 6 game road trip for Ana but they are rested. Fasth will be in net again for Ana having come over from the Swedish elite league. To start is NHL career he is 6-0 with a .933 save %.
Winnipeg Jets over Philadelphia Flyers: Line is lower than it should be based on the expectation of a Philly bounce back. I am not buying. Phil is 1-6 on the road. Their goaltending is inconsistent at best. This will be their 4th game in 6 nights after being hammered in Toronto last night.