Hockey Handicapping Articles

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer With Free Picks
by David Schwab - 12/22/2011

All 30 teams in the NHL have played well over 30 games of an 82-game NHL schedule as the regular season grinds on with the start of winter. This amount of games provides more than enough statistical information to not only assess each team’s performance on the ice, but their performance against the puck line and return on the money line. While most of the teams fall somewhere in the middle of the pack in both categories, a few teams have separated themselves at the top and bottom of the list.

NHL Handicapping: Concussions
by T.O. Whenham - 12/22/2011

The NHL has a serious headache right now. Concussions have always been a problem is the sport, but they have been a particular issue this year. The list of players out of action with concussions would be a heck of an all-star team. Sidney Crosby, the best player on the planet, missed much of last year, returned with a bang this year, but is out again as the symptoms have returned.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer With Free Picks
by David Schwab - 12/16/2011

With over one third of the games of the 2011-12 NHL schedule already in the books, we now have enough information on all 30 teams to provide an excellent picture of which ones are the lead dogs in the race to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This hockey betting guide takes into consideration not only a team’s recent performance on the ice, but their performance in terms of their overall record against the puck line and return on the money line.

NHL Handicapping: Coaches on the Hot Seat
by T.O. Whenham - 12/13/2011

It has not been a good year to be a head coach in the NHL — not if you like having a job, at least. We are only about 30 games into the new season, yet the firing of Terry Murray by the L.A. Kings brings the total of turfed coaches to five this year already. That’s a sixth of the teams in the league that have made a change, and it’s not even Christmas yet.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 12/8/2011

December marks the start of the meat of the 2011-12 NHL schedule. All 30 teams have enough games in the books by now to provide an excellent picture of which ones are the lead dogs in the 82-game marathon to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 12/1/2011

The 2011-12 NHL schedule enters its third month and while the majority of the 30 teams continue to jockey for position in the marathon race to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a few teams have been able to separate themselves from the pack with not only their play on the ice, but also in terms of their return on the money line and overall record against the puck line.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 11/25/2011

As we reach the quarter pole of the 2011-12 NHL schedule, a good portion of the 30 teams find themselves in the middle-of-the-pack in their respective conference standings. However, a few teams have been able to separate themselves from the pack with not only strong play on the ice, but also in terms of performance against the puck line, the money line, and the total line.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 11/18/2011

After six weeks of games in the 2011-12 NHL schedule, the majority of the 30 teams are currently somewhere in the middle-of-the-pack in their respective conference standings. However, there are a few teams that have already separated themselves not just with their play on the ice, but against the puck line, the money line, and the total line.

Edmonton Oilers NHL Handicapping: Biggest Surprise in Hockey
by T.O. Whenham - 11/11/2011

The Edmonton Oilers are the biggest surprise of the young NHL season. After years of futility that made them the doormats of the Western Conference they are leading the Northwest Division, and are within two points of the best record in the whole league.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 11/11/2011

While the majority of the 30 teams in the NHL are currently in the middle-of-the-pack in the standings, there are a few teams that have already separated themselves not just with their play on the ice but against the puck line, the money line, and the total line. The following is a look at who is hot and who is not along with a couple of picks for Friday night’s games.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 11/4/2011

The NHL 2011-12 regular season is a little more than a month old. While most of the 30 teams in the league are stuck in the middle-of-the-pack, there are a few teams jumping out to an early lead and a few that are already fading to the rear of the field.

NHL Handicapping: Weekend Hockey Betting Primer
by David Schwab - 10/28/2011

The NHL 2011-12 regular season is only about eight or nine games into each team’s 82-game NHL schedule, but there are already some solid betting trends that are starting to emerge. The following is a look at who is hot and who is not along with a couple of picks for Friday night’s games.

Top 10 Reasons to Bet on NHL Hockey
by Doc's Sports - 10/6/2011

The 2011-12 NHL season is finally underway, and that means that there will opportunities to start making money every day on the ice. While the popularity of hockey in the United States will probably never approach that of football, baseball or basketball, that doesn’t mean that you can’t cash in on it. In fact, there’s a good chance that you’ll see much better results if you do decide to dive into hockey this season (see below). Here are the top 10 reasons that you should be betting on hockey this year:

NHL Props and Predictions: Scoring Award Winners
by Alan Matthews - 10/3/2011

With the puck to drop on the new NHL season starting Thursday night, let’s look at the three main awards that go to players who find the net most often. After all, you can’t win if you don’t score (although a good goalie is probably the most valuable commodity on any team). And I will preface this story by saying that if you don’t follow hockey, you may want to start because it’s looking more likely on each passing day that the NBA might not have a season. So the NHL (and college basketball) might have to satisfy your betting jones once football ends.

2011-12 Phoenix Coyotes Predictions with NHL Futures Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 10/3/2011

The Coyotes are the team that no one wants to own. They declared bankruptcy more than two years ago, and the NHL, which has owned the team since the financial mess erupted, can’t seem to find a deal that works out for new ownership. They play in a nice enough building, and the product on the ice has been solid, but they haven’t captured the imagination of the market.

The NHL Storylines That Will Affect Betting This Season
by T.O. Whenham - 9/12/2011

It seems hard to believe because the weather is still so good in traditional hockey markets, but the NHL season is now just around the corner. Training camps are underway for a lot of teams -- though it’s mostly only rookies who are on the ice so far. By early next week teams will be playing NHL Preseason games, and before we know it the regular season starts. As we get ready for the start of another long and hopefully exciting season, let’s take a look at six storylines that will be of interest for bettors throughout the year:

NHL Stanley Cup Futures Odds and Predictions for 2011-12
by Alan Matthews - 6/17/2011

You have to love the sportsbooks. The Bruins are probably still drinking celebratory hooch out of the Stanley Cup, and already the odds for the 2012 Stanley Cup champions are out. And how ironic is it that the one league that shut down for an entire season, the NHL, has the most labor peace going. Thus, unlike the NBA or NFL, you should have a good idea what teams will look like next season.

Stanley Cup Finals Odds: Game 7 Preview
by T.O. Whenham - 6/15/2011

The strangest Stanley Cup finals we have seen in a long, long time is one game away from resolution. It’s not just the fact that the home team has won all six games that has made it interesting. It’s how Vancouver has looked like two entirely different teams. When they have been playing at home they have been tough, defensively minded, and focused. In Boston, though, they have played three games that are quite possibly the three worst games any team has played in the playoffs all year. Add to that the fact that the series has been brutally physical, and that players have taken to diving at every opportunity to try to draw a penalty, and you have a true spectacle. I’m not sure it has been a classic, but it has certainly been entertaining.

NHL Picks: Canucks at Bruins Game 4 Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/8/2011

The Stanley Cup Finals certainly got interesting on Monday night as the Boston Bruins clobbered the Vancouver Canucks, 8-1, in the most lopsided Finals game in 15 years. Now we have a series. But the game featured plenty of chippiness on both sides (as well as some Boston taunting) that seems a lock to carry over to Game 4 and beyond in the wake of the crushing blindside hit that Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome laid on Boston’s Nathan Horton early in Game 3.

NHL Odds: Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks Game 2 Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/2/2011

Well, so far so good on our Stanley Cup Finals prediction as I recommended taking Vancouver in Game 1. Unfortunately both Roberto Luongo and Tim Thomas were brilliant in net so the ‘over’ 5.5 goals didn’t pan out in the Canucks’ 1-0 victory. If you had scrapper Raffi Torres scoring the game-winning goal (with 18.5 seconds left) in your Stanley Cup pool, then you know more about hockey than I do.