NHL Best Bets for December 3: Resilient Sharks & Leakage in Sin City
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Eric Kelly
- December 3, 2024
Top NHL Pick: Edmonton/Las Vegas Over 6.5 (+115) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
We have a nice NHL card to look forward to tonight. We have found two solid bets to get stuck into ahead of tonight’s action.
San Jose travels to the Capital, where we believe they might surprise us all with a win. However, at the very least, they are strong odds to cover the underdog spread. Elsewhere, the leakage in Las Vegas could result in plenty of goals.
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San Jose Sharks vs. Washington Capitals Odds
Tuesday, December 03, 2024 – 07:00 PM ET at Capital One Arena
Sharks Tough Nut to Crack
Surprisingly, the San Jose Sharks have been a very resilient team this season. Despite their overall record sitting at 9-18 (4th worst in the NHL), they have actually had the best PK line record. It must be noted that they have been underdogs at the +1.5 PK line for the majority of their PK line covers. In their previous 10 games, the Sharks have only failed to cover the +1.5 line on three occasions.
Taking a look at the Washington Capitals, they have been another team that has surprised us this season. In fact, they are playing way better than anybody expected and currently sit 2nd overall in the Eastern Conference.
Team Trends & Facts
- San Jose is 15-4 in its last 19 games when playing on the road against Washington.
- San Jose has the best PK record in the NHL having gone 18-9 overall.
- Washington is 1-4 in their last 5 games at home.
The Pick
Let’s not ignore the fact that Alexander Ovechkin will be missing for this game, which is a massive advantage for the San Jose Sharks. Ovechkin has been on fire thus far this season but has a broken leg.
San Jose is +5.75 units this season on the spread when placing a standard one-unit bet on their PK line. Like any game, this could win or lose but the value seems very strong right now at +100 NHL betting odds. We would bet this down to as low as -115 despite the Sharks being on the road.
NHL Pick: San Jose Sharks +1.5 (+100) at BetOnline
Edmonton Oilers vs. Las Vegas Golden Knights Odds
Tuesday, December 03, 2024 – 10:00 PM ET at T-Mobile Arena
Expect Goals in Sin City
It’s been well-documented that the Edmonton Oilers have some defensive frailties. Early on in the season, they suffered offensively, at one point averaging the lowest goals per game. Right now, the Oilers score exactly 3 goals per game and allow just over 3.10 goals per game.
Elsewhere, the Golden Knights have started to struggle offensively, having only scored five goals in their previous three games. They were shut out 6-0 last time out by the Utah Hockey Club. Overall the Golden Knights have seen the 3rd highest amount of games go over the total with a record of 15-8-2.
The Oilers are middle of the pack in terms of totals going over, but we will put this down to their poor offensive start to the season and they still have a respectable 10-12-2 overall record.
Team Trends & Facts
- The total has gone over in 4 of Edmonton’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Vegas.
- The total has gone over in 4 of Edmonton’s last 5 games.
- The total has gone over in 4 of Vegas’ last 5 games at home.
The Pick
The Golden Knights will 100% see this as an opportunity to make amends from their shutout last time out and will fancy their chances of scoring a few goals tonight against this Oilers defense.
Four of the previous ten meetings between these teams went over 6.5 goals, a further 4 more ended with exactly six goals and just 2 of those 10 went under the total. We believe we will see goals tonight and the +115 odds on over 6.5 goals to be scored here is phenomenal value. We would happily bet this down to +100 and even like the juice at -135 on the over 6 line.
NHL Pick: Edmonton/Las Vegas Over 6.5 (+115) at BetOnline
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