NHL Best Bets for February 28: Dallas Stars to Outshine Visiting Kings
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Eric Kelly
- February 28, 2025
Top NHL Pick: Kings-Stars Under 5.5 (-110) at BetOnline
We have just three NHL games on our betting card tonight, but we do like these matchups and there is plenty of value to be found, as we are taking not one but two plus-money bets for tonight’s NHL action.
First, we are paying a visit to Madison Square Garden where the NY Rangers hope to keep up their winning streak against a strong Toronto team. Elsewhere, the Dallas Stars play host to the L.A Kings and we expect a tight game to unfold.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Rangers
Friday, February 28, 2025 – 07:00 PM at Madison Square Garden
NY Rangers Back to Winning Ways, But For How Long
The New York Rangers seem to have come out of their massive slump, which saw them slip to as low as 12th in the Conference. In recent times, they have won 5 of their previous 7 games and find themselves just outside the playoff zone at the moment. However, they have a lot of work to do to get back to their previous competitiveness.
That said, and not to be too critical, but arguably three of their five wins came against teams you would expect them to be beating anyhow.
As for the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, they remain dominant sitting 2nd in the Eastern Conference, they have been incredible strong in recent road games having gone 7-3 across their last ten.
Toronto & New York Trends & Facts
- The total has gone over in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games.
- Toronto are 10-3 in their last 13 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference.
- The total has gone over in 4 of NY Rangers’ last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto.
- Toronto are 5-1 in their last 6 games on the road.
The Pick
We like the Maple Leafs on the road, they are definitely the better of the two teams right now and although the Maple Leafs can be known to have a rare off day, it’s hard to ignore them here. The Leafs have also won their previous two games to the Big Apple, 3-2 and 7-3.
NHL Pick: Maple Leafs ML (-118) at BetOnline
Los Angeles Kings vs. Dallas Stars
Friday, February 28, 2025 – 08:00 PM at American Airlines Center
LA Kings Struggling to Score Goals
The LA Kings come into this road game having struggled in front of the net in recent road games, having scored 4/0/0/2/2 goals in each of their previous five games (going 1-4 on the moneyline). They have also only averaged 1.8 goals per game across their previous 10 road outings.
On the bright side, the Kings have the third-best defense in the league, having allowed only 2.54 goals per game.
Defensively, the Dallas Stars have a solid defense and have only allowed the fifth-most amount of goals this season, but they have been much better offensively than the Kings, scoring the 6th most amount of goals this season.
Los Angeles & Dallas Trends & Facts
- The total has gone under in 5 of Los Angeles’ last 7 games against an opponent in the Central Division.
- Los Angeles are 0-5 in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas.
- The total has gone under in 6 of Dallas’ last 7 games against Los Angeles.
- The total has gone under in 5 of Los Angeles’ last 6 games when playing as the underdog.
The Pick
We really can’t trust the Kings to score any more than one, maybe two goals here given their recent record, yet they can hold their own defensively and we like the total to go under in this scenario.
Current betting odds at -110 are likely as low as we would suggest given the high-scoring nature of the NHL these days, but we like this total under at -110. Exactly 50% of the previous ten meetings between these two teams in Dallas saw less than five goals scored.
NHL Pick: Under 5.5 (-110) at BetOnline
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