NHL Best Bets for January 7: Winnipeg Can Get Back To Winning Ways on Home Ice
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Eric Kelly
- January 7, 2025
Top NHL Pick: Winnipeg Jets -1.5 (+150) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
The NHL is back tonight with an exciting lineup of 10 games, offering plenty of opportunities to explore the best NHL betting picks and odds, available through the top-rated sportsbooks.
We believe the Winnipeg Jets are eyeing up an easy win on home ice against the Nashville Predators, a game they must win if they want to avoid going on an 0-4 losing streak.
Elsewhere, we are taking a look at betting on Mitch Marner to continue his scoring streak for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Nashville Predators vs. Winnipeg Jets
Tuesday, January 07, 2025 – 08:00 PM ET at Canada Life Centre
Jets Currently Losing Steam
The highly motivated and strongly touted Winnipeg Jets seem to be starting to lose steam as they are currently on a 0-3 losing streak.
Ok, all teams go on a losing streak here and there, but the biggest issue with the Jets’ current losing streak is the caliber of teams they have been losing to.
Colorado kickstarted the losses, which is a fair loss, but then overtime losses against the Ducks and a loss against Detroit, and all of a sudden this very winnable home game against the worst team in the division becomes a must-win game to get back to winning ways.
Winnipeg vs. Nashville’s Trends & Facts
- The totals have gone Over in 8 of the Jets’ 20 last games at home.
- The Winnipeg Jets are 20-21 ATS this season compared to Nashville’s 18-22.
- The Predators have the 6th worst ATS record when playing on the road this season.
The Pick
The Jets have gone 11-9 ATS on home ice this season but it must be noted they were the favorites for all of those games bar one, so it’s still a very respectable record when looking at a majority -1.5 line.
Nashville is 10-12 ATS on the road, which is also a respectable record. However, they have been the underdogs for the majority of those games. The Predators have lost seven of their previous ten games in Winnipeg and failed to cover the spread during six of those matchups.
We genuinely cannot believe that the Jets are as high as +150 to win this game by two or more goals. We suspected their odds would be around +130, so there are twenty cents of value to play around with here.
NHL Pick: Winnipeg Jets -1.5 (+150) at BetOnline
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Tuesday, January 07, 2025 – 07:30 PM ET at Wells Fargo Center
Marner to keep on Hitting
Mitch Marner comes into this game in the form of his life. Before the scoreless game against tonight’s opposition, he notched up 5 points in his previous game, scoring 4 assists and 1 goal in a 6-4 victory over the Boston Bruins.
Marner has stepped up to the mark this season following the absence of star player Auston Matthews, who has missed a chunk of games due to injury. Of course, sometimes he has underperformed even when starting, but fear not since Mitch Marner is having a season to remember.
Mitch Marner’s Trends & Facts
- Mitch Marner is currently the Leafs’ top points-scorer this season, with 56 points. This also ranks him 4th overall in the entire league.
- Marner has scored a career total of 21 points in 18 games against the Flyers.
- Marner has scored at least 1 point in 10 of his previous 11 NHL outings.
The Pick
Coming into this game, Mitch Marner has scored 2+ points in 48% of his games played to date this season. Interestingly, Marner failed to score a point the last time he faced the Flyers, but in the previous four games, he was hot, banging in 1/2/2 and 3 points respectively.
Philadelphia has been poor at home in recent games, allowing an average of 4.2 goals in their previous five games, whilst the Maple Leafs have scored an average of 4 goals in each of their last five games.
Mitch Marner should get back on the board tonight having failed to score in his previous game (also against the Flyers). It’s rare to see him go back-to-back games without a point, so we are betting on him to score 2+ on the road at +100.
NHL Pick: Mitch Marner Over 1.5 Points (+100) at BetOnline
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