NHL Best Bets for October 25: Eichel Running Hot and Goals Expected in Rogers Place
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Eric Kelly
- October 25, 2024
Top NHL Pick: Jack Eichel Over 0.5 Assists (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
The NHL action continues with four games on Friday’s slate, and two matchups stand out for the best value: Senators vs. Golden Knights and Penguins vs. Oilers.
Jack Eichel has been a key playmaker for the Golden Knights, and we’re backing him to keep his assist streak alive. Meanwhile, can the Edmonton Oilers turn things around at home against the Penguins?
Let’s break down the current NHL odds from top sportsbooks before making your picks.
Ottawa Senators vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Friday, October 25, 2024 – 06:00 PM ET at T-Mobile Arena
Eichel Can Stay Hot on Home Ice
It’s been a strong start to the season for both the Vegas Golden Knights and one of their star players Jack Eichel. The former Buffalo Sabres center has been at the heart of almost all things offensively positive for the Golden Knights since his arrival in 2021.
Since joining the Golden Knights Eichel has scored on average one point per game, banging in 170 points in 177 games in the regular season, and when looking at the post-season he has scored 33 points in 29 games (as well as one Stanley Cup under his belt).
Eichel has been on fire at home this season thus far scoring 8 points in 4 games (an average of 2 points per game) whilst on the road he has still been solid, averaging one point per game.
Jack Eichel Trends
- Jack Eichel has the 2nd joint most amount of assists thus far this season, 11 in 7 games.
- Eichel ended last season as the Vegas Golden Knights’s top assister in the team.
- Eichel ended the Golden Knights’s 2022 Stanley Cup-winning season with 20 assists in 22 games in the post-season.
The Pick
Eichel has scored at least one assist in 5 of 7 games played this season and we fancy his chances of doing so again tonight against this Ottawa Senators team who have allowed 3.17 goals per game thus far this season and 3.9 per game in their previous five trips to Sin City.
The Golden Knights and Eichel are on fire right now, and we are more than happy to lay the -110 NHL betting odds on Eichel to bag himself his 12th assist of the season. Eichel has scored 18 assists in 21 career games against the Senators.
NHL Pick: Jack Eichel Over 0.5 Assists (-110) at BetOnline
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Edmonton Oilers
Friday, October 25, 2024 – 09:00 PM ET at Rogers Place
Goals Galore
Two of the NHL’s worst defensive teams come head to head in Rogers Place tonight as the Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Canada to face the Edmonton Oilers. We expect plenty of goals to be scored in this game considering both teams combined are allowing 8.10 goals per game.
The previous five matchups between these teams have produced 4/7/9/9 and 6 goals respectively.
Despite the Oilers having the 4th most goals per game last season and an all-star forward line (including a future all-time great and hall of famer, Connor McDavid) they have started this season with just 2 goals per game, the second lowest in the entire NHL. That said star player McDavid has contributed to most of the goals, having been involved in 8 of 15 goals.
Team & Betting Trends
- Six of the Previous Ten games between the Oilers & Penguins went over 6.5 goals.
- Pittsburgh allows the 2nd most amount of goals per game thus far this season (4.25 per game).
- The Oilers allow the 5th most amount of goals per game thus far this season (4.0 per game).
The Pick
We love the plus money we are getting on this NHL matchup to see over 6.5 goals scored. Currently available at +100 to go over the 6.5 total, we believe this is betable down to as low as -115.
The Penguins have averaged 3.38 goals per game thus far this season, and we expect the Oilers will view this as a bounce-back game that can turn their season around. The Penguins are just as poor defensively as the Oilers right now.
At the very least this game should see over 5.5 goals scored, although its currently a lot of juice to lay at -210, for an extra goal we like the plus money.
NHL Pick: Over 6.5 Goals (+100) at BetOnline
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