NHL Best Bets for March 18: Dallas Can Stay Hot on Home Ice
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Eric Kelly
- March 18, 2025
Top NHL Pick: Dallas Stars -1.5 (-120) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
Tonight’s NHL betting card is nine game slate with plenty of top notch games taking place across the board.
We are heading into the matchday card with a matchup between Dallas and Anaheim, a game in which we are expecting a strong home performance. Elsewhere we believe we will see goals in the St Louis and Nashville performance.
Before locking in your bets, let’s break down the latest NHL odds from top sportsbooks to find the best value.
St Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 – 08:00 PM EDT at Bridgestone Arena
Expect a High-Scoring Showdown
Despite both these teams having seen the majority of their games go under rather than over this season (with the Blues sitting at 29-33-6 to the over and Nashville 27-38-1) we believe the 5.5 line is very generous in this matchup and recent games between these two teams has been high scoring with their previous five games producing 11/6/8/3/7 goals in total.
Both teams have seen 50% of their previous 20 NHL games combined go over the 5.5 total when Nashville is on home ice and the Blues play on the road.
St Louis & Nashville Trends & Facts
- The total has gone over in 6 of Nashville’s last 6 games against St. Louis.
- The total has gone over in 5 of Nashville’s last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis.
- The total has gone over in 5 of St. Louis’ last 7 games on the road.
- Nashville is 5-2 in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference.
The Pick
Interestingly both these teams come into this matchup having had completely different results in their previous game. With the St Louis Blues coming here with a 7-2 victory, the Nashville Predators lost their previous outing 1-0 against the L.A Kings.
We could not believe we are getting -110 NHL betting odds for this game total to go over 5.5 goals, we would have suspected this was at least -125 and we would happily bet the 5.5 line down to as low as -125.
The Blues are chasing a playoff spot and will be hoping to come here and win their 3rd game in a row, whilst Nashville is out of this season’s playoff. The Blues might be just 1-4 in their last five against the Predators but their one victory did come last time out.
NHL Pick: Blues-Predators Over 5.5 (-110) at BetOnline
Anaheim Ducks vs. Dallas Stars
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 – 08:00 PM EDT at American Airlines Center
Dallas Flying Hot
The Dallas Stars have been flying hot on home ice in recent weeks having gone 7-0 in their previous 7 games, whilst the Anaheim Ducks are 1-5 in their previous 6 road games. The Dallas Stars also have a strong record against Anaheim on home ice having gone 8-2 in their last ten games, but the Ducks did win the last time out in Dallas.
That said Dallas won’t be keen on losing back-to-back games on home ice against one of the weakest teams in the NHL. Dallas is the 4th highest scoring team in the NHL this season whilst the Ducks are the 4th lowest scoring. Dallas has the 5th best defense whilst the Ducks have the 21st.
Anaheim & Dallas Trends & Facts
- Dallas is 7-0 in their last 7 games at home.
- Dallas is 11-1 in their last 12 games when playing at home against Anaheim.
- Anaheim are 1-5 in their last 6 games on the road.
- The total has gone over in 7 of Anaheim’s last 10 games against an opponent in the Central Division.
The Pick
We are sticking with the Dallas Stars to stay hot on home ice, but that being said we are going to have to take the -1.5 PK line at -120 NHL betting odds. Yes, the Anaheim Ducks have been one of the better ATS teams in the league, but it must be noted they were set at the +1.5 PK line.
On home ice Dallas is 18-14 to the -1.5 PK line, we believe the Ducks’ 7-2 loss to the Blues won’t help their situation, a matchup in Dallas is always tough, plus Dallas has a strong -1.5 record in recent games on home ice against Anaheim going 6-4 in their previous ten games.
NHL Pick: Dallas Stars -1.5 (-120) at BetOnline
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