NHL Best Bets for November 1: Heavy Lightning Expected in Minnesota
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Eric Kelly
- November 1, 2024
Top NHL Pick: Lightning ML (+105) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
Two of the league’s strongest starters come head-to-head in Minnesota tonight as the 7-3-0 Tampa Bay Lightning face the 6-1-2 Minnesota Wild.
Elsewhere, we like the look of goals in the Big Apple tonight, Let’s break down the current NHL odds from the top sportsbooks before making your picks.
Ottawa Senators vs. New York Rangers
Friday, November 01, 2024 – 07:00 PM ET at PPG Madison Square Garden
Goals Expected in the Big Apple
Despite both these two teams having had the same number of games going over the total as under the total, recent matchups have seen plenty of goals scored in both teams matchups respectively, with the Ottawa Senators scoring 5/4/4/4/8 goals in each of their previous five games, while the NY Rangers have scored 4/7/1/2/3 in their last five games.
The Rangers and Senators have the 5th, 7th, 8th and 9th highest points scorers thus far this season, hopefully they will help contribute some goals tonight.
The Senators come into this game off the back of a monster win, beating the St Louis Blues 8-1, Tim Stutzle scored a hat-trick.
Artemi Panarin of the NY Rangers had his first pointless game of the season last time out against the Washington Capitals. Having previously scored for 8 games in a row, so we expect a big bounce back from him tonight on home ice.
Team & Betting Trends
- Both teams have seen 50% of their games go over the total thus far this season.
- The previous five games between these two teams has seen an average of 7.1 goals scored per game.
- The Senators come into this matchup with a 5-4-0 record, the NY Rangers are 6-2-1.
The Pick
The sportsbooks have the odds set on the over 6.5 total line set at +100, which is exactly what we would have predicted, there’s not much value here, and laying -105 would probably be as low as we would go, but we believe these two teams are hot right and plenty of goals can be scored.
The Ottawa Senators games have especially been very high scoring in recent times, with 9/9/10/4/9 goals scored in each of their previous five games, an eye watering average of 8.1 goals per game.
If you’re feeling brave, the over 8.5 goals line is currently available at around +350.
NHL Pick: Over 6.5 (+100) at BetOnline
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Minnesota Wild
Friday, November 01, 2024 – 08:00 PM ET at Xcel Energy Center
Ride the Lightning
There’s a heavy storm on the way to Minnesota as Nikita Kucherov and co come to town. Kucherov is having a hot start to the season, having scored 17 points (joint 3rd highest) in ten games. Tampa Bay has started the season super strong having gone 7-3, they are 3rd in the Eastern Conference and are currently scoring the most points per game ratio, projecting them to be top of the conference should they keep up this current strong run.
The Minnesota Wild have also started the season off in strong fashion having won 4 of their previous 5 games, they currently sit 3rd overall in the Western Conference and are on course to be sitting in 2nd position should they win tonight’s game.
Team & Betting Trends
- Tampa Bay are 1-10 in their last 11 games when playing on the road against Minnesota.
- The total has gone over in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Central Division.
- Minnesota are 5-1 in their last 6 games.
The Pick
Although it makes sense that the Lightning are the underdogs here playing on the road, we still believe this game is much more of a 50/50 and we like the +105 odds available on Tampa Bay to win this road game on the moneyline.
In our opinion, this game is a flip of a coin and we would much rather have Tampa Bay at +105 as opposed to Minnesota at -115. We also believe that come puck drop the Lightning’s odds will drop in value so get your bets in quick while they’re still plus money. Betable down to Tampa Bay -105.
NHL Pick: Lightning ML (+105) at BetOnline
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