NHL Hockey Free Picks

Carolina Hurricanes (26-22-7) @ Tampa Bay Lightning (33-17-5)

Time: 7:30 pm EST

Our Prediction: Tampa Bay 4-2

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Preview: The Carolina Hurricanes will head to Florida to take on the Lightning of Tampa Bay. The Hurricanes are 26-22-7, for 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. Carolina currently is clinging onto by a single point over Atlanta for the final spot. If the postseason started today, Carolina would start the playoffs in Philadelphia. The Hurricanes are 12-13-5 when playing on the road this season. Their leading scorer, Eric Staal has 54 points, including 26 goals and 28 assists. The Hurricanes rank 9th in the league in goals, as they are averaging 2.9 per game.

Detroit Red Wings (32-16-6) @ Boston Bruins (31-16-7)

Time: 7:00 pm EST

Our Pick: Boston Bruins 3-1

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Preview: Two teams destined for the postseason in the National Hockey League will square off on Friday night.

The Detroit Red Wings head to the TD Garden in Boston to take on the Bruins. Detroit ranks third in the NHL in scoring, averaging 3.2 goals per game. The Red Wings leading scorer has been Henrik Zetterberg, with 57 points; 41 of them assists. The Red Wings are coming off a 4-1 loss to Nashville on Wednesday. The Red Wings come in with a 32-16-6 overall record. Detroit’s 70 points are the second most in the Western Conference, trailing only Vancouver. The Red Wings are atop the Central Division, leading Nashville by five points. Detroit has went 16-8-2 when playing away from home this season. Detroit is 5-3-1 in games against the Eastern Conference this season, and hold a 2-0-0 record against the Northeast Division.

Yesterday we were not even close to win our bet as we picked the under in one of the highest svoring NBA games of the season. With that loss we are now back on negative figures for the year but we’ll turn that around over the week as we have some exciting picks coming up.

For the first time since we started our daily picks we will be taking our play of the day for the NHL where we like the Chicago Blackhawks at home against the Minnesota Wild. BetUS are offering a great odds for the Blackhawks on the moneyline here as we are getting +160 (2.60) for the Blackhawks -1.5. This means the Blackhawks will have to win with two goals or more in order for our bet to be good.

Our Bet: Chicago Blackhawks -1.5 against the Minnesota Wild

Anaheim Ducks (17-15-4) @ Boston Bruins (17-10-4)

Date: Monday December 20th, 2010

Time: 7:30 pm EST

Predicted Score: Boston Bruins 5-1

Preview: The Anaheim Ducks will take on the Boston Bruins on Monday Night. Both teams are currently in the postseason picture for their respective conferences.

The Ducks, at 17-15-4 are in 7th place in the Western Conference. His 38 points is just five behind the conference leading Detroit Redwings. Boston, with their 38 points is in 8th place in the Eastern Conference. 9th place Carolina trails the Bruins by four points. The Ducks come into the game with a 6-9-3 record when playing on the road. Boston at the Garden are 8-5-3. Anaheim has allowed the second most goals in the Western Conference, and third overall. The Ducks have allowed 106 goals and scored 93 on the season.