NHL Hockey Playoff Betting

Apr 16, 2008 | By Stan Leung | Picks Articles Archive

NHL Hockey Playoff Betting

2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Detroit Red Wings (-145) vs. Nashville Predators (+125)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:05 PM EST
Over/Under: 5
NHL Playoff online betting pick: Over 5

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I think the floods gates will be open in tonight’s NHL playoff betting game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Nashville Predators when they meet at Sommet Center in a NHL postseason game. Sportsbook oddsmakers currently have the Detroit Red Wings listed as a road 145-moneyline favorite versus the Nashville Predators, with the game's total is sitting at 5.

Alexander Radulov, Ryan Suter Jason Arnott, Martin Erat, and David Legwand are all playing well for the Predators and combined with the fire power of the Red Wings I hardly see a low scoring affair in tonight’s betting game. The Wings have Henrik Zetterberg, Jiri Hudler, Johan Franzen, Tomas Holmstrom, Pavel Datsyuk and Kirk Maltby that can all score at will.

Both goalies have not played very well and the only way Nashville can win is if they open up and play reckless hockey. If they play into the Wings system they will get beaten badly. So they have to play up and down hockey for any attempt to win. This run and gun style of hockey leads to a lot of scoring chances; hence goals. This is the key factor for tonight’s betting game which shows in their betting stats at their Over record when playing a run and gun style is 6-0 in Predators last 6 games as an underdog of +110 to +150.

Bottom Line: head to head the Over/Under total is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Nashville and the home team is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.

Look for the real high scoring game tonight

A few things to consider:

Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Nashville
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Nashville is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Red Wings are 134-59 in their last 193 games as a favorite.
Red Wings are 99-45-3 in their last 147 vs. Central.
Red Wings are 32-15-5 in their last 52 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Predators are 2-10 in their last 12 Conference Quarterfinals games.
Predators are 1-8 in their last 9 playoff games as an underdog.
Predators are 1-10 in their last 11 Wednesday games.

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NHL Playoff Betting at SBG Global

NHL Hockey Playoff Betting

NHL Hockey Playoff Betting

Look for the real high scoring game tonight

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