FRIDAY OCT 23 graded picks
Went 2-0 on the day
Fri Oct 23
Tampa Bay
@
Colorado
Win chance · our model
OUR PICKColorado to win
MONEYLINEWIN
Home ice.
FINAL
Tampa Bay 3 · Colorado 6
✓ Moneyline✗ Spread✗ Total
Tampa Bay 3projected goalsColorado 3.3
Puck line Tampa Bay +1.5 67%Total Under 6.5 54%
Full breakdown
WHY WE LEAN THIS WAY
- Goalies: Vasilevskiy in net for Tampa Bay (.898 this season, .901 over his last 5 starts); Blackwood in net for Colorado (.889 this season, .878 over his last 5 starts)
- Form: Tampa Bay won 3 in a row (4-1 in its last 5); Colorado no win in 2 games (2-2-1 in its last 5)
- Colorado has home ice
- Tampa Bay is missing Yanni Gourde; Colorado is missing Zachary L'Heureux, Nicolas Roy and Georgii Merkulov
- Scoring per game: Tampa Bay 3.4 for and 2.6 against; Colorado 4.1 for and 3.1 against
- Hot scorers - Tampa Bay: Hagel (6 goals in last 5), Kucherov (3 goals in last 5); Colorado: Lehkonen (5 goals in last 5), Necas (3 goals in last 5)
Fri Oct 23
Montreal
@
Chicago
Win chance · our model
OUR PICKMontreal to win
MONEYLINEWIN
The model rates Montreal as the stronger team.
FINAL
Montreal 4 · Chicago 1
✓ Moneyline✗ Spread✓ Total
Montreal 3.1projected goalsChicago 3
Puck line Chicago +1.5 70%Total Under 6.5 57%
Full breakdown
WHY WE LEAN THIS WAY
- Goalies: Fowler in net for Montreal (.900 this season, .900 over his last 4 starts); Knight in net for Chicago (.888 this season, .893 over his last 5 starts)
- Form: Montreal lost last game (3-1-1 in its last 5); Chicago lost last game (2-3 in its last 5)
- Chicago has home ice
- Chicago is the more rested team
- Montreal is missing Nick Suzuki, Florian Xhekaj and Sam Montembeault
- Scoring per game: Montreal 3.3 for and 3.8 against; Chicago 2.3 for and 4.0 against