LA's Quinton Byfield has no goals this season and will go against a Sharks team allowing four goals per game dating back to last season
Tuesday has another sizeable slate of NHL action with some exciting matchups like legendary goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury returning to Pittsburgh when the Wild take on the Penguins.
Other key matchups include the red hot Capitals hosting the Rangers and the Sharks looking to win two games in a row when taking on the Kings.
We've caught fire lately with a 14-6 record over our last 20 picks. We look to extend our hot streak with another winning day on Tuesday.
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Bet: Penguins ML (+110), Erik Karlsson Over 0.5 points (-115), Wild Penguins Over 6.0 goals (-120)
The Pens have lost five straight after their fiery start to the season as their once hot offence quickly cooled off and their defence can't stop almost anything with 22 goals allowed during that span. Most of the damage was caused on a four-game road trip and will now see the team come back home to play the Wild.
Since leaving the Penguins, Minnesota netminder Marc-Andre Fleury has a 5-4-0 record with a goals against average of 3.05 and a save percentage of .906 in nine games versus Pittsburgh. Four goals allowed in three of those last five starts, coupled with the Penguins defensive woes as of late makes the over look like a solid play.
The Penguins lost their most recent matchup to the Wild but still have a 9-1-1 record over their last 11 games. Three-time Norris trophy winner Erik Karlsson dominates in this matchup with points in seven straight games versus the Wild, which includes a pair of goals and eight assists for ten points.
Bet: Kraken -1.5 (+155)
The Habs have played the Kraken just six times in their history with both teams recording three wins a piece. Most of their games haven't been close as just one of the three games was decided by one goal.
Montreal is rebounding off a four-game losing streak after piecing together two straight wins heading into Tuesday while the Kraken have dropped three straight including a pair of one score games like their overtime loss to the red hot Winnipeg Jets.
The Kraken will be desperate for a win and good sign for them is that the Habs are one of the worst home teams in the league. After being a team you were terrified to play on the road against, the Habs have a 47-70-12 record at the Bell Centre since the start of the 2021-22 season with a 3.55 goals against average which is second-worst in the league.
They are already 3-3-0 at home this season and rep the eighth-lowest goals per game average at 2.67 through their six home games. Seattle will be a more hungry team and likely outwork Montreal.
We will flip from our normal trend of riding with underdogs as 92 per cent of the bets on the puck line for the game today are on the Habs. We will go the other way with it and take the Kraken to win in a big way and continuing the trend from their matchups.
Bet: Quinton Byfield anytime goal (+230), Kings -1.5 (-110)
We've been tricked already this season by Quinton Byfield once before as he went without a point during our Pad Stack Challenge earlier this month and killed our hot streak. We look to go back to him here in what should be the easiest matchup he can possibly have.
The Sharks are coming off a huge come from behind win yesterday where they scored four straight goals after being down 4-1 to beat the Utah Hockey Club. It was a shocking win but they did allow the four goals which means this team still hasn't been able to figure out their defensive structure.
The Sharks have been the worst-defensive team in league, averaging four goals against per game. The Kings should take advantage of a Sharks team playing their second game of a back-to-back and score a handful of goals.
Byfield is yet to score this season with no goals but four assists through nine games. He should pop his cherry in a favourable matchup that the Kings should win by more than one goal.