Dallas’ Joe Pavelski is a big-game performer with the most playoff goals at 53 tied with Nikita Kucherov since the 2012-13 season.
The action is nonstop during the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a trio of games Wednesday headlined by the Maple Leafs returning home to play the Bruins in Game three while the Stars and Kings look to bounce back after dramatic Game one losses.
Despite just three games on the slate, we still find many value picks that should continue our hot streak. We are red hot with a 23-7 record over our last 30 picks and a current bank balance at $1,010 in the Pad Stacking Challenge that returns later today.
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Bet: Leafs ML (-110), Tyler Bertuzzi Over 0.5 points (-120)
Since 2017, the Leafs have lost Game three in an opening round series just once with a 6-1 record and the only loss being in 2020 to the Blue Jackets during Game three of the qualifying round.
Toronto is looking to beat the Bruins in a series for the first time since 1959 and and will have a chance to go up 2-1 as over the Bruins last two playoff series against the Maple Leafs, they dropped the first game played in Toronto both times.
The Leafs offense will be motivated after their cinematic win thanks to Auston Matthews' sensational game-winning goal in Game two and should propel linemate Tyler Bertuzzi into his first big game of the series.
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Bertuzzi dished for an assist on Matthews' game-winner and should finally see his big game on Wednesday. He returns home where he has started to hit his stride with seven of his ten goals at home this season coming in their previous 14 games.
He is known to be a playoff perfomer with five goals and ten points when playing with the Bruins in their series loss to the Panthers. He went just one game without a point last postseason and could get hot as Bertuzzi dominated the Bruins before joining them with two goals and 11 points in his first nine career matchups against them.
Bet: Stars ML (-165), Joe Pavelski Over 0.5 points (-135)
Dallas was surprised during their Game one loss where they gave up two quick goals and were behind for the remainder of the game. They will look for a bounce back in front of their home crowd and avoid two straight home losses which they’ve only done three times this season.
Their edge at home is normally their electric offense that has the fourth-highest goals per home game average at 3.71 that appeared for three goals but not enough for a comeback.
The three first period goals by the Golden Knights was unusual for Dallas’ standards at home that have only allowed 37 first period goals in their 41 home games this season.
They will look to bounce back and push the pressure back onto the Golden Knights with the help of veteran Joe Pavelski, who was held without a point in Game one and should respond alongside the Stars.
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The 39-year-old has had a criminally underrated season with 27 goals and the second-most points on the team at 67 while playing every game of the season.
He is known to be a playoff performer over the past decade with the most playoff goals at 53 tied with Nikita Kucherov and the sixth-most points at 101 since the 2012-13 season.
He has been consistently apart of the point production as of late with nine points over their last 13 games and should do well against the Golden Knights, who he has six goals and 11 points against in 17 career matchups.