Connor Hellebuyck Gets Introduced During Player Introductions for Winnipeg Jets Home Opener Saturday features a loaded slate of NHL action with 28 different teams playing across 14 exciting matchups throughout the day. The day starts with the Red Wings travelling to Buffalo to take on the Sabres and caps off with the Canucks hosting the Penguins. We hope to get hot again like our 9-2 record to start the season and the extended slate of games will give us plenty of chances to do so. All betting lines are from Bet365 and are subject to change. Hockey is a difficult sport to predict so please gamble responsibly. Bet: Leafs Bruins Under 6.0 goals (-120), Auston Matthews anytime goal (-110) The Bruins have beat the Maple Leafs in 11 of their last 14 matchups with the game going under six goals in seven of their last nine matchups. Their primetime matchup versus the Buds is a perfect bounce back spot as the Bruins have lost three straight and can look to turn things around in a matchup they normally dominate. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_mAhb6175M[/embed] Toronto has been outscored 11 to 3 over their last two games and will look to recover as well. 80 per cent of the bets on the total for this game are on the over at 5.5 with both offences looking to rebound but it should end up being a big game for both sides defence as it end up being a physical, tough game that will continue the trend of unders in this matchup. Leafs star centre Auston Matthews has kept his team close during their rough 14-game stretch versus the Bruins with ten goals and five assists for 15 points. He will likely find the back of the net after going the past two games without a goal and should find his way through a struggling Bruins defence. Bet: Troy Terry Over 0.5 points (+110) The Rangers have been rolling this season with a 5-1-1 record and a 5-2 record against the spread. They also have a great record versus the Ducks with eight wins over their last ten matchups. The Ducks also haven't won a game in Madison Square Garden since 2013 with the Rangers winning nine straight home matchups. It appears that everything points to the Rangers with 97 per cent of the bets on the game being for them to win. The Rangers have beat the Ducks by two or more goals in five of their last seven wins but the Ducks have to score at least once as they've managed at least a goal versus the Rangers in 23 straight matchups. All Ducks players are listed with plus odds to get a point which we can look to exploit. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuJgxFtGIt8[/embed] The Ducks lead scorer Troy Terry should get the job done as he's had a decent start to the season with four goals and an assist for five points over their first six games. Terry also has points in five of her seven career matchups versus the Rangers with a goal and six assists for seven points. Bet: Matthew Tkachuk anytime goal (+210), Panthers ML (-140) The Islanders fought hard for their 4-3 overtime win over the Devils Friday night. They will return home Saturday to take on a beat up Panthers team that is missing captain Aleksander Barkov. They got recently got back star winger Matthew Tkachuk, who had been out for a week due to illness and has just one point over his two games played since returning to the lineup. Tkachuk has no goals so far this season and has excelled in this matchup with four goals and an assist in six games versus the Islanders. The Panthers normally do well in this matchup with six wins over their last nine matchups but their three losses have come over their last four matchups. The Cats should win this one as the Islanders have won both games just once over their last ten back-to-backs.
