NHL Best Bets for May 27: Edmonton One Step Closer to Stanley Cup Glory

Series Recap

It seems the Edmonton Oilers have turned a new leaf this season as their previous Achilles heel (especially in the playoffs) has been their defence and goaltending, but this post-season, the Oilers have shown their defensive prowess, especially in this series.

The Oilers have allowed 2.93 goals this post-season and have allowed just 2.1 goals throughout this series. The Oilers’ defense have really stepped up and limited the Stars in the previous two games having allowed only one goal in a 3-0 road shutout and a 6-1 home win.

The Oilers’ goaltenders can also take credit, with Stuart Skinner having allowed 2.66 goals, going 4-4 in 475 minutes played, and Calvin Pickard has gone 6-0, allowing 2.84 goals per game in 400 minutes played. Lest we forget Stuart Skinner has three shutouts this postseason.

The Dallas Stars head back home after tonight’s game and will be hoping for a 2-2 series score heading back to Dallas, because a 3-1 deficit seem like too much to claw back against an Edmonton team who are playing their best hockey right now.

Dallas Can Match Oilers Tonight

The Dallas Stars have not had a bad season by all means having finished 3^rd in the Western Conference (with the Oilers finishing 6^th), they also managed to knock out two heavyweights in the Colorado Avalanche and Winnipeg Jets, with both series going all the way to game seven.

Throughout the regular season, the Dallas Stars went 2-1 against the Oilers and will feel at the very least they can take this series to six games with a win on home ice next time out, but ideally tonight.

The Stars had a 2.70 goals against per game throughout the regular season compared to the Edmonton Oilers’ 2.87. Offensively, the Stars had the 3^rd most goals in the regular season with 3.35 per game, whilst the Oilers had 3.16 goals per game.

We believe the Dallas Stars can match the Oilers tonight and we are liking the plus money available on them right now.

Dallas & Edmonton Trends & Facts

• The Oilers have won 27 of the 40 games they have played with moneyline odds shorter than -168.
• The Stars have been the underdog 21 times this season, and upset their opponent in nine, or 42.9%, of those games.
• Edmonton and its opponent have gone over the current 6.5-goal total in 44 of 96 games this season.
• The total has gone over in 6 of Dallas’ last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton.
• Edmonton is 10-2 in its last 12 games.

The Pick

The Edmonton Oilers might be on home ice, they might be on fire right now, and they have gone 10-2 in their previous 12 games, but we can’t ignore the odds available on the Dallas Stars at +140 NHL betting odds.

The Stars have rarely been priced over +135 this season, and despite being on the road in this matchup, we would bet the Stars down to as low as +120 in this matchup. Yes, the Oilers are hot right now, but Dallas has been strong this season, and their overall season stats have been impressive, with a winning record against the Oilers.

The Oilers might be the hotter team right now, but we believe the Dallas Stars can step up to the plate tonight and badly need Jason Robertson to get into the grove this post-season having finished the regular season as the Stars’ 2^nd highest points scorer, but has only managed 3 points in 9 playoff games.

NHL Pick: Dallas Stars ML (+140) at BetOnline

Dallas Stars ML (+140)

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