NHL Prop Pick: Alex Ovechkin Over 1.5 Points (+180) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
There are 13 NHL games taking place across the board tonight, this gives us some good opportunities to find value by picking and choosing our spots.
Here are our four best NHL player prop selections for your NHL picks ahead of this Thursday’s card.
- Overall NHL Article Plays This Season: 88-62
Anaheim Ducks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Thursday, January 19, 2023 – 07:00 PM EST at Nationwide Arena
Johnny Gaudreau (Columbus Blue Jackets)
- Over 0.5 Assists
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been incredibly poor thus far this season and so have the Anaheim Ducks, this is a matchup between two of the worst teams in the NHL.
Gaudreau has been very cold since the start of the year only scoring 4 points in 9 games, two of which were assists.
Despite laying juice here we don’t mind doing s, as the Anaheim Ducks have allowed the most goals this season and when they met each other earlier in the season the Ducks won 6-4.
Gaudreau has seen an assist in 14 of his previous 21 games prior to his current 1-in-9 cold streak.
The Prop Pick
This is a nice bounce-back spot for Gaudreau.
NHL Prop Pick: Johnny Gaudreau Over 0.5 Assists (-135) at BetOnline
Florida Panthers vs. Montreal Canadiens
Thursday, January 19, 2023 – 07:00 PM EST at Bell Centre
Sam Bennett (Florida Panthers)
- Over 2.5 Shots
The Montreal Canadiens might be at home here but that’s about the extent of their advantage. The Canadiens allow the 3rd most amount of shots per game this season and have allowed 3.62 goals per game. On top of this, the Canadiens have an injury list that’s substantially long right now.
The Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett has seen the second most amount of shots per game on this Panthers roster with an average of 3.40 per game. We love this as a bounce-back spot for Bennett as he failed to register a single shot last time out for just the 4th time in 46 games played this season.
The Prop Pick
Bennett has seen 3+ game shots in 60% of his games this season, which is -150 at the NHL odds, so we believe against this weak defense we are very much getting value at -125 on Bennett's shot total to go Over.
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NHL Prop Pick: Sam Bennett Over 2.5 Shots (-125) at BetOnline
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Thursday, January 19, 2023 – 07:00 PM EST at Wells Fargo Center
Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Anytime Goalscorer
The Philadelphia Flyers come into this home game in fantastic form having won 8 of their previous 10 games, whilst their traveling opponents, Chicago Blackhawks, have been winless now for seven games on the road.
The Flyers are full of confidence right now and we believe this is a great spot for their top goalscorer and points scorer to get back on the scoreboard having failed to find the back of the net now for three games since he scored a hat-trick against the Washington Capitals this day last week.
Prior to this goalless streak, Konecny had scored a goal in 13 of his previous 20 games.
The Prop Pick
Against this weak Blackhawks team who allows 3.69 goals against per game and at some nice plus money, we are very much liking Konecny’s odds to find the back of the net tonight.
NHL Prop Pick: Travis Konecny Anytime Goalscorer (+120) at Heritage Sports (visit our Heritage Sports Review)
Washington Capitals vs. Arizona Coyotes
Thursday, January 19, 2023 – 09:00 PM EST at Mullett Arena
Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)
- Over 1.5 Points
The leading goalscorer on the Washington Capitals team by a long shot, Alex Ovechkin looks like some good value to bang in 2+ points in tonight’s road game. There are 15 points separating Ovechkin and the second-highest points scorer on this Capitals team.
Ovechkin is looking to drag his Capitals into the playoff no matter what and they are currently just inside a playoff spot. Ovechkin has had over 1.5 points on 34% of occasions thus far this season, recently scoring two points last night in the Capitals' 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
The Prop Pick
Having won 4 of 15 games in December, the Capitals have won just 3 of 8 since the turn of the year, Ovechkin is going to have to pull them through this rough patch and he can kick start that tonight with a win and Over 1.5 points.
NHL Prop Pick: Alex Ovechkin Over 1.5 Points (+180) at BetOnline
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