Friday’s NHL Picks
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Friday, April 9, 2010 in the NHL.
Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets, 7:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
DETROIT is 40-20 (+3.5 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS since 1996
DETROIT is 44-15-1 straight up against COLUMBUS since 1996
33 of 56 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+7.6 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 16-7 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 16-7-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
12 of 20 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.7 Units)
All games played at COLUMBUS since 1996
DETROIT is 20-9-1 straight up against COLUMBUS since 1996
18 of 27 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+8.0 Units)
Games played at COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 5-6 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 6-5-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)
NHL Free Pick: Detroit – View Matchup | Best Line: -120 SPORTSBETTING.com
Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers, 7:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
PHILADELPHIA is 43-35-3 straight up against NY RANGERS since 1996
35 of 74 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-7.3 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 11-7 (+3.9 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 11-7-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
9 of 18 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-1.4 Units)
All games played at NY RANGERS since 1996
PHILADELPHIA is 25-15 (+12.5 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS since 1996
PHILADELPHIA is 24-14-2 straight up against NY RANGERS since 1996
18 of 37 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-2.6 Units, Under=-1.3 Units)
Games played at NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons.
NY RANGERS is 5-4-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.4 Units)
NHL Free Pick: N.Y. Rangers – View Matchup | Best Line: -140 SPORTSBETTING.com
Posted: 4/9/10 3:00PM ET