Friday NHL Picks
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Friday, December 4, 2009 in the NHL.
All games in this series since 1996
NEW JERSEY is 36-28 (+2.1 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY since 1996
NEW JERSEY is 40-20-4 straight up against TAMPA BAY since 1996
25 of 53 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-5.6 Units, Under=-0.0 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
NEW JERSEY is 9-1 (+8.2 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
NEW JERSEY is 9-1-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.6 Units)
All games played at NEW JERSEY since 1996
NEW JERSEY is 19-13 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY since 1996
NEW JERSEY is 22-9-1 straight up against TAMPA BAY since 1996
14 of 25 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.6 Units)
Games played at NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 4-0 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
NEW JERSEY is 4-0-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.6 Units)
NHL Free Pick:
MONTREAL is 51-43 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON since 1996
MONTREAL is 50-43-4 straight up against BOSTON since 1996
49 of 89 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+5.5 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 14-12-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
14 of 23 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.7 Units)
All games played at MONTREAL since 1996
MONTREAL is 28-19 (+3.4 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON since 1996
MONTREAL is 27-19-2 straight up against BOSTON since 1996
25 of 43 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+5.6 Units)
Games played at MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons.
MONTREAL is 8-5 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 8-5-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.2 Units)
NHL Free Pick:
Anaheim Ducks at Minnesota Wild, 8:00PM ET
ANAHEIM is 25-18 (+4.9 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA since 1996
ANAHEIM is 23-18-2 straight up against MINNESOTA since 1996
23 of 35 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+9.6 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-4 (+2.4 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-4-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)
All games played at MINNESOTA since 1996
MINNESOTA is 11-8-2 straight up against ANAHEIM since 1996
12 of 17 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+6.6 Units)
Games played at MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 3-2-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.6 Units)
NHL Free Pick:
Posted: 12/4/09 3:00PM ET