NHL Picks & Predictions for Thursday, December 17, 2009

Last Updated on December 17, 2009 3:00 pm by drew

Thursday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Thursday, December 17, 2009 in the NHL.

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Minnesota Wild at

Montreal Canadiens, 7PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

MINNESOTA is 4-4 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL since 1996

MONTREAL is 4-3-1 straight up against

MINNESOTA since 1996

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

MONTREAL is 1-0 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus

MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons 

MONTREAL is 1-0-0 straight up against

MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.2 Units)

All games played at

MONTREAL since 1996

MINNESOTA is 2-2 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL since 1996

MONTREAL is 2-1-1 straight up against

MINNESOTA since 1996

2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Montreal – View Matchup | Best Line: -110 SPORTSBETTING.com

N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

NY ISLANDERS is 32-40 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS since 1996

NY RANGERS is 39-29-5 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

33 of 67 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-4.2 Units, Under=-2.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NY ISLANDERS is 8-8 (+5.9 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons 

NY ISLANDERS is 8-8-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons 

9 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.5 Units)

All games played at NY ISLANDERS since 1996

NY RANGERS is 24-12 (+10.3 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996

NY RANGERS is 23-11-2 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

16 of 33 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-2.0 Units, Under=-0.5 Units)

Games played at NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons.

NY RANGERS is 5-3 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

NY RANGERS is 5-3-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick: N.Y. Rangers – View Matchup | Best Line: -115 SPORTSBETTING.com

Nashville Predators at

Edmonton Oilers, 9:30PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

NASHVILLE is 23-18 (+7.0 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON since 1996

NASHVILLE is 22-17-3 straight up against

EDMONTON since 1996

21 of 36 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+5.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NASHVILLE is 7-2 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons 

NASHVILLE is 7-2-0 straight up against

EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.2 Units)

All games played at

EDMONTON since 1996

NASHVILLE is 11-9 (+5.3 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON since 1996

NASHVILLE is 11-9-0 straight up against

EDMONTON since 1996

10 of 16 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.5 Units)

Games played at

EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons.

NASHVILLE is 3-1 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons 

NASHVILLE is 3-1-0 straight up against

EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Nashville – View Matchup | Best Line: +100 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 12/17/09 3:00PM ET