NHL Picks & Predictions for Friday, December 18, 2009

Last Updated on December 18, 2009 3:00 pm by drew

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, December 18, 2009 in the NHL.

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Carolina Hurricanes at

Florida
Panthers, 7:30PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

CAROLINA is 40-25 (+9.4 Units) against the spread versus

FLORIDA
since 1996

CAROLINA is 38-23-10 straight up against

FLORIDA
since 1996

32 of 63 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-1.8 Units, Under=-4.8 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

CAROLINA is 9-7-0 straight up against

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons 

7 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.8 Units)

All games played at

FLORIDA
since 1996

FLORIDA is 16-13-7 straight up against

CAROLINA
since 1996

15 of 31 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-2.7 Units, Under=-1.0 Units)

Games played at

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons.

FLORIDA is 5-3 (+1.4 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

FLORIDA is 5-3-0 straight up against

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.5 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Carolina
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View Matchup | Best Line: +120 SPORTSBETTING.com

Tampa
Bay Lightning at

St. Louis
Blues, 8PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

ST LOUIS is 11-5 (+5.3 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 9-5-2 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

8 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.5 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

TAMPA
BAY is 1-1 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

ST LOUIS is 1-1-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

All games played at

ST LOUIS
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 6-1 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 6-1-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.8 Units)

Games played at

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons.

TAMPA
BAY is 1-0 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

TAMPA
BAY is 1-0-0 straight up against

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

St. Louis
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View Matchup | Best Line: -175 SPORTSBETTING.com

Washington Capitals at

Vancouver
Canucks, 10PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

VANCOUVER is 8-7 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus

WASHINGTON
since 1996

VANCOUVER is 8-7-0 straight up against

WASHINGTON
since 1996

7 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+0.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

VANCOUVER is 1-1 (+0.0 Units) against the spread versus

WASHINGTON
over the last 3 seasons 

VANCOUVER is 1-1-0 straight up against

WASHINGTON
over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.1 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

All games played at

VANCOUVER
since 1996

VANCOUVER is 4-3 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus

WASHINGTON
since 1996

VANCOUVER is 4-3-0 straight up against

WASHINGTON
since 1996

4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Washington
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View Matchup | Best Line: +100 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 12/18/09 3:00PM ET