NHL Picks & Predictions for Sunday, December 27, 2009

Last Updated on December 27, 2009 11:00 am by drew

Sunday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Sunday, December 27, 2009 in the NHL.

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Philadelphia
Flyers at N.Y. Islanders, 5PM ET

All games in this series since 1996


PHILADELPHIA
is 41-31 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996


PHILADELPHIA
is 42-25-6 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

41 of 67 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+13.3 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons


PHILADELPHIA
is 15-1 (+13.8 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 


PHILADELPHIA
is 15-1-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

9 of 16 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.5 Units)

All games played at NY ISLANDERS since 1996


PHILADELPHIA
is 21-15 (+1.9 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996


PHILADELPHIA
is 21-13-3 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

18 of 32 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+3.1 Units)

Games played at NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons.


PHILADELPHIA
is 7-1 (+5.8 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 


PHILADELPHIA
is 7-1-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.7 Units, Under=-0.6 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Philadelphia
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View Matchup | Best Line: -120 SPORTSBETTING.com

Buffalo Sabres at

St. Louis
Blues, 6PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

ST LOUIS is 12-3 (+11.0 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 10-3-3 straight up against

BUFFALO
since 1996

8 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

ST LOUIS is 1-1 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

ST LOUIS is 1-1-0 straight up against

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.3 Units)

All games played at

ST LOUIS
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 4-2 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 4-2-1 straight up against

BUFFALO
since 1996

4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

St. Louis
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View Matchup | Best Line: -110 SPORTSBETTING.com

Vancouver Canucks at

Calgary
Flames, 8PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

VANCOUVER is 40-36-6 straight up against

CALGARY
since 1996

41 of 72 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+6.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

VANCOUVER is 9-7 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus

CALGARY
over the last 3 seasons 

VANCOUVER is 9-7-0 straight up against

CALGARY
over the last 3 seasons 

10 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.5 Units)

All games played at

CALGARY
since 1996

VANCOUVER is 23-17 (+10.3 Units) against the spread versus

CALGARY
since 1996

VANCOUVER is 22-15-4 straight up against

CALGARY
since 1996

19 of 37 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-1.0 Units, Under=-2.2 Units)

Games played at

CALGARY
over the last 3 seasons.

CALGARY is 5-4-0 straight up against

VANCOUVER
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.6 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Vancouver
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View Matchup | Best Line: +125 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 12/27/09 11:00AM ET