NHL Picks & Predictions for Thursday, December 31, 2009

Last Updated on December 31, 2009 11:00 am 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 31, 2009 in the NHL.

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Montreal Canadiens at

Florida
Panthers, 5:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

FLORIDA is 24-22 (+2.1 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL
since 1996

FLORIDA is 23-21-4 straight up against

MONTREAL
since 1996

25 of 43 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+4.3 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

MONTREAL is 5-3 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons 

MONTREAL is 5-3-0 straight up against

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.3 Units)

All games played at

FLORIDA
since 1996

FLORIDA is 13-10 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL
since 1996

FLORIDA is 13-10-1 straight up against

MONTREAL
since 1996

9 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-1.1 Units, Under=-0.6 Units)

Games played at

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons.

MONTREAL is 3-1 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons 

MONTREAL is 3-1-0 straight up against

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons 

3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.4 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Montreal
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San Jose Sharks at

Phoenix
Coyotes, 7:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

PHOENIX is 39-40 (+7.2 Units) against the spread versus

SAN JOSE
since 1996

SAN JOSE is 40-37-2 straight up against

PHOENIX
since 1996

39 of 72 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.7 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PHOENIX is 8-9 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons 

SAN JOSE is 9-8-0 straight up against

PHOENIX
over the last 3 seasons 

11 of 16 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+5.2 Units)

All games played at

PHOENIX
since 1996

SAN JOSE is 20-19-0 straight up against

PHOENIX
since 1996

19 of 36 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+0.3 Units)

Games played at

PHOENIX
over the last 3 seasons.

PHOENIX is 5-3 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons 

PHOENIX is 5-3-0 straight up against

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.2 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Phoenix
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Vancouver Canucks at

St. Louis
Blues, 7:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

ST LOUIS is 34-26 (+15.0 Units) against the spread versus

VANCOUVER
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 32-26-3 straight up against

VANCOUVER
since 1996

28 of 51 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.2 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

VANCOUVER is 9-5 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

VANCOUVER is 9-5-0 straight up against

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.8 Units)

All games played at

ST LOUIS
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 19-10 (+9.6 Units) against the spread versus

VANCOUVER
since 1996

ST LOUIS is 19-10-1 straight up against

VANCOUVER
since 1996

15 of 26 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.9 Units)

Games played at

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons.

VANCOUVER is 4-3 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

VANCOUVER is 4-3-0 straight up against

ST LOUIS
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

St. Louis
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Posted: 12/31/09 11:00AM ET