NHL Picks & Predictions for Saturday, March 27, 2010

Last Updated on March 27, 2010 11:00 am by drew

Saturday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Saturday, March 27, 2010 in the NHL.

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Calgary Flames at Boston Bruins, 1:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

CALGARY is 9-6 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON since 1996

CALGARY is 8-5-2 straight up against BOSTON since 1996

6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.4 Units, Under=-0.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

CALGARY is 1-0 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons

CALGARY is 1-0-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons

0 of 0 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

All games played at BOSTON since 1996

CALGARY is 4-4 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON since 1996

BOSTON is 4-3-1 straight up against CALGARY since 1996

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

NHL Free Pick: Calgary – View Matchup | Best Line: +110 SPORTSBETTING.com

Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins, 1:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 46-45 (+2.9 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA since 1996

PHILADELPHIA is 48-42-6 straight up against PITTSBURGH since 1996

50 of 85 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+9.3 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 19-11 (+5.4 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 19-11-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

17 of 28 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.0 Units)

All games played at PITTSBURGH since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 27-17 (+8.9 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 25-18-5 straight up against PHILADELPHIA since 1996

26 of 42 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+7.1 Units)

Games played at PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 11-4 (+4.4 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 11-4-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

8 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.9 Units)

NHL Free Pick: Pittsburgh – View Matchup | Best Line: -185 SPORTSBETTING.com

N.Y. Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets, 7:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

COLUMBUS is 7-3 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996

COLUMBUS is 7-3-1 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

6 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+0.7 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NY ISLANDERS is 2-1 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons

NY ISLANDERS is 2-1-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons

2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)

All games played at COLUMBUS since 1996

COLUMBUS is 5-0 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996

COLUMBUS is 5-0-1 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.3 Units)

Games played at COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons.

COLUMBUS is 1-0 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons

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

1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.1 Units)

NHL Free Pick: Columbus – View Matchup | Best Line: -145 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 3/27/10 11:00AM ET