NHL Picks & Predictions for Thursday, April 8, 2010

Last Updated on April 8, 2010 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, April 8, 2010 in the NHL.

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Montreal Canadiens at

Carolina
Hurricanes, 7:35PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

CAROLINA is 35-26-5 straight up against

MONTREAL
since 1996

36 of 60 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+10.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

CAROLINA is 6-5 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL
over the last 3 seasons 

CAROLINA is 6-5-0 straight up against

MONTREAL
over the last 3 seasons 

8 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.4 Units)

All games played at

CAROLINA
since 1996

MONTREAL is 17-16 (+5.4 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
since 1996

CAROLINA is 15-13-5 straight up against

MONTREAL
since 1996

17 of 30 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.5 Units)

Games played at

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons.

MONTREAL is 3-2 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

MONTREAL is 3-2-0 straight up against

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.4 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Carolina
View Matchup | Best Line: -115 SPORTSBETTING.com

Anaheim Ducks at

Dallas
Stars, 8:35PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

DALLAS is 49-38 (+4.7 Units) against the spread versus

ANAHEIM
since 1996

DALLAS is 51-32-5 straight up against

ANAHEIM
since 1996

38 of 80 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-6.3 Units, Under=-2.3 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DALLAS is 15-10 (+6.2 Units) against the spread versus

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 15-10-0 straight up against

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

13 of 22 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.4 Units)

All games played at

DALLAS
since 1996

DALLAS is 28-15 (+7.3 Units) against the spread versus

ANAHEIM
since 1996

DALLAS is 30-12-2 straight up against

ANAHEIM
since 1996

21 of 40 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.7 Units)

Games played at

DALLAS
over the last 3 seasons.

DALLAS is 8-4 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 8-4-0 straight up against

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.3 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Dallas
View Matchup | Best Line: -170 SPORTSBETTING.com

Phoenix Coyotes at

Los Angeles
Kings, 10:35PM ET

All games in this series since 1996


PHOENIX
is 44-30 (+11.6 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES since 1996


PHOENIX
is 41-29-6 straight up against LOS ANGELES since 1996

37 of 70 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+1.3 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons


PHOENIX
is 12-7 (+4.6 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons 


PHOENIX
is 12-7-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons 

9 of 18 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-1.0 Units, Under=-1.4 Units)

All games played at LOS ANGELES since 1996


PHOENIX
is 20-17 (+6.4 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES since 1996

LOS ANGELES is 17-17-4 straight up against

PHOENIX
since 1996

18 of 35 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-1.7 Units, Under=-1.9 Units)

Games played at LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons.


PHOENIX
is 6-3 (+4.8 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons 


PHOENIX
is 6-3-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.6 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Phoenix
View Matchup | Best Line: +145 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 4/8/10 3:00PM ET