2012 NHL Opening Odds & Totals for Thursday, February 16

Thursday's NHL Odds

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(TheSpread) – The NHL has seven games set to take place on Thursday night. Here is a look at the odds for each of the contests on the schedule.

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The featured game of the night has the Dallas Stars playing host to the Calgary Flames at 8:30PM ET (View Matchup). Oddsmakers have the Stars as the favorite in this game, giving them a money line of -125, while the Flames have odds of +115. The over/under total for goals scored in the game has been set at 5. Dallas is 28-25-3 on the season and 15-11-2 at home this season while Calgary is 27-22-8 overall and 11-14-6 on the road. Calgary has won the last four meetings with Dallas, two of which have come by shootout.

One game that is expected to be very close on Thursday has the Minnesota Wild hosting the Winnipeg Jets at 8PM ET (View Matchup). Oddsmakers have the Wild as a slight favorite, giving them a money line of -106 to win, while the Jets have a money line of -102 to prevail. The over/under for goals scored has been set at 5. Minnesota is 25-23-8 on the season and 13-10-3 at home while Winnipeg is 26-26-6 overall and 10-17-4 on the road. Winnipeg has won its last three meetings with the Wild.

For odds and goal totals for each of Thursday’s games, see below.

2012 NHL Odds for Thursday, February 16

51 Chicago Blackhawks +145 (5.5)

52 New York Rangers -157

53 Buffalo Sabres +151 (5.5)

54 Philadelphia Flyers -164

55 San Jose Sharks -118 (5.5)

56 Tampa Bay Lightning +109

59 New York Islanders +174 (5)

60 St. Louis Blues -190

57 Winnipeg Jets -102 (5)

58 Minnesota Wild -106