2012 NHL Opening Odds & Totals for Friday, March 2

Friday's NHL Odds

(TheSpread) – The NHL has a light schedule for Friday night, with just six games set to take place. Here is a look at the odds for each game on the docket.

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The featured game of Friday night has Ottawa Senators hosting the Chicago Blackhawks at 7PM ET (View Matchup). Oddsmakers have the Senators as the favorite, giving them a money line of -130 to win, while Chicago has odds of +120 to prevail. The over/under total for goals scored has been set at 5.5. Ottawa is 34-23-8 on the season and 17-12-3 at home while Chicago is 34-24-7 on the season and 12-17-3 on the road. Chicago has won four of the last five meetings with Ottawa.

The other featured game of the night has the Washington Capitals hosting the New Jersey Devils at 7PM ET (View Matchup). Oddsmakers have Washington as the favorite, giving them odds of -125 to win while New Jersey has a money line of +115 to prevail. The over/under total for goals scored has been set at 5. Washington is 32-26-5 on the season and 21-8-2 at home while New Jersey is 35-23-4 overall and 19-11-1 on the road. New Jersey has won the last two games in this series.

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

2012 NHL Odds for Friday, March 2

3 New Jersey Devils +115 (5)

4 Washington Capitals -125

1 Chicago Blackhawks +120 (5.5)

2 Ottawa Senators -130

5 New York Rangers -145 (5.5)

6 Tampa Bay Lightning +134

7 Minnesota Wild +214 (5.5)

8 Detroit Red Wings -235

9 Dallas Stars -103 (5.5)

10 Edmonton Oilers -105

11 Calgary Flames +155 (5.5)

12 Anaheim Ducks -175

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