NHL Picks & Predictions for Monday, December 21, 2009

Last Updated on December 21, 2009 3:00 pm by drew

Monday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Monday, December 21, 2009 in the NHL.

Bet NHL Odds

Tampa
Bay Lightning at N.Y. Islanders, 7PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

TAMPA
BAY is 28-26-3 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

32 of 52 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+9.4 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NY ISLANDERS is 6-3 (+4.2 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY over the last 3 seasons 

NY ISLANDERS is 6-3-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY over the last 3 seasons 

7 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.8 Units)

All games played at NY ISLANDERS since 1996

NY ISLANDERS is 14-12-1 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY since 1996

16 of 25 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+5.8 Units)

Games played at NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons.

NY ISLANDERS is 4-0 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY over the last 3 seasons 

NY ISLANDERS is 4-0-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.1 Units)

NHL Free Pick: N.Y. Islanders – View Matchup | Best Line: -130 SPORTSBETTING.com

Buffalo Sabres at

Toronto Maple Leafs, 7PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

BUFFALO is 47-24 (+17.2 Units) against the spread versus

TORONTO since 1996

BUFFALO is 43-24-6 straight up against

TORONTO since 1996

36 of 67 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.2 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

BUFFALO is 13-4 (+6.9 Units) against the spread versus

TORONTO over the last 3 seasons 

BUFFALO is 13-4-0 straight up against

TORONTO over the last 3 seasons 

10 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.5 Units)

All games played at

TORONTO since 1996

BUFFALO is 21-14 (+8.6 Units) against the spread versus

TORONTO since 1996

BUFFALO is 18-15-3 straight up against

TORONTO since 1996

18 of 32 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.8 Units)

Games played at

TORONTO over the last 3 seasons.

BUFFALO is 7-1 (+6.0 Units) against the spread versus

TORONTO over the last 3 seasons 

BUFFALO is 7-1-0 straight up against

TORONTO over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.9 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Buffalo – View Matchup | Best Line: -120 SPORTSBETTING.com

St. Louis Blues at

Edmonton Oilers, 9PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

EDMONTON is 26-22 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus

ST LOUIS since 1996

EDMONTON is 23-22-4 straight up against

ST LOUIS since 1996

26 of 45 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+4.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

EDMONTON is 8-1 (+8.5 Units) against the spread versus

ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons 

EDMONTON is 8-1-0 straight up against

ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.3 Units)

All games played at

EDMONTON since 1996

ST LOUIS is 11-13 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON since 1996

EDMONTON is 12-11-1 straight up against

ST LOUIS since 1996

14 of 23 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+3.8 Units)

Games played at

EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons.

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

ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons 

EDMONTON is 3-1-0 straight up against

ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Edmonton – View Matchup | Best Line: -145 SPORTSBETTING.com

Bet NHL Odds

Posted: 12/21/09 3:00PM ET