NHL Picks & Predictions for Saturday, December 19, 2009

Last Updated on December 19, 2009 10:00 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, December 19, 2009 in the NHL.

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Detroit Red Wings at

Dallas
Stars, 3PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

DETROIT is 33-25-7 straight up against

DALLAS
since 1996

32 of 57 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+4.8 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DALLAS is 7-9 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

DETROIT is 9-7-0 straight up against

DALLAS
over the last 3 seasons 

8 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.0 Units)

All games played at

DALLAS
since 1996

DETROIT is 14-13-4 straight up against

DALLAS
since 1996

16 of 27 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+3.9 Units)

Games played at

DALLAS
over the last 3 seasons.

DALLAS is 4-3 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 4-3-0 straight up against

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Dallas
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View Matchup | Best Line: -145 SPORTSBETTING.com

Phoenix Coyotes at

Anaheim
Ducks, 4PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

ANAHEIM is 44-34 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus

PHOENIX
since 1996

ANAHEIM is 43-33-5 straight up against

PHOENIX
since 1996

37 of 72 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-7.7 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PHOENIX is 9-8 (+4.1 Units) against the spread versus

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

PHOENIX is 9-8-0 straight up against

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

8 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.7 Units)

All games played at

ANAHEIM
since 1996

ANAHEIM is 24-16 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus

PHOENIX
since 1996

ANAHEIM is 24-15-3 straight up against

PHOENIX
since 1996

21 of 38 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.2 Units)

Games played at

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons.

PHOENIX is 5-4 (+4.3 Units) against the spread versus

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

PHOENIX is 5-4-0 straight up against

ANAHEIM
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.7 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Phoenix
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View Matchup | Best Line: +115 SPORTSBETTING.com

Pittsburgh Penguins at

Buffalo
Sabres, 7PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 33-21 (+15.2 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 31-20-7 straight up against

BUFFALO
since 1996

32 of 50 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+12.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 6-2 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

PITTSBURGH is 6-2-0 straight up against

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.5 Units)

All games played at

BUFFALO
since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 16-13 (+8.3 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 14-13-2 straight up against

BUFFALO
since 1996

18 of 24 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+11.5 Units)

Games played at

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 3-1 (+2.7 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

PITTSBURGH is 3-1-0 straight up against

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

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

NHL Free Pick:

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

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Posted: 12/19/09 11:00AM ET