NHL Picks & Predictions for Saturday, December 5, 2009

Last Updated on December 5, 2009 11:00 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 5, 2009 in the NHL.

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Edmonton Oilers at

Dallas
Stars, 2PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

DALLAS is 57-23 (+25.8 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON
since 1996

DALLAS is 58-21-3 straight up against

EDMONTON
since 1996

36 of 68 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.0 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DALLAS is 6-3 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 6-3-0 straight up against

EDMONTON
over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.2 Units)

All games played at

DALLAS
since 1996

DALLAS is 31-11 (+13.5 Units) against the spread versus

EDMONTON
since 1996

DALLAS is 32-9-1 straight up against

EDMONTON
since 1996

20 of 35 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+4.0 Units)

Games played at

DALLAS
over the last 3 seasons.

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

EDMONTON
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 4-0-0 straight up against

EDMONTON
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.2 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Dallas
View Matchup | Best Line: -175 SPORTSBETTING.com

New York Islanders at

Tampa
Bay
Lightning, 7:30PM ET

All games in this series since 1996


TAMPA
BAY
is 27-26-3 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

31 of 51 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+8.4 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NY ISLANDERS is 6-2 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

NY ISLANDERS is 6-2-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.8 Units)

All games played at

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996


TAMPA
BAY
is 15-12-2 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

15 of 26 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.6 Units)

Games played at

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons.

NY ISLANDERS is 2-2 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 


TAMPA
BAY
is 2-2-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS 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: N.Y. Islanders – View Matchup | Best Line: +100 SPORTSBETTING.com

Calgary Flames at

San Jose
Sharks, 10PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

SAN JOSE is 30-27-7 straight up against

CALGARY
since 1996

32 of 55 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+8.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

CALGARY is 8-7 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons 

CALGARY is 8-7-0 straight up against

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons 

7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.9 Units)

All games played at

SAN JOSE
since 1996

SAN JOSE is 18-11-3 straight up against

CALGARY
since 1996

19 of 29 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+9.1 Units)

Games played at

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons.

CALGARY is 4-4 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus

SAN JOSE
over the last 3 seasons 

SAN JOSE is 4-4-0 straight up against

CALGARY
over the last 3 seasons 

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

NHL Free Pick:

Calgary
View Matchup | Best Line: +135 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 12/5/09 12:00PM ET