NHL Picks & Predictions for Saturday, January 2, 2010

Last Updated on January 2, 2010 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, January 2, 2010 in the NHL.

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Carolina Hurricanes at

New York
Rangers, 1:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

NY RANGERS is 27-24 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
since 1996

NY RANGERS is 27-23-1 straight up against

CAROLINA
since 1996

29 of 48 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+9.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NY RANGERS is 6-4 (+1.4 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

NY RANGERS is 6-4-0 straight up against

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

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

All games played at NY RANGERS since 1996

NY RANGERS is 17-8 (+6.7 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
since 1996

NY RANGERS is 17-7-1 straight up against

CAROLINA
since 1996

14 of 23 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+4.7 Units)

Games played at NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons.

NY RANGERS is 3-1 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

NY RANGERS is 3-1-0 straight up against

CAROLINA
over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.4 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

NHL Free Pick: N.Y. Rangers – View Matchup | Best Line: -170 SPORTSBETTING.com

Pittsburgh Penguins at

Tampa
Bay
Lightning, 3:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

TAMPA
BAY is 28-21 (+12.5 Units) against the spread versus

PITTSBURGH
since 1996

TAMPA
BAY is 24-22-4 straight up against

PITTSBURGH
since 1996

26 of 43 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+8.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 7-2 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

PITTSBURGH is 7-2-0 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=+3.7 Units)

All games played at

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

TAMPA
BAY is 14-10 (+6.9 Units) against the spread versus

PITTSBURGH
since 1996

TAMPA
BAY is 14-9-2 straight up against

PITTSBURGH
since 1996

15 of 21 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+9.2 Units)

Games played at

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons.

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

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

PITTSBURGH is 4-0-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

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

NHL Free Pick: N.Y.

Pittsburgh
–
View Matchup | Best Line: -155 SPORTSBETTING.com

Atlanta Thrashers at

New York
Islanders, 7:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

NY ISLANDERS is 21-15-2 straight up against

ATLANTA
since 1996

20 of 35 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.4 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

NY ISLANDERS is 5-5-0 straight up against

ATLANTA
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.8 Units)

All games played at NY ISLANDERS since 1996


ATLANTA
is 9-10 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996

NY ISLANDERS is 10-9-0 straight up against

ATLANTA
since 1996

9 of 17 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+0.4 Units)

Games played at NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons.


ATLANTA
is 3-2 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 


ATLANTA
is 3-2-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick: N.Y. Islanders – View Matchup | Best Line: -140 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 1/2/10 11:00AM ET