Thursday’s NHL Picks
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Thursday, December 17, 2009 in the NHL.
All games in this series since 1996
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+1.6 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.2 Units)
All games played at
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)
NHL Free Pick:
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
NY ISLANDERS is 32-40 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS since 1996
NY RANGERS is 39-29-5 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996
33 of 67 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-4.2 Units, Under=-2.6 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 8-8 (+5.9 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 8-8-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
9 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.5 Units)
All games played at NY ISLANDERS since 1996
NY RANGERS is 24-12 (+10.3 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996
NY RANGERS is 23-11-2 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996
16 of 33 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-2.0 Units, Under=-0.5 Units)
Games played at NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons.
NY RANGERS is 5-3 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 5-3-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)
NHL Free Pick: N.Y. Rangers – View Matchup | Best Line: -115 SPORTSBETTING.com
All games in this series since 1996
21 of 36 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+5.1 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.2 Units)
All games played at
10 of 16 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.5 Units)
Games played at
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)
NHL Free Pick:
Posted: 12/17/09 3:00PM ET