NHL Betting Explained
There are many ways in which you can bet on the NHL with a long list of markets 🛡 available on every game of the season. The main three markets on the NHL and the most popular markets are 🛡 Money Line, Puck Line, and Goal Totals. Money Line is the simplest form of NHL betting whereby you’re picking which 🛡 team you think will win. Puck Line or NHL against the spread, is taking a team at -1.5 or + 🛡 1.5 goals, where the odds change rather than the spread like in the NFL or NBA. Goal Totals is an 🛡 over/under market on how many combined goals will be scored in the match. Here at Pickswise we analyze every game 🛡 of the NHL season and give our expert view on which side of these lines we like, and why.
NHL Betting 🛡 Today
The NHL action comes thick and fast throughout the regular season with each team playing 82 games, totaling 1,271 total 🛡 regular-season games. Here at Pickswise, we are here to bring expert NHL betting analysis and advice for every single game 🛡 of the NHL season. We address all of the popular NHL betting markets such as the Money line, Puck Line 🛡 or Against the Spread, Goal totals and select player and team prop bets. Check out all of today’s NHL betting 🛡 content right here on the NHL betting page.
NHL Betting Online
Betting on the NHL online is a quick and easy process 🛡 and due to the popularity of NHL betting, you can get a wide range of markets and competitive odds at 🛡 any Top Online Sportsbooks. All of the online sports betting sites will have the main three NHL markets in the 🛡 money line, spread and totals as well a selection of NHL Player Prop Bets and NHL Team Prop Bets which 🛡 can range from goal scorers, point scorers, to team goals, period winners, or even betting on the correct score. There 🛡 are so many ways to bet on NHL online and the Pickswise experts are here all season long to provide 🛡 the best free insight and analysis into every game, including all of the breaking NHL News and analysis to consider.
NHL 🛡 Betting Tonight
With so many games played on any given day in the NHL, trying to figure out who to bet 🛡 on tonight can require a lot of time and effort in your research. Fortunately, that’s where we excel here at 🛡 Picksiwse. With our industry-leading NHL experts, we do the research for you. Every game of the NHL season will be 🛡 fully previewed and include all of the key trends, data, and statistics for the upcoming fixture, along with our experts’ 🛡 predictions for all of tonight’s action. Check out both of those designated pages to find out who will like and 🛡 who we’re betting on NHL tonight.
Types Of NHL Betting
There are countless ways in which you can bet on an NHL 🛡 game, from the winner of the match to very specific player stats. Check out some of the more popular types 🛡 of NHL betting markets below.
Money Line Betting
Money Line Betting is the simplest way in which you can bet on an 🛡 NHL game. A bet on the Money Line is simply a bet on which team will win the match. With 🛡 no option of a game ending in a tie (overtime and shootouts played) in the NHL, then there are simply 🛡 two different outcomes in an NHL Money Line market, Team A to win or Team B to win. That also 🛡 means your bet will either win or lose, with no pushes or ties possible.
Spread Betting – Puck Line Betting
NHL Spread 🛡 betting is known as the Puck Line when dealing with NHL-specific betting markets. It is most similar to the MLB 🛡 run line, where the favorite will be given typically a – 1.5 puck line and the underdog a +1.5 puck 🛡 line, with the odds, rather than the lines changing as they do in the NFL or NBA. Here you are 🛡 betting on either the favorite to win by 2 or more goals, or for the underdog to win, or to 🛡 lose by 1 goal. The Puck lines can change from game to game, with some being +/- 0.5 goals and 🛡 others +/- 2.5 goals, depending on how favored one team is over the other. The puck line will always have 🛡 a .5 on the end to stop there from being a tie or a push. One side will always cover 🛡 and the other will lose.
Over/Under Betting – Totals Betting
NHL Over/Under betting, colloquially known as the NHL Totals markets, is a 🛡 bet on the total number of goals scored, combining the two teams’ goal tallies, in a given game. The line 🛡 will be set by the sportsbooks and will typically range anywhere from Over/Under 4.5 goals right up to over under 🛡 8.5 goals. Of course, there are cases where the line can fall out of these parameters, as each game and 🛡 the expected number of goals will be different. If you bet the overs on a 5.5 goal line, you need 🛡 there to be 6 total goals scored to win, if you bet the under on the same line, 5 or 🛡 fewer goals in the match will see you cash your ticket. The NHL Over/Under market is a great way to 🛡 bet on a game if you don’t like either side of the spread or money line, or if you see 🛡 a high/low-scoring game on the cards.
Player Prop Bets
Player Prop Bets are a type of bet in which you are betting 🛡 on the proposition of an occurrence or non-occurrence of a specific player-based stat or performance. As with most sports, points 🛡 and goals largely shape a player’s performance so you can bet on either of these in the NHL, as well 🛡 as things like assists, shots, or even saves from a goaltender. There are countless ways to get involved in an 🛡 NHL match with Player Prop Bets. Check out some of our favorites from tonight’s games on our NHL Prop Bets 🛡 page.
Team Prop Bets
Much like NHL Player Prop Bets, NHL Team Prop Bets are a type of bet in which you 🛡 are betting on the proposition of an occurrence or non-occurrence of a specific event. With NHL team prop bets you 🛡 are betting on one team or another, rather than the performance of both teams, such as the spread, points total 🛡 or money line. One perfect example of this would be the Team Points Total markets, here you’re betting on an 🛡 over-under points total for one team. This added flexibility allows you to bet on one team if you like them, 🛡 but are unsure on the spread, or unsure if the opposition team will score enough points to take the over. 🛡 Other examples could be the Team To Score First, First Team To 20 Points, or a team to Win The 🛡 First Quarter.
Live Betting
NHL games are fast-paced and exciting with the possibility of a goal or a penalty at any second, 🛡 the game can flip on its head in an instant. With that in mind, NHL Live Betting is an exciting 🛡 proposition. NHL Live betting is a bet on a game once it has started. With odds and lines updating in 🛡 real-time whilst the action unfolds on the ice, you can bet on the game right up until the dying seconds. 🛡 While you won’t see as extensive a range of markets as you would pregame, all of the top markets such 🛡 as money line, spreads, totals, and a selection of prop bets will be available.
Futures Betting
NHL Futures Betting, as the name 🛡 would suggest is a bet on a future NHL outcome such as the Stanley Cup Championship, To Win A Division, 🛡 To Win A Conference, or select NHL Player Futures such as the Hart Memorial Trophy winner awarded to the MVP 🛡 of the league. You can usually bet on these markets well ahead of time, from before the season begins, right 🛡 through until the end of the season, or the end of the regular season for specific markets.
