- Stanley Cup Western Conference Playoff Odds: Poster Boy Kings Target Sweep Of Coyotes| Leave a Comment
Time is running out for the Phoenix Coyotes in the Western Conference Final as the Los Angeles Kings take one step closer to the Stanley Cup. This Sunday, up 3-0, L.A. can seal the deal on an unlikely sweep over the conference’s No. 3 seed. Get some action in on the possible finale on Bovada’s [...]
- NHL Betting Line Favorite Rangers Take Early Lead Over Rival Devils| Leave a Comment
The New York Rangers are perhaps the only NHL team remaining that hockey fans expected to see in these Conference Finals and on Monday night they showed exactly why. Now up 1-0, New York will brace for Game 2 against the New Jersey Devils before taking their series on the road. In a year of [...]
- Rangers Gather Momentum on NHL Betting Line, Eye ECFs| Leave a Comment
The New York Rangers and Washington Capitals have played each other about as evenly as anyone could ask so far in their second-round series, but the parity can’t last forever. After squeezing out of Game 5 with an overtime win, the Rangers will look to close the books on the Caps altogether in Game 6 [...]
- NHL Betting: Despite Lead, Phoenix Success far from Guaranteed| Leave a Comment
It will take a lot more than home-ice advantage to get the Nashville Predators back into their second-round series with the Phoenix Coyotes, but that’s exactly what the Stanley Cup playoffs are all about. Get your NHL betting line for Round 2 before it’s too late. Down by a pair heading into Game 3, the [...]
- Stanley Cup Odds: L.A. Kings Throw Wrench in NHL Betting Line| Leave a Comment
The Los Angeles Kings find themselves in uncharted territory now having just cast aside Western Conference No. 1 seed and consensus NHL betting line favorite Vancouver in Round 1, but can the momentum gleaned from tossing the Canucks translate over into a second-round matchup against the St. Louis Blues? Get NHL odds for the matchup [...]
- Pacific Division Teams Battling Hard to Improve NHL Futures| Leave a Comment
You may argue that teams from the Pacific Division don’t deserve to be in the playoffs this season, let alone as a three-seed, but you can’t deny that when these rivals get together, we see some great hockey and some fire on the NHL betting lines. That’s what’s on tap Saturday night when the San [...]
- NHL Betting at Bovada Sportsbook: Friday Night Lines| Leave a Comment
It’s another busy night of action on the ice Friday as a slew of teams look to solidify their positions for the NHL playoffs. Let’s start in Winnipeg, where the Jets and Capitals will do battle in a huge game for Southeast Division dominance… 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign up now at Bovada Sportsbook and [...]
- NHL Betting: Northeast Rivals Contend for Final Playoff Spots| Leave a Comment
Erik Karlsson is making a strong case to replace Niklas Lidstrom as the NHL’s premier all-round defenseman, while Jason Spezza is quietly having a career year. That has added up to a surprise emergence of the Ottawa Senators as more than just a have-not team, and instead as a threat to do some damage to [...]
- Questions Surround Pittsburgh While Rangers Lead NHL Odds| Leave a Comment
Can the Pittsburgh Penguins take a round out of the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers this week? We’ll find out on Tuesday when the two Atlantic Division juggernauts clash on the NHL betting line. NHL odds and props at Bovada. Don’t have an account? Join now. Although the Rangers may hold the advantage both in [...]
- NHL Odds: Recent Stanley Cup Champions Meet as Pens Host Wings| Leave a Comment
Two of the NHL’s most prodigious franchises will clash in a rematch of the 2008 and 2009 Stanley Cups when the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Detroit Red Wings this Tuesday. Not only do the Wings and Pens boast one of the most intriguing modern rivalries in the league, each have made strong pushes early on [...]
- Preview of Stanley Cup Final| Leave a Comment
The Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup, but they’ll get a chance to finally claim that championship trophy starting Wednesday night when they begin their best-of-seven NHL betting series against the Boston Bruins. The Canucks punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup final with a 3-2 double-overtime win over the San Jose Sharks [...]
- Canucks and the Sharks Preparing Western Conference Finals Game 2| Leave a Comment
In the opening game of the Western Conference Finals, the Vancouver Canucks dropped the San Jose Sharks by a 3-2 final score. Can they carry over the momentum into Game 2? Bet on the NHL playoffs with Bodog sportsbook. The Canucks scored two goals 79 seconds apart in the third period to take the lead, [...]
- 2011 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft Odds| Leave a Comment
The NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft will be held for the first time in league history on Friday, January 28 in anticipation of the All-Star Game in Raleigh, Carolina two days later. Bodog’s online sportsbook has put together odds on which player will be the first one taken and, also, who will be the last [...]
- Ales Hemsky Out Indefinitely With Concussion| Leave a Comment
For a team already at the bottom of the NHL standings, the Edmonton Oilers have sure had a lot of insult added to their injury. Or should that be injury to their insult? Regardless, the 14-24-7 Oilers have been dealt yet another blow, this time to forward Ales Hemsky who has already once this season [...]
- NHL Futures: Odds to Win the 2011 Stanley Cup| Leave a Comment
The puck drops on the 2010-11 NHL season this week and the long road to the Stanley Cup final begins. With hockey fans awaking from a long summer slumber, we’ve been seeing good action on our NHL futures board, with the odds to win the Stanley Cup receiving the most interest. Favourite To Win Stanley [...]
- Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets on September 22| Leave a Comment
You don’t have to wait for the NHL regular season to start before you actively follow your favorite team. The preseason should already offer glimpses of what most of the regular season and playoffs will offer to NHL fans. On September 22, the Columbus Blue Jackets will play host to the Washington Capitals in what [...]
- Sam Gagner’s 2-year Deal with the Edmonton Oilers| Leave a Comment
The Edmonton Oilers have always had a plan for their star center Sam Gagner. Ever since the team drafted Gagner in 2007, he has collected 131 points in his career, which is an excellent record for a player that has had 223 career games in the NHL. And now that the Edmonton Oilers have decided [...]
- Ottawa Senators’ Bid for the Stanley Cup| Leave a Comment
The last time the Senators made it to the Stanley Cup Final was a mere three years ago, a feat you wouldn’t have considered likely considering their average performance during the past decade. But it was their dismal performance in the 2008-09 season, not making the playoffs, that has made them more determined than ever [...]
- Games to Watch for the Upcoming 2010-2011 NHL Season| Leave a Comment
The 2009-2010 season was one of the best for the NHL, after setting a new record not only for the Chicago Blackhawks, who won their Stanley Cup after a 49-year championship drought, but also as one of the most-watched games in the US based on TV ratings and sports betting activities. This makes Game 6 [...]
- NHL’s Chris Pronger Prepares Early for Another Run at the Cup| Leave a Comment
Chris Pronger is currently recovering from surgery of his knee last July 27. The Philadelphia Flyers defenseman decided to have this operation early in the summer so that he could have enough time to recuperate and train for the 2010-11 season. Pronger has been carrying this injury since it occurred during the Eastern Conference Semifinals [...]