Yesterday’s games left something to be desired in terms of favourites and winning their respective games. It’s always a crapshoot to handicap hockey games this early in the year, as the odds typically reflect how the team finished in the previous season, and not so much how they improved (or became worse) during the offseason. The Rangers and Wild were favourites heading into their season openers, and both came up short.
My first “Pick of the Day” came up big, however. As I imagined, Niemi was horrendous in his first game as a Penguin, allowing 4 goals on 13 shots before getting yanked. Murray didn’t fare much better, allowing 6 goals on 31 shots. By that point, however, Pittsburgh had given up.
As I am celebrating my 30th birthday today, I expect to get all of my predictions correct! I am going to add a separate segment as to what game I feel is the most likely to go to a shootout as well as a write up for my pick of the day.
Yesterday’s Picks: 5-3
Overall Record: 8-4
Pick of the Day Record: 1-0
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Yesterday’s games left something to be desired in terms of favourites and winning their respective games. It’s always a crapshoot to handicap hockey games this early in the year, as the odds typically reflect how the team finished in the previous season, and not so much how they improved (or became worse) during the offseason. The Rangers and Wild were favourites heading into their season openers, and both came up short.
My first “Pick of the Day” came up big, however. As I imagined, Niemi was horrendous in his first game as a Penguin, allowing 4 goals on 13 shots before getting yanked. Murray didn’t fare much better, allowing 6 goals on 31 shots. By that point, however, Pittsburgh had given up.
As I am celebrating my 30th birthday today, I expect to get all of my predictions correct! I am going to add a separate segment as to what game I feel is the most likely to go to a shootout as well as a write up for my pick of the day.
With the return of a healthy Stamkos (who knows for how long), and the loss of Jagr (I believe this will have more of an impact than people imagine in Florida’s first 10-15 games), Tampa should run over a Florida team who crumbled in the second half of the season last year, and didn’t do much in the offseason to bolster their roster.
With Stamkos, Kucherov, Palat, and co. primed for a high octane season, I can see this game getting ugly. While it may not have the makings of the 10-1 drubbing Chicago laid on Pittsburgh last night, I think Tampa will put up 5 en route to a solid start to their season.
Prediction: Tampa Bay 5 Florida 1
Shootout Candidate –
Las Vegas over Dallas
Vegas winning their season opener means more to the NHL than any other story line coming out of the first round of games. What better way to do it than to upset a massive favourite in Dallas in the shootout?!
Dallas is projected to get 98 points this year, and I feel like they are going to fall well below that mark. While they have a healthy Seguin, as well as Radulov, I believe it will take time for them to become a juggernaut scoring unit.
Look for Vegas to win a low scoring affair in the shootout, edging out Dallas by a score of 3-2.
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Predictions for Today’s Games:
NY Islanders @ Columbus – Columbus
Florida @ Tampa Bay – Tampa Bay
Las Vegas @ Dallas – Las Vegas
Pick of the Day –
Tampa Bay over Florida
With the return of a healthy Stamkos (who knows for how long), and the loss of Jagr (I believe this will have more of an impact than people imagine in Florida’s first 10-15 games), Tampa should run over a Florida team who crumbled in the second half of the season last year, and didn’t do much in the offseason to bolster their roster.
With Stamkos, Kucherov, Palat, and co. primed for a high octane season, I can see this game getting ugly. While it may not have the makings of the 10-1 drubbing Chicago laid on Pittsburgh last night, I think Tampa will put up 5 en route to a solid start to their season.
Prediction: Tampa Bay 5 Florida 1
Shootout Candidate –
Las Vegas over Dallas
Vegas winning their season opener means more to the NHL than any other story line coming out of the first round of games. What better way to do it than to upset a massive favourite in Dallas in the shootout?!
Dallas is projected to get 98 points this year, and I feel like they are going to fall well below that mark. While they have a healthy Seguin, as well as Radulov, I believe it will take time for them to become a juggernaut scoring unit.
Look for Vegas to win a low scoring affair in the shootout, edging out Dallas by a score of 3-2.
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