Written by Scott on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
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10 games yesterday and I had the one tip of the Wild to beat the Caps and they did 5-0.
The Canucks beat the Rangers 3-0 and one of their new faces, Ohgren, scored. Hawks were up 2-0 until the Leafs scored 2 times in the 3rd, including twice in 8 seconds, and won 3-2.
The Jackets beat the Ducks 4-3 in OT, the Wings beat the Isles 3-2, the Bruins beat the Mammoth 4-1, the Flyers beat the Habs 4-1 and Draisaitl picked became just the 103rd player in NHL history to reach 1000 points when the Oilers beat the Pens 6-4.
5 games tonight.
Kings vs Panthers
Kings in a slump at the moment losing 3 in a row but the first 2 were in OT but they were also against the Flames and Kraken so those are tough losses.
Panthers have won their last 2 games and they were against strong teams in the Lightning and the Stars. When this team gets healthy they are going to be one of the favourites again.
I want to take the Panthers here but the Kings have played well on the road. The Panthers are better in CF, FF, SF and GF but the Kings have the edge in GA and XGA.
Mammoth vs Red Wings
The Mammoth played yesterday against the Bruins and lost.
The Wings also played yesterday and have had some wins recently but the teams they beat aren’t exactly top of the league with wins against the Kraken, Hawks, Canucks and Flames in there.
Both teams just played yesterday so it’s a pass.
Jets vs Blues
I just have a hard time backing either team.
The Jets are 3-5-2 in last 10 and the Blues are 5-5. Both have losing records for where they are playing with the Jets 7-8-1 on the road and the Blues 6-8-4 at home.
Hurricanes vs Predators
They just played each other on December 6th with the Canes winning 6-3.
The Canes have won their last 4 games but the last 3 went to a shootout. They are 7-3-0 in last 10 and on the road they’ve gone 10-4-1. 7th in GPG, 2nd in SOG, 10th in GAPG and 1st in SOGA.
The Preds are also 7-3-0 in last 10 but are .500 at home going 8-8-2. They are 25th in GPG and 28th in GAPG.
I do like the Canes here but it would have to be in regulation and with their last 3 going past that I have to pass here to be safe.
Devils vs Golden Knights
Just played on December 5th and the Knights won that 3-0.
Devils are 3-7-0 in last 10 and are missing a few of their better players. Hughes, Meier, Nemec, Pesce, Kovacevic and the list goes on.
The Knights have won their last 2 games and are 6-2-2 in last 10. They are still without Hill and Karlsson but are much healthier than the Devils.
I would lean towards the Knights here but the data doesn’t back it up enough as it would have to be in at least regulation.
Pretty sure of these lean
NAS – TTo2.5
VGK – ml
Forsberg – overSaves
Not so sure leans, not sureness worse down the list goes
CAR/NSH – o5.5
NJD/VGK – u6.5
Tough card out there tonight. It happens
Nothing for me. Perhaps a tie in regulation in Detroit.
I’m off the Carolina game because they are probably exhausted and their immediate look ahead is Florida-Tampa-Florida, so they probably won’t care about tonight’s game and might use Nashville as a rest stop.