Sunday’s NHL card is pretty stacked with 10 games taking place across the league. Teams are looking to secure playoff positions with the final weeks of the season slowly creeping up on us, so let’s take a look at our NHL best bets & props for March 24.
First, we have an early puck drop in Colorado and we are looking for them to win by 2+ goals on home ice for some good value, elsewhere we are targeting early goals in Arizona and Steven Stamkos is looking to get 3+ shots on the board for the first time in three games.
Let’s go ahead and break down the NHL odds at the top sports betting sites for today’s best bets.
Picks Summary
- Avalanche -1.5 (+130)
- Stars-Coyotes 1st Period Over 1.5 (-125)
- Steven Stamkos Over 2.5 Shots (-130)
- *All Odds available at Bet365 (check our Bet365 Review)
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado Avalanche
Sunday, March 24, 2024 – 02:00 PM ET at Ball Arena
Betting Trends
- Pittsburgh is 2-7 in their last 9 games.
- Colorado is 8-0 in their last 8 games.
- Pittsburgh is 0-7 in their last 7 games on the road.
Colorado Value on PK Line
This Sunday, it’s an early start for the Colorado Avalanche and Pittsburgh Penguins as the puck drops at 2:00 PM ET time.
Heading into today’s game the Avalanche are 2nd in the Western Conference and only one point behind the leaders Vancouver, Colorado is 9-1 in their last ten games. Pittsburgh is ranked 4th last in the Eastern Conference and 3-7 in their last ten games.
Although the Avalanche is not one of the best ATS teams in the league, we like their chances of covering the spread on home ice against this Pittsburgh team.
Best Bet
Coming into this matchup the Avalanche is a very respectable 21-12 ATS on home ice (which is ranked as one of the best in the league, it’s their away ATS record that lets them down sitting at 14-23).
Pittsburgh have the 7th worst ATS record in the NHL and is 15-19 on the road. We like the plus money available on Colorado to win this one by 2+ goals. The Penguins are only 1-6 ATS in recent games when on the losing side of the ice, and we believe they will lose yet again tonight.
NHL Pick: Avalanche -1.5 (+130) at Bet365
Dallas Stars vs. Arizona Coyotes
Sunday, March 24, 2024 – 08:00 PM ET at Mullett Arena
Betting Trends
- The Stars and Coyotes have seen a combined record of 73-64 to the over 1.5 goal line in the first period.
- Arizona and Dallas are 7-3 in the first period over in their previous 10 meetings.
First Period All In
We love this matchup for some early goals to be scored, and the stats are on our side as both teams have seen 70% of their previous ten games go over 1.5 first-period goals. Interestingly two of the three losses came in their previous four meetings, but all four matchups ended up with a total of seven goals scored in each game.
We are expecting plenty of early chances in this game, Arizona have nothing to lose whilst Dallas will be looking to lock this game up early.
Dallas are in the hunt for top spot in the Western Conference whilst Arizona are near the bottom of the conference and will not be making the post-season this year.
Best Bet
Despite laying -125 juice for this NHL betting pick we are taking the over 1.5 first period line in this game, just one of Dallas’s previous four games seen under 1.5 first period goals and that came against the Coyotes only a few days ago.
We don’t expect a matchup between these teams will see back-to-back 1P Unders, lets bet on some early goals in this one.
NHL Pick: 1st Period Over 1.5 (-125) at Bet365
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Anaheim Duck
Sunday, March 24, 2024 – 08:30 PM ET at Honda Center
Betting Trends
- Steven Stamkos has taken the 2nd most shots on the Tampa Bay roster this season.
- The Ducks allow the 3rd most shots against this season.
- Stamkos has had 3+ shots in 12 of his previous 17 games.
Stamkos Favours Shots on the Road
Steven Stamkos has been averaging just over 2.4 shots per game for Tampa Bay overall but when playing on the road he tends to take more shots having had 2.99 shots per game. The Lightning (along with Stamkos) should get plenty of shots on this Ducks team who allowed 29+ shots against in 4 of their previous 5 games.
Stamkos has been strong against Anaheim in recent matchups averaging 4.2 shots per game in his previous five games against the Ducks.
Best Bet
Stamkos has already faced the Ducks once this season and put up six shots on the day, -130 might seem like a lot of juice, but for this Stamkos shots line we believe there’s some value as we would happily lay as much as -140 on this pick.
Stamkos has failed to go over the total 2.5 line in each of his last three games, this should be a strong bounce-back spot.
NHL Pick: Steven Stamkos Over 2.5 Shots (-130) at Bet365
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