Hockey Free Picks - February 06, 2008

We started off nicely last night winning with 5-unit Anaheim and hitting with a big dog in Los Angeles but then everything cooled. Minnesota's overtime loss sealed a losing night for us as we dropped 5.1 untis. We're still +22.8 units over the past three weeks. We have three plays tonight...

Today's NHL Hockey Picks:

Game: New Jersey at Buffalo (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: 3 units on Game Total UNDER 5.5 -130 (risk 3 to win 2.3)

New Jersey is 26-17 UNDER overall including 15-8 UNDER on the road. Their defense has been slack of late but overall it's been very tough (2.5 per game allowed on the road all season). Buffalo is looking for revenge and games with teams coming off a road win revenging an upset loss go UNDER 61% of the time in the NHL. The Devils are 15-2 UNDER vs. losing teams this season including a perfect 11-0 UNDER vs. teams at 40%-49% straight-up.

Neither team is playing well right now or really all season long. Chicago scores about the same on the road as does Edmonton at home. Road dogs coming off three straight losses at this stage of the season are very good bets in the NHL. Edmonton is coming off a shutout win over Calgary and the Oilers are 4-13 in their last 17 at home off a home shutout. Over the past three seasons, they are also 6-13 at home after scoring 4+ in a home win. We like Chicago here. We also like the UNDER given that Chicago scores 2.4 per game on the road while Edmonton gets 2.5 at home. The Oilers are 20-7 UNDER at home vs. poor defensive teams (2.9+ per game alllowed) over the past three seasons in post All-Star play. And, Edmonton is 8-1 UNDER at home off a home win over a division rival the past two seasons.

Results: 2-1

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