Hockey Game Predictions - June 02, 2009

We have hit our last eight NHL Playoffs selections for +27 units! Since the first week of May, we are 16-6, hitting 73%! Tonight we return to the NHL ice with one pick form the Stanley Cup Finals.

Today's NHL Hockey Picks:

Game: Detroit at Pittsburgh (8:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: 4 units on Pittsburgh -150 (moneyline) (risk 4 to win 2.7)

The Pittsburgh Penguins have their backs up against the wall as they come home trailing in the series two games to none to the Detroit Red Wings. They will be glad to be back on home ice as they have won 10 of their last 12 games, and have averaged four goals a game in the process. The Red Wings have been almost unbeatable at home, where they have been 10-1 in the playoffs, but they are just 2-3 on the road in their last five playoff games. Even in their Stanley Cup winning '08 campaign, they dropped four playoffs games on the road. The Red Wings have now also dropped their last four as a road dog, and when facing a team with a home winning percentage of .600 or higher they have been just 3-7 in their last 10. The Penguins have played lights out hockey as a home favorite, entering this contest with a 50-16 mark as home chalk, and that has translated very well in the playoffs where they are 19-5 in their last 24 in that same situation. The Penguins will be hungry here as this is their biggest game of the season, and I expect them to respond with a big game and get back in this series. Pittsburgh gets the call.

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Check out the last five NHL Hockey Picks Newsletters:

NHL-Hockey-Picks-May-30-2009
This is a team that is 17-3 in their last 20 playoff games on home ice. They have been 10-10 if playing them on the -1.5 puckline. Here we have a 50% rate of winning, but the odds we are getting in re...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-May-27-2009
The Redwings have dominated the Blackhawks so far to take a 3-1 series lead and will go for the closeout tonight in Detroit. Teams that face the inevitability of elimination usually step up the intens...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-May-26-2009
The Hurricanes played two exhausting seven-game series to get to the Conference Finals, survived, and moved on to face the Penguins. They seem to have hit the wall physically and emotionally, and faci...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-May-23-2009
The Penguins head to Carolina leading the series two games to none, and have had their way with the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes were not supposed to be here and the toll of the grueling 14 games it too...

NHL-Hockey-Picks-May-21-2009
The Pittsburgh Penguins continue their quest to get back into the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Red Wings a year ago. The Penguins are playing well at home where they have claimed victory...