Nhl Free Picks - May 30, 2009
We enter the NHL Stanley Cup Finals on a 6-0 run! Since the first week of May, we are 14-6 (70%) for +23.4 units. We open the Finals tonight with a pair of premium picks.
| WUNDERDOG 2009 RECENT RESULTS ($100/bet) |
| SPORT | WINS-LOSSES | % | NET |
| MLB |
10-5 last 15 picks |
67% | +$940 |
| NBA |
292-231 last 523 picks |
56% | +$12420 |
| NFL |
72-44 last 116 picks |
62% | +$7320 |
| NHL |
14-6 last 20 picks |
70% | +$2340 |
| TOTAL | | | +$23020 |
Today's NHL Hockey Picks:
Game: Pittsburgh at Detroit (8:05 PM Eastern)
Pick: 2 units on Detroit -1.5 goals +190 (puckline) (risk 2 to win 3.8)
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 return are nearly 2-1, so there is certainly value here! The Red Wings have lost nine games in each of the last two seasons at home, and they have certainly showed they turn it up a notch when the playoffs start. I will take the value offered here and play them on the puckline.
Game: Pittsburgh at Detroit (8:05 PM Eastern)Pick: 3 units on Detroit -150 (moneyline) (risk 3 to win 2)
The Detroit Red Wings will once again face the Pittsburgh penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Red Wings came out last year and made a huge statement at home by dominating the first two games in Detroit. They didn't allow the Penguins to score even one goal. The Red Wings overwhelmed the Penguins, winning the first two games by a combined 7-0 score, and out shot the Penguins 70-41 in the two games. Chris Osgood had the two shutouts, and he is at it again in the '09 playoffs as he has allowed just 16 goals in nine home games, or an average of just 1.78 goals against a game. Last year, he allowed 16 in 11 games to bring his two-year playoff total to 32 goals against in 20 games, or 1.6 per game. When you consider that the Red Wings are scoring more goals at home this season than they did last year in the playoffs, it is hard not to like them here. The Penguins steamrolled the Hurricanes in a four-game sweep to get here, but Detroit isn't going to be so easy. If you look at the first two played here last year, it might be an indicator of what to expect for this one. Throw in their last meeting of the regular season this year, a 3-0 Red Wings’ shutout at Pittsburgh this one doesn't bode well for the Penguins. The Red Wings are now 17-3 at home in their last 20 playoff games and 52-19-1 at home against an opponent with a winning road record. I'm riding the Red Wings in game one.
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Check out the last five NHL Hockey Picks Newsletters:
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...
NHL-Hockey-Picks-May-18-2009
The Pittsburgh Penguins are now one series away from returning to the Stanley Cup Finals, and open the series at home vs. Carolina. Pittsburgh opened their series at 0-2 with the Caps, but ran off fou...
