There are 10 games on the NHL schedule on Tuesday, including a matchup between the top two teams in last season's standings. Read on for today's NHL Best Bets.
It has been an interesting year for both the Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche, teams that finished first and second, respectively, in the 2021-2022 season.
After a massive trade to acquire Matthew Tkachuk in the offseason, the Panthers are still on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. They remain a strong puck possession team, but subpar goaltending has made it difficult for the Panthers to generate consistent results.
The defending-champion Avalanche have endured a brutal run of injuries, both in terms of quantity and quality of players injured. Colorado also sits outside the playoffs, but has games in hand against all the teams directly above it in the Western Conference playoff race.
This might have been considered a premier matchup at the start of the season, but it's intriguing for different reasons as both teams look to claw their way back into postseason contention.
Here are our NHL Best Bets for Sunday (odds via FanDuel Sportsbook, DraftKings Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, BetMGM, and PointsBet; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).