The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs continues with a crucial Game 2 on Saturday night! Read on for our NHL best bets for Saturday based on the top NHL odds.
There is just one game on the slate for Saturday with the Vegas Golden Knights hosting the Edmonton Oilers.
The Golden Knights are the higher seed but were the underdogs in the series and are once again home underdogs in Game 2 against the Oilers.
Edmonton is looking to even the series at 1-1 after a 6-4 defeat in Game 1 on Wednesday night.
Here are our best NHL picks for Saturday's action (odds via DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetPARX; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).
Saturday's NHL schedule and odds
(odds via DraftKings)
- Edmonton Oilers (-120) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (+105)
Saturday's NHL best bets
- Player prop: Evan Bouchard Over 0.5 power-play points (+100 via BetPARX) ????
- Player prop: Jonathan Marchessault anytime goalscorer (+240 via FanDuel) ??
- Game prop: Oilers vs. Golden Knights Over 1.5 first-period goals (-150 via FanDuel) ????
- Spread: Oilers -1.5 (+195 via DraftKings) vs. Golden Knights ???
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Oilers vs. Golden Knights odds
Saturday's NHL player prop picks
The Oilers' power play is converting at an unheard-of 57.9% clip (11-for-19) so far in the playoffs after an NHL record 32.4% power play in the regular season.
Evan Bouchard has emerged as a strong power-play quarterback for Edmonton. The young Oilers defenseman has a power-play point in all seven playoff games thus far.
With Connor McDavid (-167) and Leon Draisaitl (-150) both at such short odds to record a power-play point, this feels like a steal at even money.
Vegas forward Jonathan Marchessault has yet to score in the playoffs, but it hasn't been for a lack of trying.
He led the Golden Knights with four individual scoring chances – all at five-on-five – in Game 1, including three high-danger chances. In fact, Marchessault led all players in five-on-five individual expected goals in Game 1, according to Natural Stat Trick.
Marchessault ranges from +160 (DraftKings) to +165 (Unibet) to score at other books, giving us plenty of value with the +240 price at FanDuel.
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Saturday's NHL game picks
The Oilers and Knights combined for five first-period goals in Game 1 with Vegas taking a 3-2 lead into the first intermission. The first-period Over hit in that game less than five minutes in with Leon Draisaitl and Ivan Barbashev scoring in succession.
Edmonton has now scored 11 first-period goals in its seven playoff games while allowing 10. Vegas was a bit tighter in the first round against a lackluster Winnipeg Jets offense, as the Knights outscored the Jets 4-3 in five first periods.
FanDuel is offering a fantastic price here at -150, with our other best sportsbooks having the Over 1.5 ranging from -165 (DraftKings) to -200 (BetMGM).
This should be another open game with the total heavily favoring the Over 6.5. With more goals comes more variance, and that's a good thing for the Oilers.
Edmonton has one of the most dynamic offenses in the league, and although only Draisaitl scored (four times) in Game 1, the Oilers should be able to spread the wealth in Game 2.
Game 1 ended up going Vegas' way, but Edmonton made a very strong push in the third period. The Oilers were able to create scoring chances but just couldn't find the back of the net with one goal on 13 chances (seven of the high-danger variety).
DraftKings is offering us the best line here, with Oilers -1.5 ranging from +162 (FoxBet) to +190 (BetRivers) elsewhere.
NHL picks made 5/6/2023 at 11:13 a.m. ET.
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