Wednesday's are generally one of the lighter nights on the ice, and we have just three NHL games on the board. That means finding puck lines, money lines and totals that you find valuable can certainly be tough. With that in mind, that's why our experts' have found their favorite spots for NHL player props and provided them for you here. We're focused on the two earlier games, s o let's dive right in.
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Auston Matthews over 0.5 assists (+105)
The first puck drop of the night features Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Ottawa Senators. The Leafs are coming off an incredible come-from-behind win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, defeating their division rival 6-5 after being down 4-1 in the first period. That was largely thanks to Matthews' hat trick, which he has several of already this season. He's already regarded as one of the best American-born goal-scorers, yet we're going to focus on his assist prop.'
It provides more value at this point, as it's not as if Toronto doesn't have other elite goal-scorers. One of which would be William Nylander, who has just 2 points fewer than Matthews this season. He's also taken just 2 fewer shots, and he's been the one to thrive against the Senators. Nylander has scored a goal in 3 of his last 4 games against Ottawa, while Matthews has recorded 4 assists over his last 4 games against the Sens. With Ottawa struggling overall and allowing the 7th-most goals per game, we're trusting Matthews to link up with anyone to find the back of the net to start our best NHL player props.