Tonight features 6 games on the ice after our exciting 11-game slate last night. There are some spots with teams on the 2nd night of a back-to-back, which can make outcomes more difficult to predict. That's the case for half of the games on the board, but thankfully there's always the player prop market. We're actually going to avoid those back-to-back teams and target 2 skaters that have enjoyed success against their opponents in the past.'
Along with our player props, be sure to check out all of our NHL picks for today's action.
Steven Stamkos over 0.5 assists (+120)
The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to bounce back from what looks like an embarrassing loss on paper. They went down to the Minnesota Wild 5-1. However, that was their 2nd night of a back-to-back and the Wild are no joke on home ice. Regardless, the Lightning are still one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, and have the veteran leadership to rebound from those types of games. The spearhead of that leadership is Steven Stamkos. Between him, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman, they've helped us cash several player props in the past. The other consideration for this play was on Kucherov to record multiple points, which he just did for us recently.'
We're still going to roll with Stamkos given his dominance against the Winnipeg Jets. Admittedly, the Jets are not generally an ideal opponent for this type of play. However, Stamkos has a careers-worth of history making him matchup-proof. He's also recorded multiple points in 5 of his last 6 games against the Jets. Similarly, he's had at least 1 assist in each of his last 6 games against Winnipeg, and in 8 of his last 10. That history is worth nothing, as Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has been in net for them for 8 seasons now. There's no denying we're taking a slight risk with how much Stamkos also likes to shoot the puck, but with how well Brayden Point is finding the back of the net recently, we'll still stick with the assist play.'''