This Saturday's slate is much thinner than usual, due to the heavier Friday schedule stemming from American Thanksgiving. Here are our NHL best bets for Saturday.
There may be far less Saturday games than usual, but there's still some juicy matchups featuring some solid betting value. Eight games will be played instead of nine, as the Columbus Blue Jackets were expected to play the Nashville Predators before a water main broke and flooded Bridgestone Arena.
Only four Canadian teams will be in action. All of them are on the road, meani ng it will be a strange Saturday night where not a single NHL game is played north of the border. The Toronto Maple Leafs will head to Pennsylvania to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins, following a dramatic 4-3 Friday afternoon win against the Minnesota Wild. The Calgary Flames are also on a back-to-back, hoping to rebound against the Carolina Hurricanes after being shutout 3-0 in a loss to the Washington Capitals.
Here are our best bets for Saturday's NHL slate (odds via BetRivers Sportsbook, DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).