The NHL is peppering fans with a loaded slate every other day. Wednesday is one of those down days as there are just 2 games on the schedule. The Capitals visit the Senators and the Penguins visit the Red Wings as a precursor to a jam-packed 12-game slate on Thursday. When the pucks are dropped tonight, your work week will be over halfway through and you will a big-time Th ursday night of hockey to get excited for.
You can find out our NHL predictions for every game today, but for now, let’s dive into our best NHL prop bets.
Alex Ovechkin over 3.5 shots on goal (-130)
What Washington will be this year still remains to be seen. But it was good to see some resilience early on. Another thing that also remains to be seen is how productive Alex Ovechkin will be in his chase for Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. Ovechkin is still after his first point of the season. With each game that goes by, more effort will come from Ovechkin to tally his first goal.
In his career, Alex Ovechkin has 6,359 shots on goal in 1,349 games played. That is an average of 4.71 shots on goal per game. As lethal as his shot always has been and still is, sometimes all it takes is just a little bit of room. He does not wait for the perfect opportunity. He will get a shot off from anywhere if there is a window. As Washington looks to maintain pace in the standings while Ovechkin looks to chase down Gretzky, the captain will be taking every chance he gets to throw the puck on net. Over 3.5 shots on goal looks good tonight for number 8.'