Wednesday in the NHL brings a small 3-game slate. But what it lacks in quantity it absolutely makes up for in quality. At 7PM ET, the Lightning play the Rangers in New York, the Stars play the Maple Leafs in Toronto, and capping off the slate at 9:30PM ET will be the Wild playing the Blackhawks in Chicago. While Minnesota vs Chicago does not have as much luster, the Wild are mathematically still in contention and will be playing playoff-style hockey down the stretch. These games make the middle of the week a bit more palatable.
You can find out our 2 best NHL player prop bets below, but make sure you also read our NHL predictions for today’s games.
Tyler Seguin, DAL, Over 0.5 points (+100)
This sets up to be a great game between a couple of very good teams. In a game which may have a thin margin of error and come down to the wire, each team's top players may log even more ice time than usual. Tyler Seguin is a very important player for the Stars and will be leaned on heavily tonight along with a few of his teammates. In the past month, the Stars are 9-2-1. In those 12 games, Seguin has 10 points.
Tyler Seguin has 17 goals and 23 assists for 40 points on the year along. He leads the Stars in even strength goals and logs the 5th most minutes of the forward group. Seguin skates on the second line with Matt Duchene and Mason Marchment, and also is on the power play. In what should be a great game, getting plus money for a talented top 6 and power play forward to log a point is good value.