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NHL Best Bets & Picks: Jets vs Blues and Hurricanes vs Predators – Expert Game Previews
The National Hockey League (NHL) has five total games on the slate, including a nationally-televised doubleheader on TNT/HBO Max/truTV. The Utah Mammoth and Detroit Red Wings meet at 7:30 p.m. EST in the front end of the double dip, while the New Jersey Devils and Vegas Golden Knights square off at 10 p.m. EST. We're looking to two other games, however.
On Tuesday, we hit the four-leg same-leg parlay from the Oilers-Penguins game, with the two-way sides total also coming in.
We'll try and keep the winning ways up, as we provide single plays and parlay opportunities you could potentially pair with Wednesday's two college football bowl games, NBA and/or NCAA basketball action. Good luck with all of your plays! Let's get started.
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Winnipeg Jets 
at St. Louis Blues 
The Jets (15-15-2) and Blues (12-15-7) meet at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, with a puck drop of 8 p.m. EST on ESPN+.
Winnipeg has been rather ordinary this season, after winning the President's Trophy last season. The Jets are 8-7-1 at home, and 7-8-1 on the road. The Blues are not much better, albeit consistent, too, going 6-8-4 at home, and 6-7-3 on the road.
The Jets were on the short end of a 3-2 OT loss against the Ottawa Senators on Monday. Connor Hellebuyck lost in his second game back from a month-long injury, although he certainly did a decent enough job. He has allowed just four goals in his two starts since returning.
Winnipeg is 1-3-1 in the past five games and 3-8-2 in the past 13 games. Of course, we can throw most of that out the window, as Hellebuyck was sidelined for 11 of those outings, and while Eric Comrie certainly did his best, he isn't nearly the same type of backstop as the Michigander tendy Hellebuyck, who is also the two-time defending Vezina Trophy winner.
The Blues were belted 5-2 on home ice Monday as slight 'dogs (+105) as the Over (5.5) cashed. The Blues are just 1-3-0 in the past four outings, and the Over is on a 4-1 roll in the previous five outings.
These teams met in an epic first-round playoff series last season, with the Jets escaping in seven games. The Over cashed in the final five games, and if you remember, Hellebuyck had a devil of a time in the road games in that series.
Hellebuyck (9-6-1, 2.44 GAA, .915 save percentage) is projected to go for the visitors, while Joel Hofer (5-7-2, 3.15 GAA, .890 save percentage, 2 SO) is projected for the home side.
We'll side with the Jets, despite Hellebuyck's struggles last season in St. Louis in the postseason. And, we'll side with the Over.
- Jets ML (-144 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
- Over 5.5 Goals (-105 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
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Carolina Hurricanes 
at Nashville Predators 
The Hurricanes (21-9-2) and the Predators (13-15-4) meet at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, with a puck drop also at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Carolina has managed a 10-4-1 mark on the road this season, while Nashville is just 8-8-2 at home. However, the Predators have been a thorn in the side of the Hurricanes in recent seasons, going 5-2 in the past seven meetings. The Canes did double up the Preds 6-3 in the first meeting on Dec. 6 as heavy favorites (-230) as the Over (6) connected.
In that win in Raleigh, the Canes started quickly with a pair of power-play goals from Taylor Hall and Nikolaj Ehlers within 114 seconds of each other midway through the first period to set the tone. William Carrier tacked on a late goal to make it 3-0 before heading to the room.
In the second period, Jackson Blake scored, and Sebastian Aho had an unassisted goal to push the lead to 5-0 before Nashville finally responded. Former Carolina player Michael Bunting struck on the power play, but Blake made it 6-1, before the Preds added two meaningless goals to put a bow on the scoring.
Juuse Saros allowed six goals on 38 shots, and he received an early shower, as Justus Annunen finished up the final 11-plus minutes. Brandon Bussi stopped 19 of 22 shots for the win. The rookie Bussi (11-1-0, 2.05 GAA, .910 save percentage, 1 SO) is projected to face Saros (12-10-3, 2.94 GAA, .897 save percentage).
The way Carolina treated Saros before, it is worth backing on the road. While the Over is 4-1 in the past five games for Nashville, the Under is 4-1 in the past five games for Carolina. However, the Over comfortably cashed in the first meeting just two weeks ago, and that's which way we'll go here, too.
- Hurricanes ML (-178 at Caesars Sportsbook)
- Over 6 Goals (-110 at Bet365 and Caesars Sportsbooks)
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Parlay Strategy and Super Parlay Picks for NHL Betting Slates
4-Leg NHL Super Parlay (+854 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
- Hurricanes ML at Predators and Over 6.5 - SGP (+210)
- Jets ML at Blues and Over 5.5 - SGP (+207)
2-Leg NHL Totals Parlay (+315 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
- Over 6.5 (+114) - Hurricanes at Predators
- Over 5.5 (-106) - Jets at Blues
2-Leg NHL Sides Parlay (+215 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
- Hurricanes ML (-182) at Predators
- Jets ML (-144) at Blues
