Topic: NHL 2015-16 Playoff Betting and Discussion (Read 1031 times)

Ok, I changed the title of this thread; I've already stated my desire to move away from regular season games. I'll be sure to post my picks in that thread too, thanks for the notice, sorry for missing it during my search.

There is already one NHL 2015/16 Regular Season Discussion thread here older than this. Continue your discussion there, no need for another thread.

They're doing a lot better than most other teams this year, they might not win the cup again this year, but there's always a chance that some team might bust out of nowhere and take the win from under our noses (which could be the Blackhawks ).. All the top teams are close in score, there's 11 points spread between 12th and 2nd, but Washington has a solid 14 points more than Dallas who's tied for second with St. Louis with 91 points.

This year's playoffs will be great for the US fans. With no Canadian teams in the lineup this year, Rogers is going to suffer a pretty big hit on ratings since they bought the rights for game broadcasting or something. Ottawa is the Canadian team with the most points right now, which is sad really..

I don't know if anyone saw it, but I followed the Tampa vs Toronto game last night... I'm actually embarrassed for the bolts, losing to the team in last place in the league.. I'm also pissed I lost that bet, oh well such is the game of luck 

I like Chicago to win the division and the championship,They are not playing the best hockey right now but I think they are a really decent team. Definitely a top pick IMO.

Creating propositions for individual games is more work than I'm willing to put in. I'm done with that for now, and have instead created a couple propositions surrounding the playoffs, based on the winning team's division and conference. The op has been updated with some info, here are some links:

Division to win Stanley Cup Prediction:
https://www.betmoose.com/bet/nhl-division-to-win-stanley-cup-1809

Conference to win Stanley Cup Prediction:
https://www.betmoose.com/bet/nhl-conference-to-win-stanley-cup-1810

Playoffs start Wednesday, April 13th 2016, estimated to end June 15th 2016.
Bets close when Conference semi-finals start, estimated May 1st

Playoff Positions:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/stanleycup.htm?season=20152016&round=pst

League Standings:
https://www.nhl.com/standings/league

By the looks of it, Central division has the most teams in the highest league rankings and might be the winner of the Stanley Cup. The whole Western conference has a strong presence in the ranks this year, the chances of them winning are high I believe. It's pretty crap that there's still no Canadian teams in any position in the playoffs, but whatevs.

Happy betting, good luck to all bettors!

I'm pretty clueless with regards to NHL but also obviously always winning to learn when there's ever a chance to make money.

It was a good game, kings scored 3 points in the first period, then the capitals spent the whole game trying to catch up. Finally, Washington tied it at the end of the 3rd period; and LA secured the win in the shootout.

Good game indeed; this whole season has been tight, Canadiens beat out Dallas the other night, I was even shocked at that. Anaheim with their 11 game winning streak just last week.

FYI; for those who can't watch the games live: play-by-play, game and period info is available live on the game pages, https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2015021006

Good luck to this weekend's bettors, look out for the Blackhawks vs Stars game, currently the second and third ranked teams. That's gonna be a tight match for sure. Chicago Blackhawks [41-21-5] @ Dallas Stars [40-20-8]

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Tomorrow's game, Washington vs Los Angeles is going to be very close. I think Washington can pull of this win, but to be safe, I wouldn't bet a large amount on this game.

Looks like someone's confident the Blackhawks are going to win tomorrow's game against the Blues, they didn't waste any time betting on it.
There are not many games to choose from on the 10th, just the habs game is the most evenly paired matchup.
For the next five games I bet on only home teams to win: Blues, Kings, Canadiens, Blues, Stars.

Good luck to any bettors,
https://www.betmoose.com/hostedBets/-xxiii-

Ice hockey and NHL in particular is my 2nd favoutire sport to bet on after soccer. Thanks for putting your suggestions on this thread I will surely be keeping an eye out for your picks and hope to get some profit together 

Ducks are on a 10 game winning streak, will they be able to keep that streak going? Or will they submit and bow to the Kings?!
Game starts today at 4PM ET; my money is on the Kings 

Assuming you already know the rules of hockey, and are looking for statistical information, the current season standings are found here: https://www.nhl.com/standings/league. On this table, you'll see some letters and numbers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_statistics). Take this with a grain of salt, I am by no means a professional. When hosting bets, I'll look for matchups with the closest [W-L-OT] stats. When betting, the stats that I look for are "GP - W - L - OT - HOME - AWAY - STRK". Depending on how lucky you feel, bet on either statistically superior teams, or bet on the underdog.

Take for example tomorrows matchups:

Edmonton Oilers [24-34-7]
Columbus Blue Jackets [26-30-8]
The numbers provided are just the [W-L-OT] stats which gives the impression that Columbus has a winning advantage.
Going further into the stats shows HOME:13-12-6 AWAY: 13-18-2 STRK: L1 which tells me that CBJ don't suffer from home-field-advantage, and currently on a one-game losing streak.
Looking now at Edmonton (second from last), HOME: 16-14-2 AWAY: 8-20-5 STRK: W2 which tells me that Edmonton sucks at away games and is on a two-game winning streak already.
By all means, it looks like Edmonton is going to lose but I bet on them anyway because why the hell not

Now take this information, and apply it to the other game that's being played, and you'll see an almost guaranteed win for Washington; however I included this matchup because there's only three games played on Friday and this matchup is between two top ranked teams.
New York Rangers [37-20-6] (Metropolitan Division)
Washington Capitals [47-12-4] (Metropolitan Division)

NHL is one of the sports that I know the less. I would like to learn a little bit here.
If someone can, please post picks with a small review.

Montreal vs Ducks game starts soon, there's a BTC0.015 pot on that game, in favour of the Ducks. I won't be able to watch tonight's game, but last Sunday's game against the Leafs was wicked. I've been trying to find a video of the canceled goal, when the player hit the puck in the air from a goalie's rebound into the net.

Still no, OP updated to include min-bet, and infos unweighted and parimutuel betting

bet for free?

Nice to see NHL in this forum yesterday match result...
Senators vs Canucks,  Final score 3 - 5.
Oilers vs Kings,          Final score 1 - 0,
Wild vs Flyers,           Final score  2 - 3,
Devils vs Blue Jocket,  Final score  1 - 6,
Jeyts vs Stars,            Final score   6 - 3.