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Winnipeg Jets vs. Calgary Flames NHL Odds, Prediction

• Sports Interaction Staff

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

Both the Jets and Flames struggled on home ice in their season openers, and both looking for their first win of the season in this Saturday night tilt. In the off season, both teams aimed at improving the goaltending position, the Flames bringing in Mike Smith from Arizona, and the Jets signing free agent Steve...

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Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators: NHL Odds, Prediction

• Sports Interaction Staff

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

North America’s two national capitals experienced major playoff letdowns last year, for very different reasons. The Washington Capitals and Ottawa Senators will look to put those disappointments behind them beginning with Thursday’s season opener at Canadian Tire Centre. The Capitals led the NHL in regular-season points but fell in the second round to Pittsburgh, while...

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Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres: NHL Odds, Prediction

• Sports Interaction Staff

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

The Montreal Canadiens look to erase the memory of a disappointing playoff showing as they kick off the 2017-18 campaign Thursday night against the host Buffalo Sabres. Montreal was the class of the Atlantic Division with 103 points during the regular season but they crashed and burned en route to a first-round exit at the...

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Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers: NHL Betting Odds, Prediction

• Sports Interaction Staff

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

The NHL season gets underway Wednesday night with a classic Battle of Alberta – and both teams are getting plenty of attention as they square off at Rogers Place. The Oilers come in as a favorite to reach the Stanley Cup final this season, led by defending scoring champion Connor McDavid and fellow offensive threat...

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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Winnipeg Jets Betting Odds, Prediction

• Sports Interaction Staff

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

It’s another chapter of Patrik Laine vs. Auston Matthews and a great way to drop the puck on the 2017-18 NHL season. Last season, Matthews edged out Laine to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie, but both first-year players (selected first and second overall) proved to be future cornerstones of their respective franchises for...

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Predators vs. Penguins: Stanley Cup Finals Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 26, 2017

History will be made in the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals. Either the Nashville Predators will win the Cup for the first time in franchise history, or the Pittsburgh Penguins will become the first team this century and in the salary-cap era to repeat as NHL champions. Sports Interaction oddsmakers give the edge to Sidney Crosby...

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Senators vs. Penguins: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 11, 2017

The Ottawa Senators are in the conference finals for the third time in franchise history and first since 2007, when they fell to the Anaheim Ducks in the Stanley Cup Finals. Standing in the Senators’ way of a second trip to the Cup Finals is defending champion Pittsburgh and superstar Sidney Crosby. The Penguins are...

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Predators vs. Ducks: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 11, 2017

Nashville is officially a hockey town! The Predators have turned that bastion of country music and college football into a hockey-mad city as they have reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. The Preds take on Pacific Division champion Anaheim in Game 1 starting Friday night. The Ducks are slight...

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NHL Stanley Cup Odds Shift After Sidney Crosby Concussion

• Ryan Stetson

• Last Updated: November 13, 2025

When arguably the best player in the world hits the shelf with an unpredictable injury, Stanley Cup odds need to be adjusted. Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has suffered his fourth confirmed concussion and is out of the lineup, which has forced oddsmakers to make adjustments to NHL Stanley Cup odds. NHL Stanley Cup odds...

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Penguins vs. Capitals: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 26, 2017

Sports Interaction oddsmakers as of now believe that the winner of the Penguins-Capitals Eastern Conference Semifinal series that begins Thursday will take home the Stanley Cup, and I tend to agree. This is clearly the marquee matchup of the second round featuring the two most talented rosters remaining as well as arguably the two greatest...

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Rangers vs. Senators: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 26, 2017

Had chalk held, we would be looking at an Original Six Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. Instead, the underdog New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators advanced and will face off in the Stanley Cup playoffs for only the second time: The Rangers won the series 4-3 over the Senators...

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Oilers vs. Ducks: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 25, 2017

The top two teams in the NHL’s Pacific Division face off starting Wednesday night in the Western Conference Semifinals as Edmonton visits Anaheim in Game 1 in the best-of-7. The veteran Ducks are series favourites on Sports Interaction Stanley Cup hockey odds over the postseason newbie Oilers. Edmonton Oilers at Anaheim Ducks, Game 1 Series...

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Predators vs. Blues: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 24, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks were Central Division champions and led the Western Conference with 109 points in the regular season. The Minnesota Wild were second to the Hawks in both with 106 points. So of course the Hawks and Wild were upset in lopsided fashion in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by Nashville...

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Predators vs. Blackhawks: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 12, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks are unquestionably the team of the decade as they have won three Stanley Cups, including each of the past two odd-numbered year playoffs. That could bode well in 2017 as the Hawks start their quest for another Cup on Thursday when they face Nashville, which has never advanced past the conference semifinals...

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Flames vs. Ducks: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 12, 2017

Home-ice advantage is a great thing to have in the Stanley Cup playoffs, to be sure. Teams at home get the last line change. However, winning on the road in the NHL playoffs has been proven to be a bit easier than in the NBA, NFL or Major League Baseball postseasons. For example, only eight...

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Blues vs. Wild: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 12, 2017

The St. Louis Blues are a perennial playoff team and are playing extra hockey for a sixth straight season. However, the franchise has never won a Stanley Cup and hasn’t reached the Finals since 1970. The Minnesota Wild are in the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season but have never won the Western Conference. The...

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Maple Leafs vs. Capitals: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 12, 2017

If you go simply by regular-season points, the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series between the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Washington Capitals and the wild-card Toronto Maple Leafs is the biggest mismatch of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Then again, the Capitals have a history of disappointing in the postseason. They are heavy series favourites on Sports Interaction NHL odds....

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Sharks vs. Oilers: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 12, 2017

Is there a more intriguing first-round playoff series in the NHL this year than Edmonton vs. San Jose? It’s undoubtedly the first of many trips to the postseason for young Oilers star Connor McDavid, but his team has very little playoff experience. The Sharks’ window to win a Stanley Cup, meanwhile, might be closing as...

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Blue Jackets vs. Penguins: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 11, 2017

The Pittsburgh Penguins finished with 111 points in the 2016-17 regular season.  That would have been enough to win every division but the one they play in, the Metropolitan. The Columbus Blue Jackets had 108 points. They would have won two of the other divisions with that total but finished third in the Metropolitan. Point...

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Bruins vs. Senators: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 11, 2017

The Ottawa Senators are in the playoffs for the 16th time in the past 20 seasons, but, rather amazingly, they have never faced the Boston Bruins in the postseason in their modern history. That changes Wednesday night when the puck is dropped for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series. The Bruins are series favourites...