Mammoth vs. Devils NHL Betting Odds, Picks: Jake Allen starting for New Jersey
The Utah Mammoth and New Jersey Devils are set for a Tuesday night matchup at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
Utah enters the matchup with a 2-1-0 record in what is still a young season. The Mammoth won their first two games over the Blackhawks and Blue Jackets before falling 4-2 to the Rangers in their most recent outing.
New Jersey are 1-1-0 after beating the Flyers in their season opener and losing 6-0 to the Islanders in their last game.
Mammoth vs. Devils NHL Betting Odds
Playing at home, the Devils enter this contest as slight favourites on the NHL odds. Specifically, New Jersey has moneyline odds of -135, while Utah has odds of +115 to pull off the road upset.
On the puckline, Devils -1.5 is valued at +185, while Utah +1.5 is -225. The game total is set at 6.0, with odds of -110 to both the Over and Under.
At +160, New Jersey’s Jack Hughes has the shortest odds of any player to score a goal in this game. Hughes potted 27 goals in 61 games last season, and scored the overtime game-winner in New Jersey’s season opener last week.
With odds of +185, Utah’s Dylan Guenther has the shortest odds of any Mammoth player to score a goal in this contest. Guenther scored a career-high 40 goals last season and has found the back of the net three times in three games to start the new campaign.
Utah Mammoth
The Mammoth are one of the NHL’s most exciting young teams. Utah increased its point total from 89 to 92 last season and made the playoffs for the first time as a franchise. They are off to a solid start this season and should be in the playoff hunt again.
Utah has a talented young core of forwards that are capable of doing major damage on a nightly basis. Captain Clayton Keller serves as the primary facilitator, while Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley and Nick Schmaltz are skilled playmakers who have already found the back of the net often this season.
Utah also brought in veterans Vincent Trocheck and Anders Lee. Together, they bring the veteran experience that this team was missing.
The Mammoth are also a stingy defensive team. Last season, Utah allowed just 26.1 shots on goal per game, which ranks sixth in the NHL. Nothing comes easy against this team, as they make their opponents work for every opportunity in the offensive zone.
New Jersey Devils
The Devils missed the playoffs last season after posting a record 42-37-3 and totalling 87 points. Now in Year 3 of the Sheldon Keefe era, New Jersey is looking to take a big step forward.
Jack Hughes continues to lead the way, and the Devils’ success this season will largely depend on his health. Unfortunately, Hughes has missed significant time in nearly every season of his career and has played more than 62 games only once.
The Devils parted ways with goaltender Jacob Markstrom in the offseason and now have a tandem of netminders in Jake Allen and Nico Daws. It will be interesting to see which goaltender earns the No. 1 job moving forward.
NHL Prediction: Who Will Win Mammoth vs. Devils?
The Devils have dominated this head-to-head series. New Jersey is a perfect 4-0-0 against Utah in their four all-time meetings, winning those games by a combined score of 12-3.
New Jersey’s Jake Allen is slated to be between the pipes in this one, and he allowed just two goals on 23 shots in his first outing against Philadelphia.
The Devils also have the luxury of playing at home, while the Mammoth are playing their third consecutive road game.
Back the Devils.
Best bet: New Jersey Devils
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