NHL Odds and Lines

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Hockey is a great sport for someone looking for night-to-night action and also some thrilling games to watch and wager on. The NHL provides a packed slate most days and runs from the fall to the early summer months, with NHL bets extending into June.

Most hockey bettors play the moneyline, which is an assigned value to each team in a matchup. A team that is favored to win will cost more to play and won't win as much money as the underdog, which can yield a bigger payday – if they can pull off the upset.

Totals are also a popular play with those making NHL bets. Oddsmakers set a total number of goals for a game and bettors must wager on whether the final score will be more – Over - or less than – Under – that estimated total. With scoring on the decline in the league in recent seasons, oddsmakers set the majority of NHL totals at 5.5 or 5 goals.

An alternative to the moneyline is the puckline, which is hockey's version of the pointspread. Since the bulk of NHL games are decided by a single goal, oddsmakers make most pucklines at 1.5 goals. Bettors can either take the puckline favorite at -1.5, which often carries a nice plus-money price tag, or wager on the +1.5 underdog, which can be an expensive bet. NHL fans are also enjoying the rise in in-game betting, wagering on the action as it happens on the ice with odds constantly adjusting to the action and outcome.

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