Best NHL prop bets (Oct. 31): Back this team at long +2200 odds to pile up goals

Join Daily Faceoff’s Nick Martin as he handicaps the best NHL props available on Thursday night.

Anaheim Ducks Highest-Scoring Team On Slate: +2200 Sports Interaction

Let’s kick things off with a fun one. This bet can be found in the NHL specials drop-down menu at Sports Interaction, and could provide an exciting sweat on this seven-game slate. I’ll also note that it will pay out under dead-heat rules if two teams are to tie.

With 14 teams playing tonight, any team priced longer than 14/1 in this market is considered less likely than average to lead the night in goals.

It’s hard to imagine that any team facing the Penguins right now is worthy of being priced as the third least likely out of 14 teams to score the most goals. The Pens hold the highest goals against average in the league at 4.27, and they own the league’s third-worst xGA/60 of 3.98.

The Ducks have scored just 2.33 goals per game, which is a big part of this long number. Still, their top three offensive lines do have some legitimate scoring punch, and I’m not convinced they will be this bad offensively as the season wears along.

A matchup at home versus the Ducks gives the Pens a great opportunity to snap their six-game losing skid, and it wouldn’t be surprising to me to see the Ducks held to two goals or less, either. At +2200, there is value targeting the other extreme that perhaps we still haven’t even seen rock bottom for this Penguins side, and that perhaps coach Mike Sullivan’s message has been lost.

Jordan Kyrou To Record A Point: -139 Sports Interaction

Kyrou holds a lower offensive floor with Blues top forward and linemate Robert Thomas on the sidelines, and has put up just three points over the last seven games. Still, this number looks too disrespectful to Kyrou’s elite offensive skillset, especially considering his larger body of work under coach Drew Bannister.

Kyrou has put up 59 points in 64 games since Bannister was brought on as bench boss last December. He’s still lining up with a high quality offensive talent in Pavel Buchnevich at even strength, as well as on the Blues’ top power-play unit.

Part of Kyrou’s recent dip in production also comes down to his recent slate of opponents. Four of the Blues’ last seven games have come against notably strong defensive teams, and the entire team no-showed in Ottawa on Tuesday after a couple of nights off in Montreal.

A matchup versus Philadelphia provides Kyrou and the Blues a great opportunity to get right offensively. The Flyers have allowed 4.00 goals against per game this season. And while they have only allowed a league average amount of chances against, their goaltending tandem has been among the league’s worst, which was expected entering the season.

Fabian Zetterlund Over 2.5 Shots On Goal: -139 Sports Interaction

There are some holes in Zetterlund’s game to be sure, but he is a pure goalscorer with a great shot, and he has been firing away of late. The 25 year-old will be an RFA at the end of this season, and should be well motivated to continue his strong run of play.

Over the last five games, Zetterlund has attempted a whopping 31 shots on goal, and has been rewarded with three goals over the last two outings.

A matchup versus Chicago should give the Sharks’ second unit of Zetterlund, Alex Wennberg and Danil Gushchin a better chance of spending more time in the offensive zone than they have in the majority of matchups this season.

Zetterlund has gone over shots on goal in three straight matchups. Oddsmakers have a more sound process than simply checking game logs, but Zetterlund’s status as a pure shooter makes me believe buying into his recent upswing on shots on goal isn’t a bad idea at this price.

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