Hello and welcome everyone to the Halloween edition of the NHL Best Bets on October 31st, 2024! I hope everyone has their perfect costumes and candy all set up for tonight as we have 7 spooky matchups around hockey for these NHL predictions! 

I have some plus money mixed in with chalky plays to balance us all out to make a good profit tonight. Happy Halloween and enjoy the day!

 

 

 

NHL Picks, Predictions & Best Bets Today, 10/31

A note though for this first month of the season, all bets until November will be half unit plays while we figure out the identity of these teams so don’t go wild on the bankroll just yet, let’s learn some things! 

In this NHL Best Bets Today article you will find a wide array of choices from some Money Lines and Team totals to plenty of player props for the action today in NHL Picks! 16 games on this weekday slate let’s dive right into it!

Now, let's dive into my expert NHL Best Bets today!

***ALL BETS ARE HALF UNIT PLAYS***

  • Regular Season Record: 39-30-0
  • Bankroll: +4.4 Units

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Ducks vs. Penguins Prediction: Thursday, October 31st

When you lock in on a trend early in the season you ride it till it breaks! If you’ve been following my NHL predictions this month then you know that Penguins games mean betting the overs and it's been making me a lot of money so far. 

Pittsburgh has now gone over in 7 of 11 games to start the season and one of those games was a push! The Penguins are allowing 4.27 goals per game which is the highest mark in the league and while the Anaheim offense isn’t great, they don’t play much defense either. It looks like Joel Blomqvist with his 3.46 GAA will start for the Penguins and Lukas Dostal will go for the Ducks. 

Given the Penguins offense scoring just over 3 goals per game as well they should get after Dostal and hit yet another over tonight. In addition to the total tonight the Ducks allow so many shots on goal, 34.7 to be exact which is the 2nd highest mark in the NHL behind just the Penguins. 

That makes me lean towards a player like Rickard Rakell tonight going over his shots on goal as he has 27 so far this season and has topped 2.5 shots on goal in 5 games this season. Give me that wager but in full fairness any shot on goal prop to hit the over could make our NHL best bets today in this game. 

 

 

 

Best NHL Prop Bets & Other Picks Today, 10/31