Edmonton Oilers vs. Dallas Stars Odds & Pick: April 2nd 2010

Edmonton Oilers vs. Dallas Stars
Free NHL Pick: Edmonton PL
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Yesterday, we took a large underdog (Florida) on the “puck-line.” It turned out that we didn’t need the extra 1.5 goals, as the Panthers won the game outright. Still, as expected, it was a close game, (1-0) which was decided by one goal. Here’s another case where we can get a very reasonable price with the +1.5 goal option, in a game that also has a good chance of being close the whole way.

While the Oilers are admittedly having a dismal season, they haven’t just rolled over and quit. They’re 3-3 their last six games. Five of those games, including all three of the losses, were decided by a single goal. In other words, if one had been getting +1.5 goals with them in all six of those games, one would be a perfect 6-0.

The Stars are off an impressive 5-1 win over San Jose. They haven’t won back to back games since mid-February though, having alternated wins and losses in each of their last 10 games. Overall, they’ve got just six wins in their past 16 games.

A look at the season series between these teams shows that all three games were decided by a single goal. Those games had scores of 4-3, 3-2 and 5-4. Edmonton won two of them, both of those victories coming via the “shootout.” Looking back further and we find that 10 of the last 16 meetings in the series have been decided by one goal. Consider Edmonton on the puck-line.