NHL Picks & Predictions for Sunday, February 14, 2010
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Sunday, February 14, 2010 in the NHL.
Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, 3:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
MINNESOTA is 32-28 (+6.4 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER since 1996
VANCOUVER is 30-27-5 straight up against MINNESOTA since 1996
29 of 52 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+4.5 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 11-6 (+5.3 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 11-7-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
9 of 15 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.3 Units)
All games played at MINNESOTA since 1996
VANCOUVER is 15-14 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA since 1996
VANCOUVER is 15-14-2 straight up against MINNESOTA since 1996
13 of 23 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.0 Units)
Games played at MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 6-2 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 6-3-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)
NHL Free Pick: Vancouver | Best Line: -115 Brobury Sports
Chicago Blackhawks at Columbus Blue Jackets, 5:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
COLUMBUS is 28-26 (+2.2 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO since 1996
CHICAGO is 28-24-2 straight up against COLUMBUS since 1996
31 of 53 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+6.9 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 10-7 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 10-7-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
12 of 17 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+6.3 Units)
All games played at COLUMBUS since 1996
COLUMBUS is 15-12 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO since 1996
COLUMBUS is 14-12-1 straight up against CHICAGO since 1996
19 of 27 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+10.8 Units)
Games played at COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 5-3 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 5-3-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.1 Units)
NHL Free Pick: Chicago | Best Line: -140 Brobury Sports
Ottawa Senators at New York Islanders, 5:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
OTTAWA is 38-15 (+15.0 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996
OTTAWA is 37-10-8 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996
26 of 50 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.6 Units, Under=-4.3 Units)
Games over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 5-5 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 5-5-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.7 Units)
All games played at NY ISLANDERS since 1996
OTTAWA is 18-7 (+9.1 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996
OTTAWA is 17-5-4 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996
14 of 25 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.3 Units)
Games played at NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS is 3-1 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 3-1-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)
NHL Free Pick: Ottawa | Best Line: -135 Brobury Sports