Tuesday NHL Opening Odds
(The Spread) – Two teams fighting for supremacy in the Western Conference will square of in Detroit on Tuesday night.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com, the Detroit Red Wings are –135 money line favorites over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. If the playoffs were to start today, the Wings would own the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, while the Sharks would be the No. 4 seed but only eight points separates these two teams.
According to the latest NHL trends, the over is 6-1 in the last seven meetings between the Wings and Sharks, while San Jose is 6-2 in its last eight games against Detroit. That said, the Sharks are just 7-20-1 in their last 28 trips to Motown.
Current stats show that Logan Couture leads the Sharks in goals scored with 24, while Joe Thornton has a team-high in assists with 35 and Antti Niemi has a 2.43 goals against average. For the Wings, Johan Franzen leads the team in goals with 26, while Henrik Zetterberg has a team-high 48 assists and Joey MacDonald has a 2.49 goals against average.
In other NHL action on Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers are –173 on the money line against the Phoenix Coyotes (+159), while the Columbus Blue Jackets are –115 against the Nashville Predators (+106). For a complete list of opening odds for every game on Tuesday night, see below.
NHL Opening Hockey Lines & Totals
1 Phoenix Coyotes +159 (5.5)
2 Philadelphia Flyers –173 (5.5)
3 Nashville Predators +106 (5)
4 Columbus Blue Jackets –115 (5)
5 New York Rangers +131 (5.5)
6 Carolina Hurricanes –142 (5.5)
7 New York Islanders +147 (5.5)
8 Toronto Maple Leafs –160 (5.5)
9 San Jose Sharks +125 (5.5)
10 Detroit Red Wings –135 (5.5)
11 Edmonton Oilers +156 (5.5)
12 Minnesota Wild –169 (5.5)
13 New Jersey Devils –125 (5.5)
14 Dallas Stars +115 (5)
15 Boston Bruins –104 (5.5)
16 Calgary Flames –104 (5.5)
17 Montreal Canadiens +164 (5.5)
18 Vancouver Canucks –178 (5.5)
19 Colorado Avalanche +181 (5.5)
20 St. Louis Blues –197 (5.5)
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