NHL Predictions: Skilled Picks on Monday, January 6

NHL Predictions – Consultants’ Picks for Monday, January 6:

Listed below are tonight’s NHL predictions:

7 PM ET

Alexander Ovechkin continues his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky and his 894th profession objectives tonight in Buffalo. Ovechkin is simply 22 objectives away from being thought-about “the nice” and 23 objectives away from turning into the best scorer of all time. Ovi has 41 objectives in 65 profession video games in opposition to the Sabers and 4 objectives in six video games in opposition to the Sabers beginning goalie for tonight, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. The Cubs doubled Buffalo’s win, 4-2, of their solely assembly this season. Washington has traded wins and losses in its previous seven video games and posted a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday.

The Sabers return dwelling after taking part in their final 4 video games on the highway and dropping three in a row. Jason Zucker has led Buffalo in objectives in 5 straight video games. Zucker has scored three objectives in 4 video games in opposition to Cubs goaltender Charlie Lindgren, who is predicted to start out the sport. The Sabers have gained two of the final three matchups in Buffalo. 5 of the final eight contests have gone to time beyond regulation.

NHL Prediction: Jason Zucker Purpose Anytime (+235) – ¼ unit
Alexander Ovechkin Purpose at Any Time (+125) – ¼ unit
JJ Petrka’s objective at any time (+250) – ¼ unit
Pierre-Luc Dubois Greater than ½ help (+145) – ¼ unit
Dylan Strome over ½ help (-105) – ¼ unit
Regulation charge (+320) – ¼ unit

7:30 PM ET

The Canucks start a five-game highway journey tonight in Montreal with Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson making game-time choices. Vancouver is 8-1 as a highway favourite and simply 2-5 as a highway underdog. With the Canucks being eradicated by Nashville of their final recreation (3-0 to Nashville), our system performs to a objective scored within the first 10 minutes and a primary interval over 1.5 in impact.

The Canadiens return dwelling after a highway journey that noticed them eradicated from the final three Stanley Cup winners. Montreal got here away with wins over Florida, Vegas and Colorado. Tonight is the Habs’ first dwelling recreation since December seventeenth.

Keep tuned if Patrik Laine returns tonight from damage. He has six objectives in six video games in opposition to Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen.

NHL Predictions: Vancouver Canucks/Montreal Canadiens 1 objective^road 10 minutes (-155) – 1.5 models
Vancouver Canucks/Montreal Canadiens 1^road Interval greater than 1.5 (-130) – 1.5 models