Betting hockey can be incredibly frustrating because it can be so unpredictable. Compared to other major sports, particularly football and baseball, hockey has so few major indicators that can give you the edge when choosing one team over another. When you bet baseball, you can be reasonably sure the better starting pitcher is going to come out on top. When you bet football, with the exception of some division rivalries, it’s normally fairly easy to identify the mismatches. But with hockey, what is there?

If you are going to try and analyze rosters to pick a winner, your best bet is to try and find games that see high scoring offenses playing against young or struggling goalies. However, even this is more of an art than a science, as quite often you’ll see some young no-name ‘tender come out and play absolutely stellar to shut down a powerhouse. The key then is to

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