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Favorites: Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers
The Habs lost their damn mind last Saturday, when they handed the Colorado Avalanche a traumatizing 10-1 loss. That the Canadiens manage to score that many goals—or that they scored 23 goals in six games thus far this December—despite injuries to forwards Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais speaks a lot how scary this club is. The Canadiens are safely ahead of everyone else in the Atlantic Division with 42 points. They are +900 to raise the Cup.
Still in the Eastern conference, the Rangers too have the same +900 price to take home the ultimate prize. The Rangers have won three of their last four games, the only loss in that stretch being a 2-1 setback at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks. Not too shabby for New York, which has suddenly found itself dealing with some sort of a goalie battle between Antti Raanta and Henrik Lundqvist. Raanta is 3-1 with a 0.75 GAA in four starts this December, which has essentially put Lundqvist—at least temporarily—in the backseat of the goalie depth chart. In any case, the Rangers appear to play more terrific hockey this season.
Sleepers: Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild
We’re speaking from the perspective of betting odds here. We’re putting that out of the way first just to be clear why the Blue Jackets are being considered as sleepers here. Columbus is riding a hot winning streak as of this writing, as the Blue Jackets look to notch their eighth-straight victory when they pay Calgary a visit this Friday. The team’s confidence is through the roof right now and if you haven’t laid money on the Blue Jackets’ price of +1,500 to take home the Stanley Cup title, better do it now while the value is still high.
Speaking of unbeaten runs, how about the Wild? Minnesota is on a hot stretch of its own, having emerged the victor in each of the Wild’s last five games. Devan Dubnyk has been a big part of the Wild’s success this season. Dubnyk, who paces the league with a 1.60 GAA, is the centerpiece of the best defensive team in the NHL. Minnesota is first overall in goals against (2.0 allowed per game) and sixth in penalty kill percentage (84.7).
Long Shot: New York Islanders
As if having the Brooklyn Nets isn’t enough to depress the entire Brooklyn populace, here are the Islanders, who have bumbled their way into a poor 11-12-5 record in the first 28 games. The Islanders’ crappy special teams have mostly been the culprit for the team, as they are just 29th in power play percentage and 17th in killing penalties. The defense also stinks, as it allows opponents to score 3.0 goals per game. That being said, the Islanders (+10,000) still have the talent, and more importantly the time, to turn their season around.
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