NHL
predictions.
57 picks for 19 games in 7 competitions on Monday — a 1X2, a handicap and an over/under pick for each game, built from projected goals, goaltending form, special teams and the bookmakers’ odds. Every pick is marked won or lost at the final horn, for everyone to see.
NHL
Boston Bruins vs Vegas Golden Knights, NHL (USA), Mon, Nov 2. Final score after a shootout: Boston Bruins 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2. 1X2 odds: Boston Bruins 2.45, Vegas Golden Knights 2.35. The model’s picks: 1 — Boston Bruins to win in regular time at 2.50, lost; Over 4.5 goals at 1.33, lost; 1 +1.5 — Boston Bruins +1.5 handicap at 1.36, won. Best tip: 1 +1.5 — Boston Bruins +1.5 handicap at 1.36, 72% confidence, won.
Florida Panthers vs Detroit Red Wings, NHL (USA), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Florida Panthers 3, Detroit Red Wings 5. 1X2 odds: Florida Panthers 1.76, Detroit Red Wings 3.75. The model’s picks: 1 — Florida Panthers to win in regular time at 1.85, lost; Over 4.5 goals at 1.38, won; 2 +2.5 — Detroit Red Wings +2.5 handicap at 1.30, won. Best tip: 2 +2.5 — Detroit Red Wings +2.5 handicap at 1.30, 71% confidence, won.
Chicago Blackhawks vs Colorado Avalanche, NHL (USA), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Chicago Blackhawks 2, Colorado Avalanche 5. 1X2 odds: Chicago Blackhawks 4.10, Colorado Avalanche 1.65. The model’s picks: 2 — Colorado Avalanche to win in regular time at 1.67, won; Under 7.5 goals at 1.32, won; 1 +2.5 — Chicago Blackhawks +2.5 handicap at 1.39, lost. Best tip: DNB 2 — Colorado Avalanche, draw no bet at 1.35, 74% confidence, won.
San Jose Sharks vs Calgary Flames, NHL (USA), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: San Jose Sharks 1, Calgary Flames 2. 1X2 odds: San Jose Sharks 2.10, Calgary Flames 2.75. The model’s picks: 1 — San Jose Sharks to win in regular time at 2.25, lost; Under 7.5 goals at 1.34, won; 2 +1.5 — Calgary Flames +1.5 handicap at 1.40, won. Best tip: 2 +1.5 — Calgary Flames +1.5 handicap at 1.40, 67% confidence, won.
KHL
Bars Kazan vs SKA St. Petersburg, KHL (Russia), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Bars Kazan 3, SKA St. Petersburg 4. 1X2 odds: Bars Kazan 2.39, SKA St. Petersburg 2.57. The model’s picks: 1 — Bars Kazan to win in regular time at 2.29, lost; Over 3.5 goals at 1.27, won; 2 +2.5 — SKA St. Petersburg +2.5 handicap at 1.11, won. Best tip: Over 3.5 goals at 1.27, 72% confidence, won.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl vs Lada, KHL (Russia), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 0, Lada 1. 1X2 odds: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1.37, Lada 7.80. The model’s picks: 1 — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to win in regular time at 1.32, lost; Over 4.5 goals at 1.87, lost; 1 -1.5 — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl -1.5 handicap at 1.68, lost. Best tip: 1 incl. OT — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to win, overtime included at 1.16, 93% confidence, lost.
Extraleague
Lida vs Soligorsk, Extraleague (Belarus), Mon, Nov 2. Final score after a shootout: Lida 1, Soligorsk 0. 1X2 odds: Lida 5.30, Soligorsk 1.47. The model’s picks: 2 — Soligorsk to win in regular time at 1.43, lost; Under 6.5 goals at 1.31, won; 1 +1.5 — Lida +1.5 handicap, won. Best tip: X2 — Soligorsk or a draw at 1.10, 90% confidence, won.
Brest vs Mogilev, Extraleague (Belarus), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Brest 3, Mogilev 0. 1X2 odds: Brest 1.24, Mogilev 9.70. The model’s picks: 1 — Brest to win in regular time at 1.23, won; Over 4.5 goals at 1.39, lost; 1 -1.5 — Brest -1.5 handicap, won. Best tip: 1 — Brest to win in regular time at 1.23, 73% confidence, won.
Neman Grodno vs Baranavichy, Extraleague (Belarus), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Neman Grodno 8, Baranavichy 0. 1X2 odds: Neman Grodno 1.49, Baranavichy 5.10. The model’s picks: 1 — Neman Grodno to win in regular time at 1.47, won; Under 6.5 goals at 1.28, lost; 2 +1.5 — Baranavichy +1.5 handicap, lost. Best tip: Under 6.5 goals at 1.28, 73% confidence, lost.
Gomel vs Yunost Minsk, Extraleague (Belarus), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Gomel 3, Yunost Minsk 0. 1X2 odds: Gomel 1.67, Yunost Minsk 3.95. The model’s picks: 1 — Gomel to win in regular time at 1.56, won; Over 3.5 goals at 1.25, lost; 1 -1.5 — Gomel -1.5 handicap, won. Best tip: 1 incl. OT — Gomel to win, overtime included at 1.31, 93% confidence, won.
ULLH
United HK vs VSE Falcons Prague, ULLH (Czech Republic), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: United HK 4, VSE Falcons Prague 3. 1X2 odds: United HK 3.40, VSE Falcons Prague 1.62. The model’s picks: 2 — VSE Falcons Prague to win in regular time at 1.59, lost; Under 6.5 goals at 1.78, lost; 1 +1.5 — United HK +1.5 handicap at 1.70, won. Best tip: 1 +1.5 — United HK +1.5 handicap at 1.70, 64% confidence, won.
ZCU Academy Pilsen vs BO Ostrava, ULLH (Czech Republic), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: ZCU Academy Pilsen 5, BO Ostrava 2. 1X2 odds: ZCU Academy Pilsen 1.47, BO Ostrava 4.30. The model’s picks: 1 — ZCU Academy Pilsen to win in regular time at 1.50, won; Under 6.5 goals at 1.91, lost; 1 -1.5 — ZCU Academy Pilsen -1.5 handicap at 1.72, won. Best tip: 1 incl. OT — ZCU Academy Pilsen to win, overtime included at 1.30, 77% confidence, won.
Black Dogs Budweis vs Engineers Prague, ULLH (Czech Republic), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Black Dogs Budweis 0, Engineers Prague 3. 1X2 odds: Black Dogs Budweis 2.15, Engineers Prague 2.35. The model’s picks: 2 — Engineers Prague to win in regular time at 2.35, won; Over 6.5 goals at 1.78, lost; 2 +1.5 — Engineers Prague +1.5 handicap at 1.37, won. Best tip: 2 +1.5 — Engineers Prague +1.5 handicap at 1.37, 69% confidence, won.
VHL
Krasnoyarsk vs Khimik, VHL (Russia), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Krasnoyarsk 2, Khimik 4. 1X2 odds: Krasnoyarsk 3.93, Khimik 1.79. The model’s picks: 2 — Khimik to win in regular time at 1.77, won; Under 5.5 goals at 1.40, lost; 1 +1.5 — Krasnoyarsk +1.5 handicap, lost. Best tip: X2 — Khimik or a draw at 1.23, 93% confidence, won.
Omskie Krylia vs Magnitka Magnitogorsk, VHL (Russia), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Omskie Krylia 1, Magnitka Magnitogorsk 0. 1X2 odds: Omskie Krylia 1.82, Magnitka Magnitogorsk 3.84. The model’s picks: 1 — Omskie Krylia to win in regular time at 1.63, won; Under 5.5 goals at 1.34, won; 2 +1.5 — Magnitka Magnitogorsk +1.5 handicap, won. Best tip: Under 5.5 goals at 1.34, 71% confidence, won.
AKM vs Bars, VHL (Russia), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: AKM 3, Bars 0. 1X2 odds: AKM 1.84, Bars 3.69. The model’s picks: 1 — AKM to win in regular time at 1.75, won; Over 3.5 goals at 1.30, lost; 2 +1.5 — Bars +1.5 handicap, lost. Best tip: 1 — AKM to win in regular time at 1.75, 54% confidence, won.
Metal Ligaen
Rodovre Mighty Bulls vs Sonderjyske Ishockey, Metal Ligaen (Denmark), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Rodovre Mighty Bulls 4, Sonderjyske Ishockey 5. 1X2 odds: Rodovre Mighty Bulls 3.29, Sonderjyske Ishockey 1.81. The model’s picks: 2 — Sonderjyske Ishockey to win in regular time at 1.80, won; Under 7.5 goals at 1.22, lost; 1 +2.5 — Rodovre Mighty Bulls +2.5 handicap at 1.25, won. Best tip: 1 +2.5 — Rodovre Mighty Bulls +2.5 handicap at 1.25, 72% confidence, won.
Odense Bulldogs vs Aalborg, Metal Ligaen (Denmark), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Odense Bulldogs 7, Aalborg 3. 1X2 odds: Odense Bulldogs 1.93, Aalborg 2.99. The model’s picks: 1 — Odense Bulldogs to win in regular time at 1.90, won; Under 6.5 goals at 1.42, lost; 2 +1.5 — Aalborg +1.5 handicap at 1.48, lost. Best tip: 1X — Odense Bulldogs or a draw at 1.33, 76% confidence, won.
ECHL
Worcester Railers vs Adirondack Thunder, ECHL (USA), Mon, Nov 2. Final score: Worcester Railers 3, Adirondack Thunder 2. 1X2 odds: Worcester Railers 2.46, Adirondack Thunder 2.20. The model’s picks: 2 — Adirondack Thunder to win in regular time at 2.12, lost; Under 6.5 goals, won; 1 +1.5 — Worcester Railers +1.5 handicap at 1.39, won. Best tip: 1 +1.5 — Worcester Railers +1.5 handicap at 1.39, 66% confidence, won.
Hockey predictions for every league
All 52 competitionsThe NHL heads the board, but the model covers the whole hockey calendar in the leagues we follow: the AHL and the KHL, Sweden’s SHL and Finland’s Liiga, Switzerland’s National League, Germany’s DEL and the Czech Extraliga, the Champions Hockey League, the OHL, the QMJHL and the WHL for junior hockey and the SDHL for the women’s game. Every game it has a pick for is on the day’s board, and every league has its own page of hockey predictions, with the standings, the latest results and the season’s trends.
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Frequently asked questions
How our NHL and hockey predictions are made
No tipster chooses the games here: a single statistical model does. Every day it runs on every hockey game in the leagues we follow — the NHL first, then the AHL, the KHL, the main leagues of Europe and junior and women’s hockey (see predictions by league or by team) — and each pick is published before the puck drops with the model’s own confidence figure beside it.
NHL predictions, game by game
The NHL leads the board. Every NHL game the model has a pick for is listed here before the puck drops, in your own time zone, with its picks — our NHL betting tips for the night — and the model’s trust beside each one. Each game also has a page of its own: the picks in every market, the model’s predicted final score and the starting goalies, then, open to everyone, both teams’ recent games, the head-to-head, the odds, the standings and, once it is over, every goal and penalty.
The first time the model picks one of its games, an NHL club gets a page of its own: the next game and its picks, the schedule and results, its record and form, and where it sits in the table.
What a pick is built from
The model works from the numbers that decide a hockey game: projected goals and shots, the starting goalies, special teams, recent form, rest and back-to-backs, the standings and the bookmakers’ current odds. Out of them comes a projected final score for both sides, which is then held up against the bookmakers’ lines. Where the two disagree there is a pick; where they agree there is not, which is why some games carry several picks and some carry one.
Moneyline, puck line and total
The moneyline pick is the winner, overtime and the shootout included. The puck line is the winner with a goal and a half given or taken — the favorite at -1.5 has to win by two. The total is whether the two teams together score more or fewer goals than the posted number. With European odds the same calls read as the 1X2 after 60 minutes, the handicap and the over/under. Every market is judged separately, with its own trust figure: one game may carry a moneyline pick and nothing more, another all three.
Best bets and the trust figure
The figure beside a pick is the model’s trust in it, worked out against the odds on offer, and the pick it trusts most in a game becomes that game’s best tip. A best tip at 90 or above puts the game on the NHL best bets of the day. Trust measures, it does not promise: the record shows how each trust band has really fared, and the parlay builder averages the same figure over the legs of every slip it suggests.
A record you can check
Picks go out before the puck drops and stay exactly as published. After the final horn each one is graded in public, and the track record files every graded pick by market and by trust band, slow days as well as good ones. Every pick is open to everyone, before its game as well as after it.