NHL & hockey best bets
The hockey games the model trusts most: each one’s best tip rates 90 or more out of 100, in the NHL, the AHL, the KHL or any other league we cover. It is a high bar: usually two to four games a night clear it, some nights none, and it never drops to fill the page.
Best bets tomorrow
HL Anyang vs Yokohama Grits, Asia League, starts 05:00 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: HL Anyang 1.44, Yokohama Grits 5.00. The model’s picks: 1 — HL Anyang to win in regular time at 1.42; Over 5.5 goals at 1.63; 1 -1.5 — HL Anyang -1.5 handicap at 1.82. Best tip: 1X — HL Anyang or a draw at 1.13, 94% confidence.
HL Anyang
Yokohama Grits5-5-2TUTO vs Kiekko-Pojat, Mestis (Finland), starts 11:30 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: TUTO 1.80, Kiekko-Pojat 3.15. The model’s picks: 1 — TUTO to win in regular time at 1.82; Under 6.5 goals at 1.51; 1 +0.5 — TUTO +0.5 handicap at 1.31. Best tip: 1X — TUTO or a draw at 1.27, 93% confidence.
TUTO11-1-2
Kiekko-Pojat7-7-2Nidaros vs Valerenga, Fjordkraft-ligaen (Norway), starts 12:30 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: Nidaros 6.00, Valerenga 1.30. The model’s picks: 2 — Valerenga to win in regular time at 1.37; Over 4.5 goals at 1.40; 2 -1.5 — Valerenga -1.5 handicap at 1.57. Best tip: 2 incl. OT — Valerenga to win, overtime included at 1.21, 95% confidence.
Nidaros7-4-1
Valerenga11-1-0Stavanger vs Lillehammer, Fjordkraft-ligaen (Norway), starts 12:30 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: Stavanger 1.22, Lillehammer 8.00. The model’s picks: 1 — Stavanger to win in regular time at 1.30; Under 6.5 goals at 1.65; 2 +3.5 — Lillehammer +3.5 handicap at 1.42. Best tip: 1 incl. OT — Stavanger to win, overtime included at 1.16, 93% confidence.
Stavanger6-6-1
Lillehammer2-9-1Stjernen vs Ringerike, Fjordkraft-ligaen (Norway), starts 12:30 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: Stjernen 1.39, Ringerike 5.25. The model’s picks: 1 — Stjernen to win in regular time at 1.45; Under 6.5 goals at 1.60; 2 +2.5 — Ringerike +2.5 handicap at 1.67. Best tip: 1X — Stjernen or a draw at 1.14, 93% confidence.
Stjernen4-7-2
Ringerike4-8-1Eisbaren vs Unterland, Alps Hockey League (Austria), starts 13:30 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: Eisbaren 1.45, Unterland 4.85. The model’s picks: 1 — Eisbaren to win in regular time at 1.38; Over 4.5 goals at 1.35; 1 -1.5 — Eisbaren -1.5 handicap at 1.61. Best tip: 1 incl. OT — Eisbaren to win, overtime included at 1.23, 93% confidence.
Eisbaren10-3-0
Unterland4-6-4KHL Sisak vs Cortina, Alps Hockey League (Austria), starts 13:30 ET on Thu, Nov 12. 1X2 odds: KHL Sisak 1.42, Cortina 5.10. The model’s picks: 1 — KHL Sisak to win in regular time at 1.42; Over 4.5 goals at 1.37; 1 -1.5 — KHL Sisak -1.5 handicap at 1.98. Best tip: DNB 1 — KHL Sisak, draw no bet at 1.30, 94% confidence.
KHL Sisak5-6-2
Cortina3-9-1How a best bet is chosen
Every game we cover has its picks — the moneyline, the puck line, the total and the 60-minute lines — and each one gets a confidence score out of 100 from the same model, based on projected goals and shots, the starting goalies, recent form, rest, the standings and the bookmakers’ current odds. The pick with the highest score becomes the game’s best tip, the one in the Best tip column, and a best tip scoring 90 or more puts its game on this page.
Nothing else is involved. No person chooses the picks, famous teams get no extra weight, and there is no fixed number to reach: a Saturday with fifteen NHL games can give one best bet, and a Tuesday with four can give none. A bar that never moves tells you how sure the model is, not how much we would like to post.
The final score grades every pick in public, and no pick is altered once its game is under way. The track record holds every pick the site has made; the full slate of the day, the games under the bar included, is in tonight’s NHL predictions; and the parlay builder turns several of these picks into one slip.