{"id":658077,"date":"2026-05-08T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658077\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:35:09","slug":"best-nhl-playoffs-player-prop-bets-for-friday-5-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658077\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NHL Playoffs player prop bets for Friday 5\/8\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHL best bets today: Our top player prop bets for Friday\u2019s games, including bets for Zach Benson and Jackson LaCombe.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s NHL playoff slate features two second-round matchups, with Sabres<\/a> vs. Canadiens<\/a> Game 2 set for 7:00 p.m. ET and Ducks<\/a> vs. Golden Knights<\/a> Game 3 set for 9:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Here are my favorite player prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook to target for Friday\u2019s slate.<\/p>\n

For up-to-date NHL betting<\/a> information and data, check out the DraftKings Sportsbook betting splits<\/a> page and player props<\/a> page!<\/p>\n

Best player prop bets for Friday 5\/8\/26<\/p>\n

Zach Benson 1+ Points (+125)<\/a><\/p>\n

Benson may be only 20 years old, but his play style is made for the playoffs, and he has been productive offensively over the past two games, with back-to-back multi-point games. Buffalo\u2019s Benson-McLeod-Doan line is like having three Scrappy Doo\u2019s on the ice all at once, and their peskiness showed up in Game 1 against the Canadiens when the three of them combined for six points. They all excel at forechecking and takeaways, which has directly resulted in odd-man rushes and high-quality chances. I\u2019d expect a tighter game from Montreal this time around, but Benson found success against the club during the regular season, notching a point in three of four meetings.<\/p>\n

Jackson LaCombe 1+ Assists (+105)<\/a><\/p>\n

LaCombe has notched an assist in all but two games this postseason, but he has yet to miss the mark at home. The 25-year-old is tied with Jack Eichel for the most assists this postseason (9), and he ranks second in primary assists (5), behind only Nathan MacKinnon. The Ducks handled business in Game 2 with a 3-1 win, and the series shifting to Anaheim for Games 3 and 4 should bode well for them. Anaheim has averaged 5.33 goals per game across three home games this postseason, and I still don\u2019t trust Carter Hart in big games. LaCombe leads his team in total ice time this postseason, and he should see plenty of high-quality chances to make plays for his teammates in Game 3 tonight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL best bets today: Our top player prop bets for Friday\u2019s games, including bets for Zach Benson and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-658077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}