We head into the weekend with a four-game NHL slate on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The Leafs and Panthers couldn\u2019t quite get us to the OVER 6.5 last night, with six total goals in that one. The Oilers and Kings did get there, though, to save us from getting shut out after the Sharks\u2019 loss to Calgary.<\/p>\n
For my NHL picks tonight, I\u2019m looking at a road underdog and a pair of home favorites to take care of business.<\/p>\n
Read on as I break down my NHL best bets \u2013 and their odds at the best betting sites<\/a> \u2013 for Friday, Feb. 27.<\/p>\n NHL Best Bets for Friday, Feb. 27<\/p>\n Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Buffalo Sabres (-105) at Florida PanthersUtah Mammoth (-135) vs. Minnesota WildAnaheim Ducks (-130) vs. Winnipeg JetsBuffalo Sabres (-105) at Florida Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n The Sabres came out of the break with a win in New Jersey, and now start a back-to-back in Florida on Friday night. The Panthers are on the second half of their back-to-back after beating the Leafs 5-1 last night at home.<\/p>\n The Cats are trying to claw back into the playoff race, but they\u2019re just 3-5 on no days’ rest this season. Meanwhile, Buffalo is 28-22 after a day off, and already picked up a road win in Florida earlier this month.<\/p>\n Sergei Bobrovsky started last night for the Panthers, so it should be Daniil Tarasov tonight. He is 8-8-2 with a 2.83 goals-against average and .899 save percentage on the season.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll back Buffalo tonight, as the Sabres have gone 17-6 against teams that win 45-55% of their games this season.<\/p>\n Utah Mammoth (-135) vs. Minnesota Wild<\/a><\/p>\n The Mammoth and Wild both came out of the break with games against the Avalanche, but only Minnesota got a win. The Avs beat Utah 4-2 on Wednesday night before Minnesota went into Colorado and got a 5-2 victory last night.<\/p>\n Minnesota has now won six games in a row, but the Wild are in a tough spot tonight in Utah.<\/p>\n The Mammoth are an impressive 17-9-2 at home, and Minnesota has struggled on no days’ rest this season. The Wild are just 3-7 in the second half of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n Utah has also won four straight meetings against the Wild, including 6-2 back in October. The last three wins were by two goals, so -1.5 (+185) could be worth a sprinkle as well.<\/p>\n Anaheim Ducks (-130) vs. Winnipeg Jets<\/a><\/p>\n Winnipeg needed overtime to get a win in Vancouver out of the break on Thursday night, while Anaheim won a back-and-forth 6-5 victory over Edmonton. That was the third straight win for the Ducks, who are now 18-8-1 at home this season.<\/p>\n The Jets have gone just 11-15-3 on the road this season, and haven\u2019t been able to find the consistency that they had last season.<\/p>\n The Ducks have been a streaky team this season, and looked pretty good on Wednesday night against Edmonton. They\u2019ll keep it going at home against the Jets.<\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Claim the latest DraftKings promo code<\/a> offer today. Sign up and win your first $5 bet to get $200 in bonus bets instantly.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We head into the weekend with a four-game NHL slate on Friday night. The Leafs and Panthers couldn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-197119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}