{"id":211101,"date":"2026-03-09T03:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:09:21","slug":"nhl-best-bets-picks-blues-vs-ducks-oilers-vs-golden-knights-expert-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211101\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Best Bets & Picks: Blues vs Ducks | Oilers vs Golden Knights Expert Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHL expert picks & best bets for Blues vs Ducks, Oilers vs Golden Knights & more \u2014 live odds, matchup insights & promo deals to help you win.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tNHL Best Bets & Picks: Blues vs Ducks & Oilers vs Golden Knights \u2013 Expert Game Previews<\/p>\n

The National Hockey League (NHL<\/a>) has a total of five evening puck drops of 6 p.m. ET or later, including an ESPN doubleheader featuring the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. ET, and the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights at 9:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

We’ll provide single plays and parlay opportunities you could potentially pair with Sunday’s NBA and\/or NCAA basketball action. Good luck with all of your plays! Let’s get started.<\/p>\n

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For the latest\u00a0NHL Odds<\/a>, including\u00a0NHL Futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NHL player props<\/a>, visit RotoWire’s\u00a0NHL Betting<\/a>\u00a0page. For up-to-date\u00a0NHL player news<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NHL Injury Report<\/a>\u00a0info, head to RotoWire’s\u00a0NHL Lineups<\/a>\u00a0page. You can find more picks at Bookies.com\/picks<\/a>. Here are our NHL Best Bets today, featuring expert NHL picks for an action-packed slate of games.<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues \"STL\"\/ at Anaheim Ducks \"ANA\"\/<\/p>\n

The Blues (24-29-9) head into Honda Center in Anaheim to battle the Ducks (35-24-3) at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+, and St. Louis is looking for a little revenge.<\/p>\n

St. Louis suffered a 4-1 beating on home ice in the first installment of this season series on Dec. 1, as the Ducks cashed as light underdogs (+125) as the Under (6.5) cashed. Leo Carlsson<\/a>, Mason McTavish<\/a> and Pavel Mintyukov<\/a> scored even-strength goals, while Chris Kreider<\/a> put a bow on the scoring with an empty-net goal, while Jordan Kyrou<\/a> provided the only marker for the Blues.<\/p>\n

Ville Husso<\/a> was magical against his former team, stopping 21 of 22 shots, while Jordan Binnington<\/a> was pulled early after allowing two goals on just five shots. Joel Hofer<\/a> went the rest of the way, kicking aside 19 of 20 shots. It was too little, too late, however.<\/p>\n

The Blues sold off parts at the NHL trade deadline, including Justin Faulk<\/a> and Brayden Schenn<\/a>, so that’s a bit ominous for their outlook the rest of the season. Parting with that kind of defense could be bad news, although the team has banded together to win three in a row on this trip, including a 3-2 OTW in San Jose on Friday night behind Binnington. The Under has cashed in four in a row, although that might not be a long-term sign of things to come.<\/p>\n

The Ducks outlasted the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 in a shootout on Friday, cashing as slight home ‘dogs (-105) as the Over (6.5) connected. Anaheim is on a roll, winning seven of the past eight games, and they’re expected to fold new addition John Carlson<\/a> (lower body) into the mix soon.<\/p>\n

Anaheim should have St. Louis covered here, and if you can still get the price at -170 or lower on your book, play the Ducks outright. If not, go with the puck line for a better value. Also, let’s roll with the Under, which is also 3-1 in the past four games for Anaheim despite Friday’s fire-wagon event.<\/p>\n

Ducks ML (-170 at Bet365 and Caesars Sportsbooks)Under 6.5 (-114 at FanDuel Sportsbooks)<\/p>\n

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Edmonton Oilers \"EDM\"\/ at Vegas Golden Knights \"VGK\"\/<\/p>\n

The Oilers (30-25-8) and the Golden Knights (29-20-14) meet at T-Mobile Center at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.<\/p>\n

Edmonton has won three straight meetings, while taking seven of the past eight in the series since Dec. 14, 2024. The Under is 2-1 in the past three meetings, including the final two battles of their playoff series last May.<\/p>\n

The Oilers won 4-3 in the first and only meeting this season in Edmonton on Dec. 21, cashing as a slight home fave (-125) as the Over (6.5) came through. The Oilers fired out to a 4-0 lead in that one, as Connor McDavid<\/a> and Zach Hyman<\/a> scored even-strength goals, while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> had a pair of power-play goals.<\/p>\n

However, VGK stormed back to make a game of it, as Tomas Hertl<\/a> had a power-play goal in the second, and Pavel Dorofeyev<\/a> had a PPG early in the third period. Mitch Marner<\/a> made it interesting, slicing the lead to 4-3 at 5:49 of the third, but then no one else could figure out how to score. Carter Hart<\/a> hung on for the win then, outdueling Connor Ingram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vegas was doubled up 4-2 at home last time out on Friday against Minnesota, and it is just 1-4-0 in the past five games, last winning in regulation in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, the first game back from the Olympic break. The Under is 3-1-1 in the past five outings.<\/p>\n

For Edmonton, it was dropped 6-3 on home ice by the Carolina Hurricanes, and it is just 2-6-0 in the past eight games, as the Over has connected in six in a row, while going 10-0-2 in the past 12 games.<\/p>\n

We’ll definitely go high on the total, but avoid any flat sevens. If you get a line of 6.5 still, take it. And, let’s back the Golden Knights on home ice.<\/p>\n

Golden Knights ML (-110 at Bet365, BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, Fanatics and FanDuel Sportsbooks)Over 6.5 (-142 at FanDuel Sportsbook)<\/p>\n

Don’t make any bets on your favorite sports betting apps<\/a> without first consulting the latest NHL odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parlay Strategy and Super Parlay Picks for NHL Betting Slates4-Leg NHL Super Parlay (+774 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Ducks ML (-178) vs. BluesUnder 6.5 (-114) – Ducks vs. BluesOver 6.5 (-144) – Golden Knights vs. OilersGolden Knights ML (-110) vs. Oilers2-Leg NHL Sides Parlay (+198 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Ducks ML (-178) vs. BluesGolden Knights ML (-110) vs. Oilers2-Leg NHL Totals Parlay (+218 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Under 6.5 (-114) – Ducks vs. BluesOver 6.5 (-144) – Golden Knights vs. Oilers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL expert picks & best bets for Blues vs Ducks, Oilers vs Golden Knights & more \u2014 live…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,87129],"class_list":{"0":"post-211101","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","11":"tag-minor-league-stats"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211101","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=211101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}