It was another rough night on Thursday. The Islanders blew 1-0 and 2-1 leads in Ottawa, and the Oilers didn\u2019t score against Florida, but at least the Sabres took care of business in San Jose.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m fading a trio of teams on back-to-backs for my NHL picks tonight.<\/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, March 20.<\/p>\n NHL Best Bets for Friday, March 20<\/p>\n Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Colorado Avalanche -1.5 (-115) at Chicago BlackhawksCalgary Flames (-105) vs. Florida PanthersAnaheim Ducks (+102) at Utah MammothColorado Avalanche -1.5 (-115) at Chicago Blackhawks<\/a><\/p>\n This is the perfect get-right spot for the Avalanche. They\u2019ve lost three straight, including 7-2 to Pittsburgh, but now face a tired Blackhawks team.<\/p>\n The Hawks are returning home after a 2-1 win in Minnesota last night. Chicago plays the Wild tough, and had to exert a lot of energy in that one.<\/p>\n The Avs outshot the Stars 34-18 last time out, and those shots should result in more goals against the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n Calgary Flames (-105) vs. Florida Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019re fading another team on a back-to-back in the Panthers. The Cats showed that they\u2019re still a better team than Edmonton last night, and now head to Calgary for the second half of the back-to-back. They had lost 6-2 in Seattle and 5-2 in Vancouver in their previous two games.<\/p>\n The Flames are a strong home team at 17-12-4 after a shootout win over the Blues on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is a big letdown spot for Florida after an emotional win last night.<\/p>\n Anaheim Ducks (+102) at Utah Mammoth<\/a><\/p>\n Let\u2019s complete the hat trick by fading the Mammoth, who shut out the Golden Knights 4-0 in Vegas last night. In their last back-to-back, they lost in Chicago, then got shut out themselves in Minnesota.<\/p>\n Anaheim is coming off a tough overtime loss to Philadelphia, and now heads back out on the road. I\u2019ll back the Ducks at plus odds against a Utah team that is 3-6 in the second half of back-to-backs this season.<\/p>\n Claim the latest DraftKings promo code<\/a> offer today. Sign up and get $200 in bonus bets instantly when you make your first $5 bet.<\/a><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was another rough night on Thursday. The Islanders blew 1-0 and 2-1 leads in Ottawa, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-229233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229233","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=229233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}