{"id":293045,"date":"2026-04-30T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293045\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:40:12","slug":"nhl-best-bets-today-predictions-for-stars-wild-oilers-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293045\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Best Bets Today (Predictions for Stars-Wild, Oilers-Ducks)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">The Stanley Cup Playoffs continue on Thursday night with a pair of Game 6s in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">The Minnesota Wild will try to close out the Dallas Stars at home, with the Anaheim Ducks looking to eliminate the Edmonton Oilers with a home win as well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">Let\u2019s get right into my NHL best bets \u2013 and their odds at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/usa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best betting sites<\/a> \u2013 for Thursday, April 30.<\/p>\n<p>NHL Best Bets for Thursday, April 30<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/4kJjtBu\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars (+102) at Minnesota WildEdmonton Oilers at Anaheim Ducks UNDER 6.5 (+136)Dallas Stars (+102) at Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">I broke down this pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/stars-vs-wild-prediction-odds-best-prop-bet-for-nhl-playoffs-game-6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stars vs. Wild Game 6 betting preview<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">This had the makings of a long series from the get-go, and the Stars are looking to make sure it goes all the way to Game 7. Winning four games in the playoffs is hard, and winning three straight is even harder.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7y\">The Stars have untapped potential left in them in this series, but the question is if they can tap into that. I think they can, or at least are worth a play here at +102.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"81\">Dallas is 25-9-9 on the road this season while Minnesota is 24-10-9 at home. I\u2019ll take the Stars to force a Game 7.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers at Anaheim Ducks UNDER 6.5 (+136)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"87\">The Oilers played the type of game in Game 5 that I\u2019ve been waiting to see from them in this series. They chased Lukas Dostal early, and coasted to a 4-1 victory to force Game 6.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8a\">Connor Ingram was back in the net for that one, and he should be between the pipes once again for the Oilers here in Anaheim. Meanwhile, I expect Dostal to have a good bounce-back effort after getting pulled on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8d\">This is another high total juiced to the OVER 6.5, but things tighten up in elimination games as we saw in Game 5.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8g\">I\u2019ll happily take the UNDER 6.5 at this price.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8l\">Claim the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/sportsbook-promos\/draftkings-promo-code\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DraftKings promo code<\/a> offer today. Sign up and get <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/4kJjtBu\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$100 in bonus bets instantly when you make your first $5 bet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8o\">Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8r\">If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Stanley Cup Playoffs continue on Thursday night with a pair of Game 6s in the Western Conference.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-293045","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\/293045","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=293045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}