Hockey Betting Odds 2010 - NHL
Stanley Cup Playoff Lines
The 2009-10 NHL Season
will run from October 1, 2009 until June 2010. This season is the
92nd in the National Hockey League and there will be 30 teams
competing for this season's trophy. A mid-season break from February
15 to February 28 will occur to allow participation of NHL players
in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Because of the Winter
Olympics break there will be no NHL All-Star Game for 2010.
The NHL season will see a ton of great games to bet on. There will
be 82 games for each team, 41 at home and 41 on road, so there is
plenty of opportunity to get the best NHL hockey Odds. There are
quite a few good teams out there, so its really anybody game. The
NHL keeps getting better and better, and this year's talent level
might be the best in years!

Now that the NHL trade deadline is over, most teams will settle in
and make that final push for the playoffs. The right move at the
deadline can be all that is needed to propel a team into the
postseason or even jump to the top of the pack. At the same time,
not making a move can greatly damage postseason hopes.
The NHL
Playoffs mark one of the most exciting and thrilling moments
in all of sports. With Lord Stanleys Cup on the line, you
can bet that every shot will be a little crisper and every
punch will be thrown a little harder.
Sixteen teams
will begin the NHL Playoffs, but only two will have the
right to participate in the Stanley Cup Finals, one of the
most hard-hitting forms of hockey imaginable. |
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In the NHL
Playoffs, players seem to skate and play harder than they do in the
regular season because each shift of every period could be the
beginning of the end for each NHL Playoff team.
2010 NHL Playoffs Brackets
NHL Playoffs format
Best-of-7 format is used in all stage of playoffs. Home-ice
advantage is given to the higher seed in all rounds except the
first, when all division winners are assured a seed no lower than
three. Home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals is determined
by points. The team with home-ice advantage is at home for Games 1,
2, 5 and 7 and on the road for games 3, 4 and 6.
NHL Betting is our
specialty. When betting the NHL, most people are familiar with the
straight line bets, a hockey bet in which the favored team
must cover the points spread to win or the underdog, who is given a
certain number of goals, must win outright or not lose the hockey
game by more than the points given. What many people dont know is
that there are many other exciting NHL betting options, adding to
the thrill every time someone crosses the opposing blue line with
the puck!
Stanley Cup Playoff Odds |
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Hockey Betting |
Hockey Teams |
Hockey is considered by some the most difficult sport in which to wager
on. When wagering on a Hockey event you have the option of wagering
either on the money line which was covered in the Baseball section and
also what is called the "puck line". The puck line is similar to the
point spread used in Basketball and Football wagering.
For example: San Jose Sharks is a -1/2 point underdog and Team LA
Kings is (e) even. If you wish to wager on San Jose Sharks you will be
giving up -1 1/2 goals. If you wish to wager on LA Kings you will be
given 1/2 goal. What this means is that if you were to wager on San Jose
Sharks they would need to win the game by 2 or more goals for you to win
your wager. If you were to wager on LA Kings you would simply have to
have Team LA Kings win the game outright as there is no way to score a
1/2 point in hockey. Hockey wagering rules vary from book to book so
make sure you check with yours to see what their policy is regarding
ties. In this scenario if the game were to end in a tie, most honest
books would void your wager and be a no action your money at risk will
be refunded to your online sports betting account.
Wager on Stanley Cup
Hockey
Bet on your favorite NHL team today. With our Stanley Cup Odds already
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The
Stanley Cup Playoff Odds
offer an sports Betting experience like no other, where every
play matters and the slightest mistake can cost a team a chance at a
title.
NHL Playoff Betting
NHL teams play a total of 82 regular season matches, with the eight best
teams qualifying for the National Hockey League Stanley Cup
Play-offs. The Play-offs is a best-of-seven knockout tournament that
decides the Eastern and Western Conference Champions, who then meet in
the Stanley Cup Finals.
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NHL
Stanley Cup Betting
Referred to by Ice Hockey fans as "The Cup", "The Holy Grail" or "Lord
Stanleys Mug" the Stanley Cup is the highest accolade in professional
ice hockey. In 2007, the Anaheim Ducks won their first Stanley Cup in
the franchises history, defeating the Ottawa Senators 4-1 in the season
finale. |
Types
Of NHL Hockey Bets |
The
puck line odds are one
of the most popular ways to bet on NHL hockey. It combines the money
line hockey odds with the point spread. Here’s an example of a puck line
using two playoff teams. In the first game of the
Oilers-Sharks series, the Sharks as the home team, with a hot goalie and
as the higher seed were favored. The puck line would have looked
something like this.
Edmonton Oilers +1.5 -180
San Jose Sharks -1.5 +160
A money line, used
in baseball and hockey, takes the place of a point spread. Money line
betting is simply wagering on a sports betting event based on a given
price rather than a point spread. The team bet on has to win the game
outright, regardless of the score. The minus sign (e.g.-130) always
indicates the favorite and the amount you must bet to win $100. The plus
sign (e.g.+120) always indicates the underdog and the amount you win for
every $100 bet. Using this example, therefore, you would bet $130 to win
$100 on the favorite, while for the underdog you would bet $100 to win
$120.
The over/under is
the number of points sports books expect will be the total score for the
contest (both teams combined, overtime included). You bet on whether the
total points scored will be more or less than this number. As with point
spread bets, you must generally wager $110 to win $100.
Betting on a point spread
or money line is sometimes called betting "sides" - that is, betting
that one side or the other will be the winner - while betting the
over/under is referred to as betting "totals".
Stanley Cup
Betting Glossary Here |
Canadian Puck
Line |
Money Line |
1 |
CALGARY FLAMES |
Pick +140 |
5.5 |
Ovr:
-135 |
2 |
NY
ISLANDERS |
Pick
-120 |
Und:
+115 |
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1 |
LA
KINGS |
+-140 |
5.0 |
Ovr:
-130 |
2 |
SAN
JOSE SHARKS |
-+120 |
Und:
+110 |
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Hockey
betting is becoming more popular each year. This is known as one of the
sports where a smart bettor who practiced proper money management can
make some really huge profits. Once a bettor begins to study and
understand Hockey Odds, he or she can gain a better understanding of how
the bookies set their numbers. The bookies set a lot of these Hockey
Odds with the public in mind. They know the public is going to bet the
Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers (and other public teams) every
week so there are some great situations to get good numbers by going
against teams like that. |
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NHL Hockey Lines |
Mar 24 2006
07:05:00 PM |
CALGARY
COLUMBUS |
1
2 |
n/a
6u35 |
n/a
6u35 |
n/a
6u35 |
n/a
6u35 |
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Mar 24 2006
07:35:00 PM |
BOSTON
NEW JERSEY |
3
4 |
n/a
5u26 |
n/a
5u26 |
n/a
5u26 |
n/a
5u26 |
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Mar 24 2006
07:35:00 PM |
NY RANGERS
FLORIDA |
5
6 |
n/a
6u10 |
n/a
6u10 |
n/a
6u10 |
n/a
6u10 |
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Mar 24 2006
07:35:00 PM |
NY ISLANDERS
PITTSBURGH |
7
8 |
n/a
6o25 |
n/a
6o25 |
n/a
6o25 |
n/a
6o25 |
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Mar 24 2006
08:05:00 PM |
OTTAWA
BUFFALO |
9
10 |
n/a
6u5 |
n/a
6u5 |
n/a
6u5 |
n/a
6u5 |
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Mar 24 2006
08:35:00 PM |
CHICAGO
DALLAS |
11
12 |
n/a
6o25 |
n/a
6o25 |
n/a
6o25 |
n/a
6o25 |
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Mar 24 2006
10:35:00 PM |
NASHVILLE
ANAHEIM |
13
14 |
n/a
6u25 |
n/a
6u25 |
n/a
6u25 |
n/a
6u25 |
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Mar 24 2006
07:05:00 PM |
GRAND SALAMI
GRAND SALAMI |
43
44 |
n/a
42u7 |
n/a
42u7 |
n/a
42u7 |
n/a
42u7 |
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Mar 24 2006
07:05:00 PM |
1P CALGARY
1P COLUMBUS |
1001
1002 |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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Mar 24 2006
07:35:00 PM |
1P BOSTON
1P NEW JERSEY |
1003
1004 |
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Mar 24 2006
07:35:00 PM |
1P NY RANGERS
1P FLORIDA |
1005
1006 |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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Mar 24 2006
07:35:00 PM |
1P NY ISLANDERS
1P PITTSBURGH |
1007
1008 |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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Mar 24 2006
08:05:00 PM |
1P OTTAWA
1P BUFFALO |
1009
1010 |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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Mar 24 2006
08:35:00 PM |
1P CHICAGO
1P DALLAS |
1011
1012 |
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Mar 24 2006
10:35:00 PM |
1P NASHVILLE
1P ANAHEIM |
1013
1014 |
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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