Here are the best bets for Thursday’s NHL playoff games.
Rangers vs. Hurricanes UNDER 5.5 goals (-110, BetMGM)
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Brandon Velaski — The first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinal series have gone over this mark, and two of the teams’ three regular-season matchups cleared this number. However, I’m going to zig when I should be zagging because the lone contests this year at PNC Arena was a 1-0 Carolina win. The Hurricanes were off in the first two games of the series. They’ll get back to their defensive ways in Game 3.
Wyatt Johnston OVER 0.5 points vs. Avalanche (-145, BetMGM)
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Lou Saccomando — Johnston has been the Stars’ best player this postseason. He has tallied a point in six of the eight playoff games and leads Dallas with eight points. His contributions have been crucial, considering some of the Stars veterans have not shown up when needed the most. I think Johnston hits the over and might even record a multi-point game because Dallas is going to come out firing early due to its Game 1 collapse.
NHL postseason record: 4-12, -9.15 units