NHL Playoffs Best Bets, Picks & Predictions: Monday (5/15)

This has been an exciting back-and-forth series, and it needed to go the full seven. Each team has had its good and bad moments throughout the series, and that’s why this game could go either way.

Monday’s Best NHL Bets

Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook

Seattle Kraken (+160) at Dallas Stars (-190) | O/U 6.5 (-138/+112)

The Kraken were able to come through in a big way on Saturday to force a Game 7. The depth of the Seattle offense has been helping this team all season, and it continued again as five different players scored in this game. Jordan Eberle had two goals, and after a tough first round, he now has five goals and eight points in this series.

Philipp Grubauer wasn’t great in this game, with just a .870 save percentage, but he did enough. Multiple times he would allow the Stars to creep back into this game to where they never looked out of it. He’ll need to play much better, especially on the road.

Jake Oettinger was one of the best goalies during the regular season for Dallas, but he has struggled in this series with 3.98 goals allowed per game and a .865 save percentage. The Dallas defense needs to play better. They’ve done well at containing the Kraken and preventing them from getting high-danger shots in the previous two games, but they couldn’t do that in a close-out game.

The Stars offense needs another big showing. Joe Pavelski grabbed his eighth goal of the series as he stayed hot, and Jason Robertson had his fifth assist in three games. It’ll be all hands on deck for this Game 7, and they need this offense to be on the attack in this game.

One thing we’ve seen throughout this series is a lack of consistency. As expected, Dallas is the home favorite in this game, and deservedly so, but you don’t know what team you’ll see. On the side, Seattle’s offense has had good and bad games, but Grubauer wasn’t great even in a win, and he’s had some really bad games.

The safest bet for this game is the over six . The final score has hit the over in five of six games, and it’s been the most consistent part of this series.

Pick: Over 6 Goals (+100)

Check out our other best bets for Monday:

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• NHL Playoffs Best Bet Odds, Picks & Predictions
• Matthew Freedman’s NHL Playoffs Player Prop Bet Picks

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