Sportsbook players have a busy week ahead, starting with some intriguing NHL games to wager on this Tuesday night. Let’s try a two-game parlay and start our week off with some nice wins.
Vancouver Canucks @ Nashville Predators
Tuesday, December 8, 8:00 p.m. ET
At least on the road, the Vancouver Canucks are tough to figure out this season, sort of like the Patriots in NFL betting. Last week they thumped New Jersey and Philadelphia on the road yet fell to the last-place Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. They’ll likely arrive in Music City more alert as they close out their road trip on Tuesday night. Henrik Sedin is scoring at a career-best pace; Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows are picking up where they left off during their breakout 2008-09 seasons. Daniel Sedin’s return from injury is gravy.
After a sizzling November, the Predators have stumbled, losing three of four. They sometimes struggle to beat elite goalies, as Miikka Kiprusoff shut them out last week and Niklas Backstrom stopped them too. I like the Canucks as slight road dogs.
Sports betting pick: Canucks
Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks
Tuesday, December 8, 10:00 p.m. ET
A huge disappointment so far, the Ducks are the Western Conference’s equivalent to the Phildelphia Flyers. If their top line of Getzlaf/Perry/Ryan doesn’t score, it seems no one else does, and things may not get better with Teemu Selanne now out with hand surgery. The bleeding just won’t stop; after five straight losses, Anaheim sits dead last in the Western Conference and it seems head coach Randy Carlyle’s days are numbered. The pesky Stars almost never go quietly and Brenden Morrow has re-established his rapport with Mike Ribeiro. The Ducks have quit on Carlyle. Make the Stars your sportsbook review picks.
Sports betting pick: Stars