Check out tonight's NHL picks and predictions as our experts share their best bets for Tuesday, October 29.
With a seven-game slate, the NHL odds for Tuesday show a handful of closely contested games, as well as a few lopsided matchups.
For their NHL best bets, our pros are focused on two games in particular. They include:
- Flyers (+165) vs. Bruins (-200) | O/U 6.0 (-115/-105) – 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Wild (-120) vs. Penguins (+100) | O/U 6.0 (-120/+100) – 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Below, check out the preview and breakdown for each pick.
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Tuesday's NHL Best Bets
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our NHL betting staff is targeting from today's slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Flyers vs. Bruins
It isn't a shock to see the Philadelphia Flyers struggling out of the gates, but it is disappointing after what we saw from this team for most of last season. A dogged, determined bunch that thrived on being hard to beat, the Flyers were in the playoff race for almost the entire campaign before things fell apart down the stretch last spring.
Despite the sour finish, it was an impressive performance from a club that was expected to finish near the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
But by overachieving last season, the Flyers raised expectations for the 2024-25 campaign, and so far, things have not gone to plan.
Sitting at 2-6-1 with a -13 goal difference through nine games, the Flyers need to turn things around fast if they want to hang around in the playoff mix in the Eastern Conference.
And while a lot of the surface-level numbers are not pretty, there is a pretty clear reason why Philadelphia is struggling. The Flyers just can't get a save. Philadelphia has already played three goaltenders (Samuel Ersson, Ivan Fedotov and Aleksei Kolosov), but nobody has staked his claim to the net just yet. In fact, the Flyers sit last in the NHL with an .843 save percentage, which is playing a key role in the fact that Philadelphia is allowing 4.4 goals per game, which also ranks last.
If the goaltending can trend up – even just marginally – the Flyers should start to improve. That's not saying they'll be good, but better.
And Tuesday is a decent opportunity for Philadelphia to start heading in the right direction. The Boston Bruins put together their best performance of the season on Saturday, but the B's have largely been mediocre out of the gates, and their 5-on-5 numbers back that up.
The best news for the Flyers is that Boston is really struggling to create scoring chances, which should help the Flyers as they try to find any semblance of form in between the pipes.
This is an ugly one, but there's some buy-low value on the Flyers on Tuesday night against the overrated Bruins.
Pick: Flyers (+172 at FanDuel)
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Wild vs. Penguins
By Greg Liodice
The Minnesota Wild are an absolute wagon. The best part is they’ve been rolling primarily on the road.
Luckily for them, this will be their last away game in about a week, and it’s against an opponent who has been victim to five straight losses in the Pittsburgh Penguins.
We all know the gravity that Penguins’ superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin attract, but Crosby hasn’t even been performing at the level we’re used to seeing. He currently has seven points in 10 games, only one goal, and a -7 rating.
Additionally, the Pens drive to play at a bottom-10 rate with a 46.66 xGF% and are tied for last with the worst defensive play at a 4.03 xGA/60. To make matters worse, goaltending is a sore subject as rookie Joel Blomqvist is being counted on to carry the team.
It simply couldn’t get worse for a once-storied franchise.
Minnesota, on the other hand, is getting contributions from everyone. Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello are all producing at a point-per-game pace, and goaltending has been top-notch.
The Wild drive play at an elite level, fourth best in expected goals, to be exact, with a 56.3 xGF%. To continue from last season, they’re also the league’s best defensive team, playing to a 2.45 xGA/60.
Obviously, when betting on a team in the final game of an extended road trip, you run some risks. However, I can’t find any reason not to fade the Penguins. It’s been a disaster since Opening Night. Take the Wild at -125 before that number gets worse.
Pick: Wild (-125 at BetMGM)
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