NHL PICKS & NOTABLE INJURIES INACTIVES 2016-12-29
2016-2017 NHL RECORD (since 11/24/16)
Top Pick of Day Record*
*team shown in featured photo each day
| Units | W | L | Total Units | % |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | +1.02 | 50% |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | +8.60 | 67% |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | +2.46 | 67% |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | +0.44 | 50% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.00 | |
| Total | 18 | 13 | +12.52 | 58% |
Overall Record
| Units | W | L | Total Units | % |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | -2.21 | 44% |
| 4 | 12 | 7 | +11.84 | 63% |
| 3 | 18 | 23 | -15.91 | 44% |
| 2 | 46 | 31 | +35.17 | 60% |
| 1 | 39 | 46 | -10.41 | 46% |
| Total | 119 | 112 | +18.48 | 52% |
12/29/16 NHL PICKS
FYI, we typically take the “regular time only” plays, you get MUCH better lines for favorites, and OT is so unpredictable it becomes a tossup once games go into OT. So the favorite we take the -0.5 line and dogs we take the +0.5 line.
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| Pick | Odds | Risk | To Win |
| NY Rangers | -175 | 1.75 | 1 |
| Buffalo | 115 | 1.74 | 2 |
| Calgary | -125 | 2.50 | 2 |
| Colorado | 163 | 1.84 | 3 |
| Edmonton | -135 | 1.35 | 1 |
| Florida | -120 | 3.60 | 3 |
| Minnesota | -200 | 4.00 | 2 |
| Chicago | 113 | 1.77 | 2 |
| Ottawa | -155 | 3.10 | 2 |
| Toronto | 120 | 4.17 | 5 |
| New Jersey | 180 | 0.56 | 1 |
| Columbus | -125 | 2.50 | 2 |
NHL INJURIES & INACTIVES FOR TODAY
| Position | Name | Team |
| C | Steven Stamkos | TB |
| G | Ben Bishop | TB |
| G | Craig Anderson | Ott |
| G | Jonathan Quick | LA |
| G | Jimmy Howard | Det |
| G | Semyon Varlamov | Col |
| G | Andrew Hammond | Ott |
| C | Alex Galchenyuk | Mon |
| RW | Rick Nash | NYR |
| G | Scott Wedgewood | NJ |
| C | Mika Zibanejad | NYR |
| RW | Marian Hossa | Chi |
| D | P.K. Subban | Nsh |
| C | Ryan O’Reilly | Buf |
| D | Erik Johnson | Col |
| RW | Tyler Toffoli | LA |
| LW | Jonathan Huberdeau | Fla |
| LW | Patrick Sharp | Dal |
| LW | Max Domi | Ari |
| D | Mike Green | Det |
| RW | Ales Hemsky | Dal |
| RW | Troy Brouwer | Cgy |
| LW | Matt Beleskey | Bos |
| RW | Andrew Shaw | Mon |
| C | Darren Helm | Det |
| LW | Justin Abdelkader | Det |
| RW | Cody Eakin | Dal |
| D | Andrei Markov | Mon |
| RW | Ryan Callahan | TB |
| C | Brad Richardson | Ari |
| LW | Antoine Roussel | Dal |
| LW | Tyler Ennis | Buf |
| LW | Pavel Buchnevich | NYR |
| C | David Desharnais | Mon |
| RW | Tyler Pitlick | Edm |
| C | Casey Cizikas | NYI |
| D | Tyler Myers | Wpg |
| LW | Clarke MacArthur | Ott |
| D | John-Michael Liles | Bos |
| D | Greg Pateryn | Mon |
| C | Mattias Janmark | Dal |
| D | Darnell Nurse | Edm |
| D | Alexey Marchenko | Det |
| D | Simon Despres | Anh |
| RW | Johan Franzen | Det |