Best NHL Prop Bets Today: Continue to Fade Seattle’s Offense

After playing at a competitive level earlier in the year, the Seattle Kraken’s offense have gone through a prolonged cold stretch of play and are now ranked dead last in Expected Goals For in All Situations. While Colorado’s goaltending has been shaky, their back line still excels at smothering opposing shot attempts to help turn them into low quality Shots on Goal. With a lack of versatility to help stretch out the Av’s defense, expect Brandon Montour to play a major role from their back line to scramble their coverage.

Later in the night, we turn our attention towards the matchup between the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks as Vancouver’s defense will have the opportunity to continue to succeed against the Ducks anemic offense. While the Canucks defense ranks third overall in Expected Goals Against in All Situations, the Ducks offense ranks in the bottom half of the board in Expected Goals For.

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Seattle Kraken vs. Colorado Avalanche - Prop Bets (9:00 PM, EST)

Colorado Avalanche -1.5 (+135) at BetMGM

After Colorado seemingly rounded back into form, the Stanley Cup contenders have fallen back down to reality after allowing their last four opponents to score a minimum of four goals apiece. Even when their back line continues to play at a high level as their above league average mark in Expected Goals Against suggests, their goaltending continues to let them down. Specifically their starting goalie Alexandar Georgiev as he is currently averaging 4.62 Goals Against per game and a Save Percentage of .822.

Fortunately for Colorado, their back line gets the opportunity to bounce back against Seattle as the Kraken’s offense currently ranks 32nd overall in Expected Goals For in All Situations by averaging just 2.63 Expected Goals per game. Generating high quality shots has been a struggle for the Kraken’s front line as only Brandon Montour averages an Expected Goal higher than 0.30. With no threat of breaking through the Avs coverage, expect Colorado to set a scoring pace too fast for Seattle to keep up with.

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Brandon Montour Over 2.5 Shots on Goal (-115) at BetMGM

Speaking of Brandon Montour, the Kraken’s newly acquired defenseman will have to be aggressive in his efforts of pressuring the Avs net as his front line continues to struggle with generating high quality Shots on Goal. Heading into Tuesday’s contest, Brandon Montour is the only player on Seattle to average over three Shots on Goal per game. With Colorado’s back line excelling in coverage, expect Seattle’s offense to lean on Montour in an attempt to scramble the Avs defense.

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Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks - Prop Bets (10:00 PM, EST)

Anaheim Ducks Team Total Under 2.5 (-115) at BetMGM

Later in the night, we target another stout defense as the Vancouver Canucks back line gets a favorable matchup against the anemic Anaheim Ducks offense. Not only have the Canucks back line continued to rank near the top of the board in Expected Goals Against in All Situations, but Kevin Lankinen is making a case for the Vezina Trophy by averaging just 2.33 Goals Against per game and a Save Percentage of .919.

With the Ducks offense ranked near dead last in Expected Goals For in All Situations, Lankinen will have the opportunity to put together another dominant outing by walling off an abundance of low quality Shots on Goal. Should the Canucks opt into using their backup goalie Arturs Silovs, then pass on this prop as Silovs is a sizable dropoff in goaltending production when compared to Lankinen.

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Brock Boeser Anytime Goalscorer (+155) at FanDuel

With the Ducks defense ranking 31st overall in Expected Goals Against, the Canucks offense will have the opportunity to finally give their own back line the production they need to help be a well rounded contender. Even during the Canucks front line’s cold stretch of play, Brock Boeser has managed to average an Expected Goal of 0.48. With his center J.T Miller commanding a majority of defensive attention, expect Boeser to continue to generate high quality scoring opportunities.

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