2024-25 NHL Presidents’ Trophy Odds and Predictions

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Earlier this hockey season, we mentioned how lucrative betting on the NHL can be. We mentioned one of our top handicappers, Sean Murphy. As we near the end of the 2024-25 NHL season, Sean has a 65 percent win rate and has netted $1,888 on his hockey bets this season. Does he hold a winning ticket for the 2024-25 President’s Trophy?

The regular season will end soon and the President’s Trophy will be awarded to the team with the most points recorded. Most recently, Winnipeg was in the lead. The Jets have the most wins in the NHL this season with 55 through 81 games. Washington and Vegas are within seven points of Winnipeg.

Whoever wins the 2024-25 President’s Trophy, keep in mind that winning the award does not guarantee postseason success. In fact, only eight President’s Cup winners have ever won a Stanley Cup title. The last team to do it was the Chicago Blackhawks in 2012-13. The Detroit Red Wings have won the most President’s Trophies with six. They are the only team in NHL history to have won a President’s Trophy-Stanley Cup double twice.

While the President’s Trophy race sorts itself out, don’t forget you can still wager on which team will win its respective NHL conference. Winnipeg is not the favorite to win the Western Conference. That would be the Dallas Stars with the Jets among the top contenders. The Florida Panthers are favored to win the East.

What is the Presidents’ Trophy in the NHL?

The NHL Presidents’ Trophy was instituted by the Board of Governors just prior to the 1985-86 season. Prior to that season, the NHL allowed teams that finished with the best record in the regular season to hang a banner that said “NHL League Champions.”

As mentioned above, teams are awarded points for wins and overtime or shootout losses. These points are added up and the team the most is awarded the Presidents’ Cup. In the event of a tie, the team with the most wins in regulation play is given the award.

In the 37 seasons that the Presidents’ Cup has been awarded, only 18 teams have ever won it. No team has won more Presidents’ Cups than the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings have won the award six times. The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers are next with four wins.

Only eight times has the Presidents’ Cup winner gone on to win the Stanley Cup. The most recent team to do so was the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2012-13 season. The only team to win the Presidents’ Cup and the Stanley Cup in the same season and do it more than once is the Detroit Red Wings.

NHL Presidents’ Trophy Odds

Check out the latest NHL Presidents’ Trophy odds, courtesy of the top sports betting sites.

Winnipeg is in the driver’s seat in this race. They were not anywhere near the top 10 at the start of the season. The Jets still weren’t a contender in February and as late as early this month were still listed at plus-money.

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NHL President’s Trophy Contenders

The following NHL teams are considered the top contenders to win the President’s Trophy:

Winnipeg Jets

Connor Hellebuyck is the best goaltender in hockey and his numbers back it up. He’s one of the big reasons why the Jets have the lead in the President’s Trophy race right now. The Jets have the most wins in the NHL this season and they are a heavy favorite to close out 2024-25 with the NHL’s best record.

The Jets are also a top-five scoring team averaging 3.37 goals per game. That ranks fourth among NHL teams. Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor are among the top 10 goal scorers and top 20 point scorers in the NHL.

Winnipeg’s power play is the best in the game. The Jets convert on 29.4 percent of all power plays. Because of their outstanding offense and Hellebuyck in goal, the Jets are the clear favorite to win the President’s Trophy.

Washington Capitals

Alexander Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s career goals mark this season. It was one of those records that many thought could never be broken, but Ovechkin did it. He is one of the reasons why the Capitals are among the best teams in the NHL this season.

At the beginning of the season, it appeared as though this may be a rebuilding year for the Caps. That was not the case. Washington has one of the best records in the Eastern Conference and trails only Winnipeg in the President’s Trophy race.

The Capitals are second in the NHL in scoring this season. Ovechkin, of course, leads the team in goals with 43. Dylan Strome is the team’s highest point scorer with 78 (26 goals). The Caps have seven players with at least 20 goals. Aliaksei Protas has 30 and 66 points, third-highest on the team.

Vegas Golden Knights

The Golden Knights have had an outstanding season. They are the favorite to win the Pacific Division. They are really the only other real contender for the President’s Trophy. At the beginning of the season, Vegas was listed at +1400 in the President’s Trophy market. Their odds fluctuated throughout the season.

Vegas has held a four- to five-game lead over Edmonton and the Los Angeles Kings for most of the second half of the season. With only a few games remaining in the season, the Knights, like the rest of the league, are a longshot to capture the best record in the NHL.

NHL President’s Trophy Predictions

Is there really a question as to which team captures this award? The Jets are just too far ahead of the rest of the pack with teams down to their final games of the season. As good as Washington and Toronto have been in the East, Winnipeg still has five more wins than both teams.

Heading into the final week of the NHL season, you will not get a great price on this wager. There are plenty of other NHL picks out there and Scores & Stats is here to help you win more bets. But, this race is about as close to a lock as you can get. At some point very soon, the math will eliminate just about every other contender and the Jets will be anointed with the 2024-25 President’s Trophy.

Bet: Winnipeg Jets (-1600)

NHL Presidents’ Trophy Winners

The following teams were the most recent winners of the NHL Presidents’ Trophy: