NHL Picks Models Take Up The Weight, Another $2K Week

Sometimes, you just have to step back and let the AI put in the hard work. This week, we see 4 out of 5 leaderboard spots occupied by picks models, and a profit line is nothing to scoff at. 

Take a look to see what NHL lines they were betting on, and stay tuned for our wagers this upcoming week. 

Top NHL Handicappers Last Week

Our NHL handicappers have been fairly consistent for the past few weeks, keeping their heads above the $2K profit mark. And this week has been much of the same. 

The top five handicappers went 40-20 and earned $2,143 in profit. They had a lower win rate than the past two weeks, coming in at 66.7%. 

This week was dominated by organizations and picks models, with lonely Mario Deluca taking up the #3 spot. 

Deluca May Have Made #3, But He’s Coming Off a Loss-Streak

It’s been a while since we took a look at Mr. Deluca’s stats. He made waves earlier in the season with his spreads and totals, but kind of fell off the radar for a while. 

Last week, he went 7-2 and made $425 from his NHL wagers. 

He stuck to totals and moneylines, but earned the most with totals. We can forgive his mistake betting on the New Jersey Devils, because that was a close game. And the over 5.5 on the Lightning vs Stars, that was also close. A few changed plays, and Deluca could have had a 9-0 week. 

Despite his good bit of profit this week, I want to point out that for the past 30 days, he’s 11-17 with $1,031 in losses, and for the past 60 days, he’s 19-21 with $650 in losses. 

NHL was a good sport for him early in the season (and maybe he’s on a comeback, who knows), but I’d be wary about following his moneyline picks. He tends to break even with totals, or even make a little, but has a record of losing moneylines. 

Half a Point Makes All the Difference

I want to take a look at Sports Investors, a picks model that I don’t think we’ve seen on the NHL leaderboard before. 

Last week, they bet almost exclusively totals with one spread wager. They went 5-1, but also pushed one wager because it was a round number total. 

Their only loss was the under 6.5 on the Red Wings / Avalanche game. The score ended 2-5, so Sports Investors were half a point away from winning. Had the Avalanche kept their score 2-4, it would have been a great week for Sports Investors. 

But, they still did pretty good, with just about $400 in profit and a solid totals betting strategy, they’d be a good one to follow. I will say, they tend to bet round number totals a lot, and you might want to tack on an extra half point here or there to avoid the push. 

Where Our Money’s at This Week

This week we’ll again be watching Ovechkin and the Capitals. He’s up to 889 goals now, only 6 goals away from breaking the record. Thursday the Capitals play the Wild, and on Sunday they play the Sabres. 

Tonight, the Canucks play the Islanders, and the odds on this game are close, with the Canucks at +105 and the Islanders at -125. Who knows what will happen here, but the two teams are pretty evenly matched. 

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