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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| NHL | (25) Tampa Bay Lightning at (26) Detroit Red Wings | 7:07pm EDT - Oct 17/2025 |
The PLAY: Detroit Red Wings +1.5 (-170)
This is a FREE PLAY on the RED WINGS on the puckline (I also like Detroit on the moneyline if you prefer).
I think the Lightning are overvalued in this spot, and it's Detroit that comes in as a live dog. You can play this one of two ways, depending on your risk tolerance.
I think the Wings offer tremendous value as a live dog to win this one outright, but I also think Detroit is the correct call by laying the reasonable mid-sized price for the extra 1.5 goals of insurance on the puckline option.
As primarily a situational handicapper, I love the way this one sets up for the home side.
Tampa Bay is just 1-3, and it's off a 3-2 OT loss in the Nation's capital. After this, it has a game at Columbus tomorrow night, followed by five whole nights off.
I feel it's a trap here for the Lightning as they get caught looking ahead.
Detroit, though, comes in as arguably the hottest team in the nation, having played arguably the toughest schedule, dropping their first game at home to Montreal, before then posting three straight victories, including two in a row over Toronto, and then most recently a dominating 4-1 home victory over Florida.
With a tough opponent in the Oilers coming to town on Saturday, the Wings will put their full focus on the ice here on Thursday, another situational factor working in their favor.
Nikita Kucherov and Lucas Raymond lead the teams, but the latter has the advantage here at home.
The Lightning have been so good for so long, and over that same span, the Wings have been trash.
But Detroit has made big strides in the last two years, especially over the second half of last season.
And now I think they're completely undervalued here at home by the oddsmakers on Friday night.
As I said, depending on your risk tolerance, you can play this one of two ways: either on the ML or the PL.
Good luck, NP
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| NHL | (15) Vancouver Canucks at (16) Dallas Stars | 8:07pm EDT - Oct 16/2025 |
The PLAY: Total Under 5.5 (-117)
This is a FREE PLAY on the UNDER Canucks/Stars.
The Canucks are 1-2 after a 5-2 home loss to St. Louis. They opened the season with a 5-1 victory at home over Calgary, before then dropping their second game by a score of 3-1 at Edmonton.
This is the start of a five-game road trip for Vancouver, and it has another game in Chicago on Friday. While the Canucks last game went OVER the number, I'm expecting a much better defensive effort here to kick off the road trip, and facing a difficult Stars offense.
Dallas is 3-0, and it's seen all three games go OVER the number.
The last game these teams played against each other in the 2025/26 regular season was on April 8th, 2025, in this building, and Vancouver escaped with a 6-5 overtime win.
While each team has played to several higher-scoring games of late, I feel that the value has now finally swung the other way as far as the total is concerned.
While it's just the start of the season, I still think that it's worth mentioning that dating to last year, Dallas has seen the total dip below the posted number in four of its last five against teams with losing records AND in four of its last five games as a favorite.
Vancouver star Elias Pettersson, who recently signed a huge contract, has not been living up to expectations since last season, and that's carried over into this season as well, as the Canucks continue to struggle with offensive consistency from game to game.
And I think Vancouver could have a very difficult time here against the Stars, who remain one of two unbeaten teams to open the season.
Dallas is backed by Vezina Trophy candidate Jake Oettinger, and they have a superstar forward group consisting of Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz, Wyatt Johnston, and Jason Robertson.
Quinn Hughes leads the Canucks into Dallas, but as I've detailed, I think the Vancouver offense is going to stall once again here in this difficult road venue, as note that last year Dallas was ranked sixth in the league in goals allowed, at just 2.7 per contest.
That's how I see this Thursday night matchup unfolding, a much more defensive affair than the majority is expecting.
Consider the UNDER.
Good luck, NP
Consultant Bio
Veteran handicapper Nick Parsons has been involved in the industry both as one of the World's leading sports prognosticating experts (in every major sport over the course of the last 20 years!), and he's also worked behind the scenes with some of the biggest companies and players in the market as well.
A "contrarian" at heart, Nick has always felt that being flexible with your approach when it comes to handicapping is the best way to secure profits over the short, mid, and long term. Parsons doesn't limit himself to any sort of bet, or style of wagering. If he sees value in a pick, whether it's an underdog or a favorite, then he plays it. His succinct and no "B.S." approach, while also always being fully accountable, is what his growing list of satisfied clients has grown to appreciate the most.
Nick's been in the trenches fighting the books every single day for the last 20 years. He's never once pretended that any part of this industry is "easy." It's not. But you can put his invaluable experience to work for you, as 2023 and 2024 have massive potential for this industry icon!