Upcoming Games for September 21, 2020
| Time | Teams | Goalies | Win | Best Line | Goals | Total Goals | Best O/U | Bet Value | More Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars (50-32-8) Tampa Bay Lightning (57-24-8) | Anton Khudobin Andrei Vasilevskiy | 41.9% 58.1% | 2.30 3.17 | 5.47 |
Completed Games
| Time | Teams | Win | Best Line | Final Goals | Sportsbook Log Loss | DRatings Log Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders | 59.0% 41.0% | -175 +168 -170 +157 | 2 1 | -0.45948-0.47762 | -0.52707 | |
| New York Islanders Tampa Bay Lightning | 38.9% 61.1% | +140 -153 +145 -148 | 2 1 | -0.90150-0.90217 | -0.94294 | |
| Dallas Stars Vegas Golden Knights | 43.9% 56.1% | +153 -165 +155 -165 | 3 2 | -0.95112-0.95514 | -0.82373 | |
| Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders | 59.2% 40.8% | -150 +145 -150 +140 | 4 1 | -0.51765-0.52482 | -0.52347 | |
| Vegas Golden Knights Dallas Stars | 55.8% 44.2% | -167 +160 -168 +160 | 1 2 | -0.96869-0.97054 | -0.81611 | |
| Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders | 60.7% 39.3% | -124 +113 -122 +120 | 3 5 | -0.78097-0.79297 | -0.93496 |
Season Prediction Results
| Games | Record (Pct) | No Pick | Log Loss | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sportsbooks | 0 | 0-0 (0.000) | 0 | ||
| Sportsbooks | 0 | 0-0 (0.000) | 0 | ||
| DRatings | 0 | 0-0 (0.000) | 0 |
Season Simulation
*Through all games played on or before 09/15/20| Regular Season | Postseason | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | W | L | T | Pts | Make Playoffs | Win 1st Rd. | Win 2nd Rd. | Conf. Champ. | Stanley Cup |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning (56-24-8, 120 pts) | 43.0 | 21.0 | 6.0 | 92.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 82.0% | 52.6% |
| 2 | Dallas Stars (50-32-8, 108 pts) | 37.0 | 24.0 | 8.0 | 82.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 39.5% |
| 3 | New York Islanders (48-28-13, 109 pts) | 35.0 | 23.0 | 10.0 | 80.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 18.0% | 7.9% |
| 4 | Vegas Golden Knights (51-29-11, 113 pts) | 39.0 | 24.0 | 8.0 | 86.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 5 | Boston Bruins (49-19-15, 113 pts) | 44.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 100.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 6 | Colorado Avalanche (51-24-10, 112 pts) | 42.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 92.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 7 | Philadelphia Flyers (51-27-7, 109 pts) | 41.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 89.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 8 | Vancouver Canucks (46-34-6, 98 pts) | 36.0 | 27.0 | 6.0 | 78.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 9 | St. Louis Blues (44-25-11, 99 pts) | 42.0 | 19.0 | 10.0 | 94.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 10 | Washington Capitals (43-24-10, 96 pts) | 41.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 90.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 11 | Pittsburgh Penguins (41-25-7, 89 pts) | 40.0 | 23.0 | 6.0 | 86.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 12 | Edmonton Oilers (38-28-9, 85 pts) | 37.0 | 25.0 | 9.0 | 83.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 13 | Carolina Hurricanes (42-28-6, 90 pts) | 38.0 | 25.0 | 5.0 | 81.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 14 | Toronto Maple Leafs (38-27-10, 86 pts) | 36.0 | 25.0 | 9.0 | 81.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets (37-25-18, 92 pts) | 33.0 | 22.0 | 15.0 | 81.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 16 | Winnipeg Jets (38-31-6, 82 pts) | 37.0 | 28.0 | 6.0 | 80.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 17 | Calgary Flames (41-31-8, 90 pts) | 36.0 | 27.0 | 7.0 | 79.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 18 | New York Rangers (37-31-5, 79 pts) | 37.0 | 28.0 | 5.0 | 79.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 19 | Florida Panthers (36-29-8, 80 pts) | 35.0 | 26.0 | 8.0 | 78.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 20 | Nashville Predators (36-28-9, 81 pts) | 35.0 | 26.0 | 8.0 | 78.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 21 | Minnesota Wild (36-30-7, 79 pts) | 35.0 | 27.0 | 7.0 | 77.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 22 | Arizona Coyotes (37-34-8, 82 pts) | 33.0 | 29.0 | 8.0 | 74.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 23 | Chicago Blackhawks (36-34-9, 81 pts) | 32.0 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 72.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 24 | Montreal Canadiens (36-36-9, 81 pts) | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.0 | 71.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 25 | New Jersey Devils (28-29-12, 68 pts) | 28.0 | 29.0 | 12.0 | 68.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 26 | Buffalo Sabres (30-31-8, 68 pts) | 30.0 | 31.0 | 8.0 | 68.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 27 | Anaheim Ducks (29-33-9, 67 pts) | 29.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 67.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 28 | Los Angeles Kings (29-35-6, 64 pts) | 29.0 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 64.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 29 | San Jose Sharks (29-36-5, 63 pts) | 29.0 | 36.0 | 5.0 | 63.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 30 | Ottawa Senators (25-34-12, 62 pts) | 25.0 | 34.0 | 12.0 | 62.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 31 | Detroit Red Wings (17-49-5, 39 pts) | 17.0 | 49.0 | 5.0 | 39.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Hockey Methodology
All of our NHL hockey picks and predictions are listed above along with the odds to win. As of late 2017, we are now taking into account more information to make our predictions as accurate as possible. These predictions should be used for entertainment purposes only.
The current process simulates the regular season 500 times and the playoffs 1,000 times. Our simulations follow all of the rules of the NHL tiebreaker system which are as follows.
- Points: Most points accured by a team. In the case of uneven games played, it is point percentage.
- RW: Games won, not including those from overtime or shootout.
- ROW: Games won, not including those from shootout.
- Total Wins: Full number of wins.
- There are three more criteria which fulfill this list, but it is very unlikely that a scenario would fall this far.
Our projection system for the NHL is at Level 3, which one can read about in our Predictions Disclaimer.
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