Tonight two giants of the game clash as Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins visit Rogers Place to face Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers. Losing three in a row and averaging 4.7 goals against, the Pens are massive dogs with +180 odds at BET99.
I like Edmonton to cover the -1.5 spread tonight at +105. The Oilers haven't flexed their offensive muscles all year and I suspect they will tonight against the Pens league-worst defense.
Penguins vs Oilers Odds Tonight
Odds as of October 25 at BET99
Penguins vs Oilers Picks Tonight
Oilers -1.5 (+105)
With -220 odds on Edmonton to win tonight, and 69% implied odds of winning, the Oilers are expected to win. This year, when the Penguins lose they lose big with four of their five losses being by two or more goals.
Edmonton's 2.00 goals per game is the 31st-ranked offense but they should go off tonight. Pittsburgh's 29.51 xGA – the third-highest in the league – will give some of the Oilers' more anemic shooters the chance to get on the scoresheet. I'm specifically looking at Zach Hyman and his 0 goals on 4.08 ixG to get enough opportunities to end his goalless drought tonight. You can get a Zach Hyman anytime goal from BET99 at +110 odds. I've already made a Hyman anytime goal my expert prop pick for tonight.
Scoring seven goals in three games (2.33 on average) and converting a pathetic 6.6% of their shots to goals, the Pens' offense doesn't have the legs to keep up with the Oilers. That poor shooting percentage is nothing new, Pittsburgh held the sixth-worst shooting percentage at 9.42% in 23-24.
Pittsburgh will lose and will lose by two or more goals.
Penguins vs Oilers Player Prop Tonight
Connor McDavid OVER 1.5 Points (-140)
McDavid loves to show off in front of Sid with 27 points in 14 career games against the Penguins. When welcoming Sid to Edmonton, Connor is averaging 1.6 points per game and has six points in his last two home games against the Pens.
Per Outlier, MacDavid has gone OVER 1.5 points in 13 of his last 17 games (77%) against bad defensive teams like the Pittsburgh Penguins
McDavid has come alive lately with six points in four games, and if the Pens are as bad as their stats say they are, the Oilers phenom won't have any problem hitting his points prop.
Penguins vs Oilers Betting Trends Tonight
- The total has gone OVER in four of the Penguins' last five games and in five of their last seven against the Oilers. BET99 has tonight's OVER at +110.
- Edmonton is 6-0SU in their last six games against the Penguins. Betting them SU at -220 from BET99 might not yield a ton of profit but it's likely to hit.
- Michael Bunting has gone OVER 1.5 shots on goal in six of his last seven road games. OVER 1.5 shots for Bunting at BET99 is -145.