NHL Picks for Today 1/6/2025

There are 4 games on the NHL schedule on Monday, including Alexander Ovechkin and the Capitals in Buffalo to bang the boards with the Sabres, the Canucks in Montréal to skate with Les Habs in an all-Canadian bash, and the Panthers in Denver to face the Avalanche in the best game of the evening. Here are your betting previews for these 4 matchups complete with Moneyline and Totals odds, Starting Times, Records, Trends, and NHL Picks for Today 1/6/2025: NHL Predictions from the Sides, Totals, and Puck Line markets.

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Capitals vs Sabres Prediction

Buffalo (7-10-3 at Home) welcomes the Capitals (13-6-0 on Road) to Buffalo on Monday night for a meeting between the first-place team in the Atlantic Division vs the last-place team in the Metropolitan Division. In the last 10 series meetings, Washington has gone 6-4 and this is a series where the Home team has flourished—winning the last 6 in a row—with the Over going a profitable 7-1-2 and unbeaten in the last 8 (6-0-2). The Over has gone 3-1-1 at KeyBank Center with 6, 8, 11, and 9 biscuits put in the basket in the last 4 there. These Capitals vs Sabres picks will follow that strong Over Trend and back Alexander Ovechkin and the visitors who have the most Goals in the Eastern Conference (145). Picks: Capitals -139, Over 6.5

NHL Pick for Today 1/6/2025

Canucks vs Canadiens Prediction

Montréal (10-7-2 at Home) plays host to Vancouver (11-4-2 on Road) in a Canadian interconference matchup from Quebec. In the last 10 meetings, the Canucks have gone 7-3, winning 5 of the last 6 (25 GF-18 GA). Vancouver has won the last 3 in a row, starts a 5-game Road trip here, and will be looking to get star Quinn Hughes back in the lineup as he tries to return from an Injury. On Saturday night, the Canadiens got a big SO win in Colorado, 2-1, snapping the Avalanche’s 6-game Winning Streak and becoming the first team to beat them when they led after 2 Periods (1-0). This Canucks vs Canadiens pick will lean to an Over in Montréal with 7, 7, 3, and 9 goals scored in the last 4 at the Bell Centre. Pick: Over 5.5

Panthers vs Avalanche Prediction

Colorado (11-8-1 at Home) plays host to defending Stanley Cup champions Florida (12-6-1 on Road) in the best game on the schedule. In the last 10 series meetings, the Panthers are 6-4, winning 2 of the last 3 and exploding for 8 goals in the last meeting here in Ball Arena. Florida has won 4 of the last 5 meetings in Colorado (23 GF-17 GA) in high-scoring affairs ( 12, 9, 5, 7, 7) averaging 8.0 gpg. The Over is 7-3-0 in the last 10 series meetings and 4-1-0 in the last 5. Digesting all of this, it only seems natural to pick another Over with the Black Cats hell-bent on Revenge after the Avs scored 7 on them in the first meeting of the season in Sunrise. Colorado was 15-0-0 when leading after 2 Periods before losing to the Canadiens on Saturday, 2-1, in a SO. The Avalanche were up 1-0 heading into the 3rd Period. Pick: Over 6.5

Devils vs Kraken Prediction

The last game on the Monday slate sees Seattle (9-3-0 at Home) welcoming slumping (Lost 4) New Jersey (12-9-0 on Road) to Climate Pledge Arena in an interconference meeting between two teams with nicknames of mythical beasts…maybe. With the Kraken—a legendary Scandinavian sea monster that looks like a giant octopus—so new to the NHL, these teams have only played 7 times so far heading into this one in the Emerald City, and the Devils—a beast with the head of a horse, dog-like features, batty wings, and a forked tail who roams the Pinelands—have gone 5-2, winning the last 4 in a row (11 GF-5 GA)—all Unders (4, 3, 4, 5). Nothing good happens in the Pine Barrens, ask Christopher and Paulie from The Sopranos. They know. This Devils vs Kraken pick will back the beasts with the bat wings as well as another Under (4-2-1 overall) although 2 of the 3 meetings in Seattle went Over (7, 7, 3). Picks: Devils -175, Under 6.5