NHL Picks for Today 2/9/2025

There are just 2 games on the NHL schedule on Sunday, the Utah Hockey Club facing Alexander Ovechkin and the Capitals in Washington, DC at the Capital One Center and the Lightning in Montréal to face the Canadiens at the Bell Centre. Here are betting previews with predictions for these 2 matchups along with Moneyline and Totals odds, Starting Times, TV coverage, Records, Trends, and NHL Picks for Today 2/9/2025 NHL Predictions from the Sides, Totals, and Puck Line markets.

The NHL will be off from Monday February 10 through Friday, February 21 and will return on Saturday, February 22 with a 14-game slate. Instead of an NHL All-Star Game this season, select players from four countries (Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA) will be participating in the 4-Nations Face-Off tournament. This unique round-robin tourney will see NHL players competing at the Bell Centre in Montréal and TD Garden in Boston and will run from Wednesday February 12 when Canada will face Sweden (TNT/truTV/Max, 8 EST/5 PST) through the Final which will be held on Thursday, February 20 at TD Garden in Boston (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 EST/5 PST).

Utah Hockey Club vs Capitals Prediction

Utah Hockey Club vs Capitals Betting Trends

• Washington has scored 4 or more Goals in its last 4 games (4, 6, 4 4)
• The Under is 6-0-0 the last 6 UHC games (5, 5, 3, 5, 5, 4)
• The UHC has streaked with 3 Wins followed by 5 Losses followed by 2 Wins
• The Capitals are 14-4-3 vs the Western Conference
• The Utah Hockey Club has played 5 straight 1-Goal games 
• The UHC have played 4 OT games in their last 5 overall

Alexander Ovechkin (879 career Goals, 15 behind tying Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record) and Washington (17-4-5 on Road) host the Utah Hockey Club (14-10-3 on Road) in this interconference affair from the Capital One Center in Washington, DC. In their last 10 games, the Utah Hockey Club is 5-3-2 while the Capitals are 7-1-2. In the lone series meeting, Washington won 6-2 in Salt Lake City on November 18 as the Utah Hockey Club went 0-for-7 on the Power Play and Ovechkin netted 2 Goals for the Capitals who went in as +110 Road Underdogs. This Utah Hockey Club vs Capitals pick will back Washington and look for Old Man Ovechkin to score again as he inches ever closer to The Great One. Prediction: Capitals -218

Lightning vs Canadiens Prediction

Lightning vs Canadiens Club Betting Trends

• Tampa Bay is coming in off a 5-game Homestand (3-1-1)
• The Under is 3-1-0 in the Canadiens last 4 Home games
• The Under is 4-2-0 in the Lightning’s last 6 games
• Montréal is 1-6 in its last 7 games overall
• The Lightning lost 3-2 at Montréal on January 21

Montréal (13-10-4 at Home) welcomes Tampa Bay (11-13-2 on Road) to the Bell Centre—one of the two Sites for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off tournament—in this Atlantic Division affair from The City of a Hundred Steeples. Nick Suzuki (52 points) and the Canadiens will be playing their second game in 2 nights after hosting the Devils on Saturday. Heading into this weekend’s games, Les Habs were 3-6-1 in their last 10 while the Bolts were 5-4-1 over that span and 3-0-1 in their last 4 heading into a Saturday game in Detroit. In the last 10 series meetings, Tampa Bay is a profitable 7-3, but losing the last 2 (4 GF-8 GA) while Montréal were Underdogs in both games (+175, +123). In Quebec, Tampa Bay went 3-2-0. The Over is 6-3-1, winning 5 of the last 6 times and going 2-2-1 at the Bell Centre. The Lightning have been the Favorites in the last 10 games heading in here. With at least 7 goals having been scored in 5 of the last 6 meetings (5, 7, 11, 7, 7, 8), these Lightning vs Canadiens picks will look to the Totals market and another high-scoring game in this series and for TB  to prevail by 1 goal in this last NHL game heading into the break. Predictions: Lightning -148, Over 6.5

Sunday NHL Parlay: Capitals, Lightning

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