Ralph Michaels
(5) Los Angeles Kings at (6) Edmonton Oilers
#6 3% Edmonton -185 Los Angles
If you like a sizeable favorite in the NHL playoffs I will almost always lay the lumber versus using the puck line. Since 2019 teams are 82-48 as a favorite of -160+ but 29 games or over 35% of the wins were decided by one goal. Oilers played an almost perfect game as when their offense is clicking the offense runs through Connor McDavid and he had 5 assists in game #1.
The Oilers started the season 1-5 at home but they are 28-8 since Nov 13th while going 18-1 as a HF of -185+ with an avg score of 5.0 to 1.9.
Kings are 22-20 away from home but they started 13-0 (!) but they are 11-20 since and 8-19 excluding games as Fav of -215+.