Today’s props for NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Connor McDavid among best bets for Thursday


Today’s props for NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Connor McDavid among best bets for Thursday

With three of the eight second -round teams determined, four more series in the first round can end on Thursday when the Playoffs of the Stanley Cup of 2025 continue with three games 6 at the Western Conference and one at the Eastern Conference.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to wrap their series and set a confrontation of the second round with Florida Panthers’s reigning champions when visiting Ottawa Senators. Toronto was the only playoff team that advanced 3-0 in his first game, but saw that the Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals moving to the east, as it exceeded 8-3 in the return losses to Ottawa.

In the west, Vegas’s Golden Knights try to move on when they hit the road to face -against the Wild of Minnesota. The 2023 Stanley Cup champion won 2-1 in the series before publishing a couple of hours wins, with Brett Howden his third goal of the game just over four minutes after the additional session of the game 5 on Tuesday.

Colorado’s Avalanche hopes to force a seventh decisive party when they host Dallas stars. Colorado closed the stars 4-0 at home in the game 4 even in the series, but went 6-2 to the road on Monday when Wyatt Johnston scored his first two goals of the post-season and added an assist to help leave Dallas One winning.

Finally, the Western Conference Champions by Renats Edmonton Oilers aims at their fourth consecutive victory when welcoming the kings of Los Angeles to Rogers Place. After allowing six goals in each of the first two games of the series – both losses – in Los Angeles, the Oilers replaced Stuart Skinner in the supply for Calvin Pickard and left a total of eight highs in winning three contests in a row.

After three of the four best Wednesday bets on Wednesday, there are some players with value to take into account when making the bets on Thursday playoff games.

The best bets

Kirill Kaprizov at any time scoring (+120, Fanduel)

The Wild scored 17 goals during the first five games of the series against Golden Knights, and Kaprizov has registered almost a third. The 28 -year -old Russian left wing is tied with his teammate Matt Boldy, the right wing of the Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikov and Hart’s trophy winner, Nathan Mackinnon, of the avalanche for the Playoff leadership with five. Kaprizov, twice in his only regular season game against Vegas, published a couple of two -goals performances in this game and also became the game 5 on Tuesday.

Anze Kopitar 1+ Assistance (+122, Fanduel)

Age has not slowed Kopitar, as the 37 -year -old Slovenian center is tied by the third in the league with seven assists in these playoffs, coinciding with the amount he scored in 11 games over the previous two. It is the second highest total for a post -season of his career, as he accumulated 21 for 26 competitions during the Los Angeles race in his second Stanley Cup Championship in 2014. The Captain of the Kings failed to establish a goal in just one of the first five contests in this series against the Oilers.

Connor McDavid at any time scoring goal (+150, BETMGM)

McDavid has been more able to create goals in the series against the Kings, as he is linked to St. Louis Blues, Cam Fowler, for the leadership of the Playoff with eight assists. We all know that the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy is more than able to count on himself. McDavid scored in two of the first three games against Los Angeles and is 22 on the list of players of all time they have registered at least 20 goals of race playoff with an average of 0.49 more than 79 contests, with only three active players ahead. Although it did not become its last two games, it is never a bad idea to bet on the winner of the Hart trophy for a goal.

Best Longshot

Matthew Knies at any time scoring goal (+320, BET365)

After scoring 15 goals as a novio in 2023-24, Knies almost doubled this total this season, ending with 29, including its first two Nhl Hat Tricks: To take fourth place for the Maple Leafs. The 22 -year -old left has continued to produce the series against the senators, as he is even with John Tavares for the team’s leadership with three high. Toronto seeks to bounce off the loss of decrease and avoid a game 7, and Knies is a good point to come up with the club’s score.

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