Oilers vs Penguins Odds & Picks: Edmonton Covers -1.5 Puckline

It's a clash of generational talents at PPG Paints Arena tonight with Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers and Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins. My pick tonight is the Oilers to cover the -1.5 puckline at +120 from BET99.

With Edmonton winning four straight and the Penguins losing four straight, it feels like a big Oilers win, something that's been common lately for them in Pittsburgh, winning their last four games in the Steel City with a +14 goal differential.

Oilers vs Penguins Odds

Matchup Page: Oilers vs Penguins, January 9, 7:00 pm ET @ PPG Paints Arena

Odds as of January 9 at BET99

Oilers vs Penguins Picks

Oilers -1.5 (+120) at BET99

The Oilers are humming like a well-oiled machine winning their last four games of the season. That machine is headed to Pittsburgh where they've dominated the Pens with 4-0, 7-2, 5-1, and 2-1 wins in their last four visits. Connor McDavid has been lethal in those games scoring four goals and 11 points (2.75 points per game), OVER 1.5 points for McDavid is -105 at BET99.

The Oilers' offense should easily get on the board often to cover the puckline, they've been scoring freely for a while now averaging four goals per game over their last 12 outings. Even books expect the Oilers to score a lot with OVER 3.5 goals tonight at -130 from BET99, that's a 57% implied chance for at least four goals from the Oilers. 

Meanwhile, the Penguins have lost four straight games and should be without Evgeni Malkin who was listed as day-to-day and missed his team's last game. The Pens have struggled to score with 2.7 goals in their last six, by that stat alone it's hard to see them keep up with the Oilers' firepower. Then, you consider that in the last 10 league games the Pens hold the worst 5on5 shot share (44.6%) while the Oilers rank ninth (52.8%), with those antipodal numbers I doubt the Pens will see enough of the puck to keep the score close.

Oilers vs Penguins Player Prop

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins O1.5 SOG (-180) at BET99

Per Outlier, Nugent-Hopkins has two or more shots in eight of his last 10 road games, averaging 2.6 shots in those 10 games.

As I said earlier, the Pens have been dreadful in keeping possession of the puck with that aforementioned 44.6% 5on5 shot share in their last 10 games. It should be a shooting gallery out there for the Oilers and Hopkins has proven that he's a shoot-on-sight player with those 2.6 shots per game in his last 10 away games. 

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