Washington Capitals at Arizona Coyotes odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Saturday’s Washington Capitals at Arizona Coyotes sports betting odds and lines, with NHL betting picks, tips and best bets.

The Washington Capitals (37-15-5) visit the Arizona Coyotes (28-24-8) Saturday at Gila River Arena for a 10 p.m. ET puck drop. We analyze the Capitals-Coyotes sports betting odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips and picks around this matchup.

Capitals at Coyotes: Projected starting goalies

Braden Holtby vs. Antti Raanta

Holtby is coming off a road win over the Colorado Avalanche Thursday in which he stopped 32 of 34 shots on goal. He is 21-11-4 on the season with a .896 save percentage and 3.14 goals against average.

Raanta took the loss against the Ottawa Senators Thursday, as he allowed three goals on 31 shots. The 30-year-old is 11-13-3 with a .915 SV% and 2.83 GAA through 27 starts and a relief appearance.


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Capitals at Coyotes: Odds, picks and betting tips

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Odds last updated at 11:35 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Capitals 4, Coyotes 3

Moneyline (ML)

The Coyotes (+120) have gone just 2-5-3 across their last 10 games to begin slipping out of the Western Conference playoff picture. They’re 13-11-4 at home for the season as they return from a 1-2-1 Eastern Conference road trip.

The CAPITALS (-143) will be the play following their 3-2 win in Colorado Thursday. The Caps are an incredible 21-6-1 on the road for the season and enter Saturday 6-4-0 across their last 10 games.

Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)

The Coyotes earned a 4-3 shootout victory in the lone head-to-head meeting of the season thus far, Nov. 11 in Washington. They also lost each of their last two games by 3-2 scores, with one of those going to overtime.

Back the COYOTES (+1.5, -228) with a goal of insurance in the event of a loss. The Capitals (-1.5, +185) are 30-27 against the spread overall and 20-8 on the road, but a large chunk of those games have come as underdogs to cover a spread of +1.5. The ‘Yotes are 33-27 ATS overall and 14-14 at home. The insurance for the home side is worth the modest amount of chalk.

Over/Under (O/U)

The Coyotes played to a final score of 3-2 in each of their last three games. They’re 4-6 against the Over/Under across their last 10 games while the Capitals are 7-2-1 against the O/U in the same span. Take the OVER 5.5 (-139) with Washington having topped this projection in nine of its last 10 games.

Esten’s NHL betting record: 233-217

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