The New Jersey Devils (24-27-10) visit the Detroit Red Wings (15-45-4) in a 7:30 p.m. ET contest at Little Caesars Arena Tuesday. We analyze the Devils-Red Wings odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips around this matchup.
Devils at Red Wings: Projected starting goalies
Mac Blackwood vs. Jonathan Bernier
Blackwood sports a 2.73 goals against average and .916 save percentage through 43 games. He has won his last six decisions. Blackwood faced Detroit Feb. 13 and stopped 25 of 26 shots in a win. That contest against the Red Wings is part of a fabulous February that has seen the 23-year-old go 6-0 with a .970 SV%. Blackwood is making this start on two days of rest; over his last six starts on such rest, he has posted a nifty .932 SV%.
Bernier has a 2.90 GAA, .908 SV%. He allowed four goals on 26 shots against the Devils when the teams met two weeks ago.
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Devils at Red Wings: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
New Jersey 3, Detroit 1
Moneyline (ML)
Liking the Blackwood side and going with the Devils’ more consistent ability to avoid the one-and-under goal output, back NEW JERSEY (-134).
Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
New Jersey’s last multi-goal win was against these Red Wings — in Newark, Feb. 13.
New Jersey (-1.5, +200) is the lean here, but there is also a lean on the Under which is, to a certain degree, not fully compatible with a puck line play. SKIP THIS ONE and stick with the moneyline bet.
Over/Under (O/U)
This is a zag from where the money has gone in early betting, but there is a decent amount of gravity around a Devils’ win and a 4-to-5-goal total.
PLAY THE UNDER 5.5 (-106).
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