Top NHL GIFT & Anytime Goal Scorer Prop Bet Picks: Friday (1/24)
Betting the GIFT (Goal In First Ten) is simple. Pick whether or not a game will have a goal scored in the first 10 minutes of play (00:00-09:59). It's that easy and all you have to do is root for anyone to score and you win. It is an area of hockey betting with a high success rate league-wide, with over 87% of the league currently cashing at 50% or better this season. By the end of the season, that number should be even closer to 90% meaning there is still plenty of money left to be made from GIFTs this season.
Anytime Goal Scorer props are even easier. Pick a player to score and if they light the lamp at any point, you win!
My published picks are 46-21 (.687) since Nov. 23, including a stellar 22-1 (.957) record cashing GIFTs and a 24-20 (.545) record on ATGs. Let’s roll!
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Friday’s Best GIFT & Anytime Goal Scorer Prop Bets
2024-25 Record: 84-75-1 | GIFT Record: 38-15 | ATG Record: 46-60-1 | Last: 2-1 | Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook
Tampa Bay Lightning at Chicago Blackhawks
The Lightning are expected to send out Andrei Vasilevskiy to tend the twine. The 30-year-old Russian comes in at 20-14-2, carrying a 2.35 GAA and a .915 Save% this season. Tampa Bay is 29-17 cashing the GIFT this season, including a 14-10 record (591) away from Amalie Arena. The Bolts have struck the GIFT in six of their last ten games including two of their last three on the road and four of their last five overall.
On the opposite end of the ice, Chicago will likely roll out Petr Mrazek to guard the crease. The 32-year-old Czech is 9-16-2, carrying a 3.26 GAA and a .896 Save% this season. The Blackhawks are 31-16 cashing the GIFT this season with an insane 19-5 record on the friendly United Center ice. The ChiHawks have cashed the GIFT in an insane ten straight games including seven in a row at home.
These teams’ combined 60-33 record (.645) cashing the GIFT this season and this includes a stellar 33-15 excellent (.688) in these home/road conditions should mean early fireworks in the still smoky skies over Lake Michigan yet again.
Pick: Goal In First Ten (-160)
Anytime Goal Scorer Picks
Tyler Bertuzzi (+235) – 3G in L2, 6G in L8 at home, 17 G (Leads CHI)
Pavel Dorofeyev (+215) – 7G in L5, 4G in L4 on road, 13-of-21 G (.619) on road, 21 G (Leads VGK)
ATG Parlay Odds: +888
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