Top NHL GIFT & Anytime Goal Scorer Prop Bet Picks: Monday (12/9)
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 one area of hockey betting that has a high success rate league-wide with 81.25% of the league currently cashing at 50% or better this season. By the end of the season, that number should be upwards of 90% meaning there is 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!
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Monday’s Best GIFT & Anytime Goal Scorer Prop Bets
2024 Record: 55-61-1 | GIFT Record: 27-14 | ATG Record: 28-47-1 | Last: 2-2 | Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook
Chicago Blackhawks at New York Rangers
Chicago will send out Arvid Soderblom to guard the crease. The 25-year-old is 1-6-1, carrying a 2.60 GAA and a .915 Save% this season. The ChiHawks are 17-10 cashing the GIFT this season with seven cashes away from United Center. The GIFT is 4-1 in the Blackhawks’ last five games and 7-3 in their last 10.
On the opposite end of the rink, New York will roll out Igor Shesterkin to tend the twine. The 28-year-old is 9-9-1, carrying a 2.99 GAA and a .908 Save% this season. The Rags are 19-7 cashing the GIFT this season, with 11 cashes in 14 games (.786) on the friendly Madison Square Garden ice. The GIFT is 4-1 in New York’s last five and 8-2 in their last 10.
These teams’ combined 36-17 record (.604) cashing the GIFT this season along with a combined 18-11 record (.621) in these home/road conditions so the lamp should light early at MSG tonight.
Pick: Goal In First Ten (-140)
Anytime Goal Scorer Picks
Tage Thompson (+115) – 3G in L3, 6G in L8 at home, 2G vs. DET on Oct. 26
Patrick Laine (+220) – 2G in L3 back from injury, 2G in L3 at home, G vs. ANA in ’22
ATG Parlay Odds: +588
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