Top NHL GIFT & Anytime Goal Scorer Prop Bet Picks: Saturday (10/26)
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 nearly league-wide positive success rate with 93.75% of the league currently cashing at 50% or better last season.
Anytime Goal Scorer props are even easier. Pick a player to score and if they light the lamp at any point, you win!
Today, I present to you a matchup between two teams who have combined to cash GIFTs at a rate upwards of 70% and an ATG parlay that offers an 8x return!
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Saturday’s Best GIFT & Anytime Goal Scorer Prop Bets
2024 Record: 16-26 | GIFT Record: 7-7 | ATG Record: 9-19 | Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook
San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
San Jose, the last remaining winless team in 2024, will send out Vitek Vanecek, to guard the twine. The 28-year-old is 0-3-0 while carrying a 3.14 GAA and a .884 Save% so far this season. The Sharks are 5-3 cashing the GIFT, with two of those cashes coming away from SAP Center at San Jose this season. The Sea Dogs are 3-1 cashing the GIFT in Vanecek’s four appearances including having cashed in two straight starts for the Czech.
On the other side of the ice, Vegas will counter with Adin Hill between the pipes tonight and the 28-year-old is 3-2-0 with a 3.85 GAA and a .864 Save% this season. The Golden Knights are 6-2 this season cashing the GIFT including a 4-1 mark on the friendly T-Mobile Arena ice. Additionally, the GIFT has cashed in four straight Vegas home games and six of seven games overall (regardless of location).
The last time these two teams met back on February 19, the GIFT easily cashed on a Michael Amadio wrister at the 02:28 mark.
Pick: Goal In First Ten (-160)
Anytime Goal Scorer Picks
Ivan Barbashev (+215) – 7 Goals (3rd in NHL), 6-of-7 G at home, G+ in 4 of L5 at home
Mika Zibanejad (+205) – G+ in L4 at home vs. ANA, G in 1-of-L2 both overall and at home, G vs. ANA in ’23
ATG Parlay Odds: +860
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