Best bets for Thursday October 31st

This article is part of our NHL Picks series.

Best NHL bets tonight: Expert hockey parlay tips for
Thursday, October 31st

The National Hockey League has a total of seven games scheduled for Halloween night on Thursday. We'll focus on the final two games on the slate, including the Edmonton Oilers and Nashville Predators at 8 p.m. ET, available to watch or stream on ESPN+ and Hulu, while the Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks at 10 p.m clash: 30 p.m. ET. Let's get started.

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Top NHL picks tonight

Edmonton Oilers with the Nashville Predators

The Oilers (4-5-1) travel to Music City to take on the Predators (3-5-1) in a battle between two teams that got off to a slower start than expected.

It seemed like Edmonton was starting to get things right, going 4-1-1 in six games from Oct. 15 to 27, but on Monday in Columbus it went 6-1 in the second half of the season. backwards. Even more significant than the loss itself is the fact that Connor McDavid suffered an ankle injury that will sideline him for two to three weeks.

The Predators have already suffered one loss to the Oilers on home ice this season. Edmonton edged Nashville 4-2 on Oct. 17 as the unders (6.5) held on while the Oilers cashed in as slight away favorites (-120).

Filip Forsberg scored the first goal midway through the first period, but Brett Kulak and Jeff Skinner turned the score to 2-1 in favor of the Oilers. While Jonathan Marchessault equalized on the power play, it was McDavid who scored the game-winning goal towards the end of the second period and Kulak scored a second goal into an empty net. That was enough offensively for Calvin Pickard, as he stopped 25 of 27 shots, while Juuse Saros allowed three goals on 35 shots.

The Oilers have won eight of the last 10 meetings in this series, and the Unders are 2-0-1 in the last three meetings, including October 17th. Let's go into a Same Game Parlay (SGP) with Edmonton and the Under. .

• Oilers ML (+110 at BetMGM Sportsbook)
• Under 6 (+100 at BetMGM Sportsbook)
• SGP – Oilers ML +108 Under 6.5 -128 – (+251 at FanDuel Sportsbook)

Chicago Blackhawks with the San Jose Sharks

The Blackhawks (3-6-1) didn't have much to be excited about, but they pulled off an impressive 5-2 road win over the Colorado Avalanche. They'll try to carry that momentum to the Bay Area.

The Sharks (2-7-2) surprised with back-to-back wins against the Utah Hockey Club and the Los Angeles Kings, both as underdogs at +230 or better. The over is also 2-0-1 in the Sharks' last three games.

Jake Walman, Fabian Zetterlund, Tyler Toffoli and William Eklund were the scorers for the Sharks, who continue to play without Macklin Celebrini (lower body), who has not played since being injured in the opener.

Vitek Vanecek stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced last time out against the Kings, while Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 19 shots on 23 shots in the previous game in Salt Lake.

Zetterlund has scored three goals in the last two games, while Toffoli has lit the lamp in each of the last two wins.

While the Blackhawks haven't had much success in recent seasons, Chicago has won five straight meetings in this series while being 7-2 in the last nine years. The over is also 5-1-1 in their last seven meetings.

These are two hungry teams with a rare chance to win. We avoid the line but head over because we could get some fire hockey there.

• Over 6 (-110 at Caesars Sportsbook)

NHL parlays tonight

2-Leg NHL Parlay (+281 at BetMGM Sportsbook)

• Under 6 (+100) – Oilers at Predators
• Over 6 (-110) – Blackhawks at Sharks