Stanley Cup Preview: Most Goals and Points Prop Betting
Hyman and Reinhart Fave's to Score Most Goals, McDavid +800
The Florida Panthers (12-5, +16), the Stanley Cup favorites, will start the best-of-seven series Saturday at the Amerant Bank Arena after disposing of the New York Rangers in six games.
Their opponent is the Edmonton Oilers (12-6, +16) after stepping over the Dallas Stars in six games. The Panthers are looking for their first Cup win in three visits, while the Oilers are seeking their sixth, but first in 34 years.
The Florida Panthers are a -140 game 1 favorite with a total of 5.5 (over -115). Puck-drop is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT and can be seen on ABC and ESPN+. Let’s focus on our 2024 Stanley Cup Final scoring prop preview.
There Are A Few Ways Bettors Can Attack Scoring Prop
Recent NHL scores and series odds may give bettors the best indication of who will cash in on a goal-scoring prop. Odds to win the Stanley Cup show the Florida Panthers a -140 favorite with many thinking that home-ice advantage will be a massive factor considering this is the farthest two Stanley Cup participants will travel to face one another.
If that’s your train of thought, you can either play all scoring props to back your opinion or have plus money to balance your series wager.
- At +350, Zach Hyman is the favorite to have the most goals in the best-of-seven. The 9-year veteran is coming off a career season after potting 54 goals and 23 assists.
The Toronto native declared that coming to Edmonton, after six seasons playing for the Maple Leafs was the best choice he’s ever made, so Zach’s in a happy place leading to his 14 goals and 4 assists in the playoffs.
- For as good as Hyman has been, two other Edmonton Oilers have been better over their last 10 playoff games with Leon Draisitl (+450) and Evan Bouchard (+3300) scoring five times.
The numbers show Hyman leading the team in playoff goals but Draisitl has the more impressive recent form. For the Florida Panthers, betting on a player to lead the 2024 Stanley Cup Final scoring prop is tricky because the Panthers are a team that leads by a different star every night.
- Carter Verhaeghe (+500) is on top of the Panthers’ playoff scoring (9 goals, 8 assists, 17 points), the fifth choice overall to cash a scoring ticket, besting Sam Reinhart (+400) who has 8 goals and 4 assists in the playoffs. Sam Bennett (+3300) may be the right long-shot choice after scoring five times in his last ten games.
We think it’s safer to lean on an Edmonton Oiler to lead the series in scoring because they have more superstars who can take over a series and could cash this prop even if the Panthers win the series.
Most Points Prop Points To Edmonton’s Superstars
As much as we try to envision a Florida Panther coming up with a 15-point series to win an overall points prop winner, the images are fuzzy while mental still photos of McDavid, Draisitl, and Hyman raising their sticks numerous times after scoring or threading a pass through a lane a few times a game to add to their assist total are crystal clear.
- When betting on who will win the Cup it’s more about the team, but cashing a ticket geared around an individual performance that’s where the superstars come in. Connor McDavid is a +125 favorite to lead in overall points scored, followed by Leon Draisitl at +325.
For the Panthers, Aleksander Barkov (+800) is the first choice for the Panthers and third overall. That seems spot on by the oddsmakers because if the Oilers are to win their first Stanely Cup in over three decades, McDavid will carry his team.
Barkov (6 goals, 11 assists, 17 points) is the favorite to lead the Panthers, but Verhaeghe (9 goals, 8 assists, 17 points) is another tantalizing option as Florida’s playoff points leader at +1000. Let’s conclude with our final NHL picks today with a few surprises.
Length Of Series Will Lead Bettors to Prop Winner
Wagering on most 2024 Stanley Cup Final props will require the public to choose how long of a series they think we’re looking at and who will win.
If this is a seven-game series an Edmonton Oiler will likely cash both the goal and points prop because four-point games seem to be Edmonton’s amo for winning with Florida Panthers getting two-point games from various players while leaning on their goaltending advantage.
- Let’s make this fun and interesting with a wager on the Panthers’ Sam Bennett (3 goals, 2 assists, last 5 games) at +8000 to lead the series in scoring if you think the Panthers will win a short series and Zach Hyman at +350 to score the most goals in you believe the series will go long.
That concludes our 2024 Stanley Cup Finals scoring prop preview, remember, prop betting should be viewed as the hors d’oeuvre to your meal or individual game wagering.
Avoid putting a large amount of your bankroll into it because you can control and analyze many variables better from game to game than letting it ride over various games.
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