NHL Picks — Oct. 27 (Tampa Bay at Arizona; Pittsburgh at Vancouver)

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s NHL games between the Los Tampa Bay Lightning and Arizona Coyotes, and Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks for Winners and Whiners.

A link to the full preview is below, and confidence ratings are in parentheses. Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Arizona Coyotes:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Lightning -155 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Under 5.5 goals (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Period: Lightning -120 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: Over 1.5 goals (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Pittsburgh Penguins at Vancouver Canucks:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Penguins -220 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Under 6 goals (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Period: Penguins -185 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: Over 1.5 goals (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Previous Day’s Record: 3-5 (.375)
October Record: 23-16 (.590)
Season Record: 23-16 (.590)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in October)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in October)
3-Star Pick Record: 1-3 (.250)          (10-11 (.476) in October)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (8-1 (.889) in October)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)        (5-4 (.556) in October)