NHL Picks — Oct. 30 (Ottawa at Arizona; N.Y. Rangers at San Jose)

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’s NHL games between the Ottawa Senators and Arizona Coyotes, and New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks 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.

Ottawa Senators at Arizona Coyotes:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Coyotes -189 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Under 5.5 goals -125 (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Period: Senators +0.5 goals -170 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: Over 1.5 goals -120 (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Sharks -265 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Over 6 goals (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Period: Rangers +0.5 goals -140 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Period: Over 1.5 goals -125 (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Previous Day’s Record: 5-3 (.571)
October Record: 31-20 (.608)
Season Record: 31-20 (.608)

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: 2-2 (.500)          (14-13 (.519) in October)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (10-2 (.833) in October)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.000)        (7-5 (.583) in October)