NHL Picks — Oct. 3 (Dallas at Washington; Toronto at Pittsburgh)

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s NHL games between the Dallas Stars and Washington Capitals, and Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins 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.

Dallas Stars at Washington Capitals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Stars +125 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Over 6 goals (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Period: Stars +0.5 goals -185 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Period: Over 1.5 goals (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Penguins -149 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Under 6 goals (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Period: Penguins -0.5 goals (+167) 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: Under 1.5 goals (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Previous Day’s Record: 6-2 (.750)
November Record: 9-7 (.563)
October Record: 31-20 (.608)
Season Record: 40-27 (.597)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in November)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in November)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-1 (.750)          (5-3 (.625) in November)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.000)        (3-1 (.750) in November)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (1-3 (.250) in November)