April 6 NHL Picks — Chicago at Nashville and Minnesota at Dallas

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s NHL games 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.

Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Predators -1.5 goals (+110) (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 6 goals (-120) (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blackhawks OVER 2.5 goals (Even) (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Predators -0.5 goals (+120) (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: OVER 1.5 goals (-150) (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Stars -1.5 goals (+177) (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 5.5 goals (-130) (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Wild UNDER 2.5 goals (-130) (3/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Stars -0.5 goals (+160) (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: UNDER 1.5 goals (-135) (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period:

Day’s Record: 7-3-0 (.700)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-1-0 (.800)
April Record: 13-11-0 (.542)

March Record 47-19-1 (.709)
February Record: 38-33-0 (.535)
January Record: 27-31-3 (.482)
December Record 39-33-1 (.541)
November Record: 44-36-0 (.550)
October Record: 31-22-0 (.585)

Season Record: 241-185-5 (.565)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in April)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in April)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-3 (.500)           (6-8 (.429) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)           (4-1 (.800) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)           (3-2 (.600) in April)

(Pekka Rinne photo courtesy Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)