April 16 NHL Picks — San Jose Sharks @ Vegas Golden Knights

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’s NHL playoff game 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.

Side Prediction/Full Game: Golden Knights -155 — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 6.5 goals (-105) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Golden Knights OVER 3.5 goals (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Golden Knights -0.5 goals (+140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Period: OVER 1.5 goals (-170) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: Golden Knights to score first (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 5-1-0 (.833)
Previous Day’s Record: 2-3-0 (.400)
Playoff Record: 9-13-0 (.409)

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: 239-191-5 (.555)
Playoff Record: 9-13-0 (.409)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00)           (5-7 (.417) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)           (4-2 (.667) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)           (0-4 (.000) in Playoffs)

(Mark Stone photo courtesy Neville E. Guard/USA TODAY Sports)