These are the condensed versions of picks for Monday’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.
Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Capitals (Even) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 5.5 goals (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Capitals OVER 2.5 goals (-150) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Ovechkin OVER 4 shots (-140) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Hurricanes -0.5 goals (+170) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: UNDER 1.5 goals (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: NO to goal in first 10 minutes (+120) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 0-7-0 (.000)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-2-1 (.643)
Playoff Record: 16-25-1 (.393)
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: 16-25-1 (.393)
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: 0-4 (.000) (9-15 (.375) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000) (5-5-1 (.500) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000) (2-5 (.286) in Playoffs)
(Petr Mrazek photo courtesy James Guillory/USA TODAY Sports)