Welcome to VSiN’s NHL Betting Guide. There are six games on today’s NHL schedule. Read on for today’s odds, predictions, best bets and more for Friday, February 24^th.

Today’s NHL Odds

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• Minnesota Wild (+170) at Toronto Maple Leafs (-190)
• Buffalo Sabres (+165) at Florida Panthers (-185)
• Ottawa Senators (+210) at Carolina Hurricanes (-250)
• Montreal Canadiens (+125) at Philadelphia Flyers (-145)
• Los Angeles Kings (+105) at New York Islanders (-125)
• Colorado Avalanche (-110) at Winnipeg Jets (-110)

Today’s Best NHL Bets

Winnipeg Jets (Moneyline) -110

The Avalanche had had four days off but that’s where rest can turn into rust. Winnipeg has won the last three meetings against Colorado dating back to last season and the latter is still without their best defenseman, Cale Makar, who is expected to be out until the end of the month due to a concussion.

The Jets are 12-4 against Central Division opponents (7-1 at home) mainly due to Connor Hellebuyck having been in goal for all but one game. And, with Colorado sitting just four points back of Winnipeg with three games in hand, I’m willing to bet that the 29-year-old will be back between the pipes on Thursday.

Winnipeg is 20-8 at home this season and even though they’ve been somewhat starved for offense, they’ve been generating loads of scoring chances. The Jets grade out as the fifth-best team in expected goals percentage since Jan. 1^st thanks to a top-five offense.

Colorado ranks 13^th in expected goals percentage since the start of 2023 and the gap between these two teams isn’t very big. In fact, I’d argue that lately, shooting and saving luck is the only thing separating these two teams.

Record: 60-71, -18.17 units, -12.3 percent ROI

Today’s NHL Predictions

Home team’s projected win probability. Subject to change based on starting goaltenders and injury news.

• Florida Panthers – 62.1 percent (-164)
• Toronto Maple Leafs – 67.4 percent (-206)
• Philadelphia Flyers – 59.7 percent (-148)
• Carolina Hurricanes – 70.3 percent (-237)
• New York Islanders – 56.2 percent (-128)
• Winnipeg Jets – 54.4 percent (-119)

Today’s NHL Schedule

*Indicates that a team is playing the first half of a back-to-back.

Today’s Starting Goaltenders

Here are today’s projected starters based on factors like rest, venue, opponent, and upcoming games. Confirmed starters are highlighted in bold.

NHL Injuries

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• Philadelphia – Travis Konecny is listed day-to-day with an upper body injury.
• Islanders – Mathew Barzal is out indefinitely. Josh Bailey and Jean-Gabriel Pageau are listed day-to-day.
• Colorado – Cale Makar is not expected to play.
• Florida – Sam Bennett is listed day-to-day with a lower body injury.
• Montreal – Kirby Dach is not expected to play.
• Minnesota – Jonas Brodin is listed day-to-day with a lower body injury.
• Los Angeles – Carl Grundstrom and Trevor Moore are listed day-to-day.