{"id":317890,"date":"2024-12-30T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=317890"},"modified":"2024-12-30T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:15:14","slug":"nhl-best-bet-and-predictions-december-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nhl-best-bet-and-predictions-december-30\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL best bet Dec. 30: Back Sam Bennett to record a point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a best bet from Monday&#8217;s three-game NHL slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Florida Panthers are favoured to beat a team with goaltending issues. I&#8217;m backing Sam Bennett to register a point in this plus-matchup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my NHL best bet for Dec. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NHL best bet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to<\/strong> <strong>full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/ice_hockey\/competitions\/10011\">NHL betting markets.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Bennett to score 1+ points<\/strong> <strong>(-134)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Rangers are in a tailspin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York has lost 14 of its last 18 games and sits dead last in the Metropolitan Division with 33 points in 35 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad started the year off well almost exclusively thanks to the elite play of Igor Shesterkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the netminder has hit a wall lately and owns an ugly 3.34 goals against average and a .897 save percentage in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be unfair to blame things squarely on Shesterkin. Check out how the Rangers stack up against the rest of the league defensively, per Natural Stat Trick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3.53 xG against\/60 (31st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>31.6 shots against\/60 (31st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>62.34 chances against\/60 (29th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Shesterkin is being peppered on a nightly basis and Florida should be all over him tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett is far from the biggest name on the Panthers but he skates on the team&#8217;s second line alongside Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those two are -165 and -240 to register a point, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett has been held pointless in four straight but has 27 points in 34 games this season and has logged nine shots in his last two outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat: <\/strong>Bennett has a point in six of his last seven games against the Rangers dating back to last year&#8217;s Eastern Conference final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pick made at 3:09 p.m. 12\/30\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got a best bet from Monday&#8217;s three-game NHL slate. The pregame narrative: The Florida Panthers are favoured to beat a team with goaltending issues. I&#8217;m backing Sam Bennett to register a point in this plus-matchup. Check out my NHL best bet for Dec. 30. NHL best bet Go to full NHL betting markets. Best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":317871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,58],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-317890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nhl","tag-nhl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NHL best bet Dec. 30: Best bets, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NHL best bet for Dec. 30. 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