{"id":333671,"date":"2025-03-12T13:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=333671"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:56:37","slug":"nhl-anytime-goal-picks-and-predictions-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nhl-anytime-goal-picks-and-predictions-march-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NHL anytime goalscorer picks March 12: Back Tage Thompson and Cole Caufield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two studs from the Atlantic Division headline Wednesday&#8217;s NHL anytime goalscorer picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Tage Thompson and Cole Caufield were left off the American 4 Nations Face-Off team and have been on fire since. I&#8217;m tapping into their recent form by backing them in great matchups this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my NHL anytime goal picks for March 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NHL anytime goal picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/ice_hockey\/competitions\/10011\"><strong>Full NHL betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nhl-injury-report-2\"><strong>NHL injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/standings\"><strong>NHL player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/standings\"><strong>NHL standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Thompson to score a goal (+162)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spite can be a powerful thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson was perhaps the biggest &#8220;snub&#8221; on the American team heading into the 4 Nations Face-Off, and the U.S. could&#8217;ve used his scoring touch against Canada in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buffalo&#8217;s 6-foot-6 centre has scored 109 goals and counting over the last three seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has 33 in 57 games this year, good for a 47-goal pace over an 82-game season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson has been red-hot coming out of the break, with seven goals in nine games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He scored twice in his last outing against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday and has found the net in four of his last five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight, Thompson and the Buffalo Sabres go up against a Detroit Red Wings team with a serious goaltending problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petr Mrazek was acquired at the trade deadline from the Chicago Blackhawks and makes his debut tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, he was playing on one of the worst teams in the NHL, but I can&#8217;t ignore his dreadful season-long numbers (NHL ranks in parenthesis):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3.46 GAA (52nd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.890 save percentage (45th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe a change of scenery will help Mrazek right the ship \u2014 but I doubt it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Mrazek&#8217;s -14.4 goals saved above expected ranks 92nd out of 94 goalies, per Money Puck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caufield to score a goal (+145):<\/strong> Leaving Caufield off the American squad made a little more sense considering his size and position, but Montreal&#8217;s winger knows how to light the lamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s scored in six of eight games since the break and is up to a career-high 32 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caufield&#8217;s line with Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky has a 60.71 GF% this season, according to Natural Stat Trick. That&#8217;s not eye-popping but is really solid considering where Montreal sits in the standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadiens are on the road against the Seattle Kraken, who are likely starting Philipp Grubauer in net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grubauer is one of two goalies with a worse goals saved above expected (-15.5) than Mrazek.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NHL anytime goal picks made at 12:57 p.m. ET on 03\/12\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two studs from the Atlantic Division headline Wednesday&#8217;s NHL anytime goalscorer picks. The pregame narrative: Tage Thompson and Cole Caufield were left off the American 4 Nations Face-Off team and have been on fire since. I&#8217;m tapping into their recent form by backing them in great matchups this evening. 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