AJ Scholz

With Dougie Hamilton (lower body) out of the lineup, Hughes is working with the No. 1 power-play unit and seeing some huge minutes with the Devils' top stars -- including his brother Jack. Meanwhile, the Hawks are allowing the third most shots per game at 31.5, setting up a situation in which it might be worth backing most of the Devils to get over their shot props.

If you are with me in backing the Oilers on the Puckline (-1.5), then you should double up and take Draisaitl to find the back of the net. He leads the Oilers with 10 goals this year, well ahead of Connor McDavid, so he's the better play in my opinion. Considering a single-game parlay on this play with the Oilers -1.5 goals.

Technically, this will be listed as a battle between backups, but so far this season, Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs has split the workload with Tristan Jarry. When he's gotten the start, Silovs is has given up eight goals on 87 shots for a respectable .908 save percentage. Vancouver's Kevin Lankinen is clearly the No. 2 option behind Thatcher Demko, but Lankinen has started the season strong, recording a .912 save percentage. Both clubs are in the middle in terms of goals per game, with Vancouver at 12th and Pittsburgh at 15th by allowing 3.17 and 3.00 goals per game, respectively. If this total was set at 5.5 or 6, I might take the over, but 6.5 seems a little too high here.