NHL props provide another opportunity to discover value in hockey betting beyond the traditional odds involving money lines, puck lines and totals for those who understand the different markets. Here is everything to know about NHL prop betting, including the common types of wagers offered.
A prop bet (short for proposition bet) is a wager on a specific outcome or event during an NHL game aside from the traditional markets involving the final score. Prop bets focus on certain occurrences for players or teams that involve statistical outputs, plus other events that could happen during a game.
NHL player props are wagers where the specific performance of an individual player decides the outcome. This could involve a specific event occurring for that player during a game, or whether that player reaches a total set by sportsbooks in individual statistical categories.
One common NHL player prop is called anytime goalscorer, where wagers on players will be determined successful if that player scores a goal at any point during the game. Bettors can typically wager on the first goalscorer as well, and some sportsbooks may offer longer odds for players to score multiple goals in a game. Shots on goal is another category offered by many sportsbooks for individual player props, and some may allow betting on number of shots in a specific period. Points and assists are two other statistical categories involved in NHL prop betting. Goalie props are also part of a typical betting menu for an NHL game. In these props, bettors wager on how many saves a goalie will make during a game, or whether a goalie will complete a shutout of the other team by allowing zero goals.