#Jamie Drysdale

The New Jersey Devils are a different NHL team this season. Now can they be a different team on the road against the Anaheim Ducks? At 26-12-3, the Devils are on pace for their first winning season and Stanley Cup playoff appearance since the 2017-18 campaign. They'll also be looking for their fifth win in six games against the Ducks. At 12-26-4,…

The New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks - the former coming off a win, the latter a defeat - will play on Friday at 10:00 PM ET, at Honda Center in Anaheim. Devils (-250) at Ducks (+207) appears lopsided, according to the moneyline odds. The insights in what follows use the latest odds as of January 12, 2023 at 3:13 PM ET.

As the World Juniors tournament came to a close and Canada took the gold medal in a thrilling overtime win, the chatter around top prospect Connor Bedard did not quiet down. He scored a thrilling goal to send Canada to the medal game, and was named the MVP for the entire tournament. The buzz around Bedard, who is expected to go first overall in the…

With the teams separated by 38 points in the standings, this would seem to be no problem for the Bruins to wrap up their three-game swing through California with a routine victory. However, three of Boston's four regulation losses have come against teams not currently in playoff position. The Bruins are 4-1 when playing on the second night of…

The San Jose Sharks (12-20-7, seventh Pacific) end the bye week against Southern California rival, the Anaheim Ducks (11-24-4, eighth Pacific). This will be the fourth and final game of the regular season between these teams. Anaheim has won two of them, 6-5 and 5-4, both in a shootout. San Jose won 6-1 in the last game at Honda Center, securing…

Coming off a victory last time out, the Anaheim Ducks will host the San Jose Sharks (who also won their most recent game) on Friday at 10:00 PM ET. Oddsmakers give the Sharks -110 odds to win and list the Ducks at -110 on the moneyline for this matchup. The betting facts in the article below reference odds valid as of January 5, 2023 at 11:15 AM…

In the first half of 2022-23, the Ducks seemed to be ascending in a wide-open Pacific Division. By mid-November, they were riding an eight-game winning streak and held a 10-4-3 record, buoyed by an incredible goal-scoring binge from right winger Troy Terry, who buried 24 goals in his first 41 games. The momentum didn't last, however. They had a…

As we approach the holiday season and end of the calendar year, it's time we take another look at the NHL Sour Rankings and rank the teams putting their worst foot forward in an attempt to secure the best odds at the first overall pick. Unless one of these teams has a 2019 St. Louis Blues-level turnaround, there is a good chance that one of them…

It bothers Pat Verbeek that the Ducks are losing a lot. This was a player whose "Little Ball of Hate" nickname was created out of his legendary competitiveness. But as a first-time general manager overseeing a rebuild - and, perhaps bigger, a huge transition into a new era - Verbeek is also pragmatic about the painful process that the franchise…

It'll be American Thanksgiving in a little over two weeks, and it's a key date in hockey because if you're in playoff position by that time, your odds of making the cut are roughly 75 percent. Last season, only three teams - Ducks, Jets and Golden Knights - in the top 16 of the American Thanksgiving edition of the Power Rankings missed the…

IMAGO/ZUMA Wire Minnesota Wild looking to bounce back after being beaten in each of their previous two games Anaheim Ducks have gone 3-6-1 across their previous ten games in the NHL If you're looking for the latest Wild vs Ducks predictions and odds, then look no further than Vegas Odds. Jump to: There will be a meeting between two sides in the NHL…

Surprise, surprise, surprise, Edmonton forward Connor McDavid is sitting atop the NHL scoring race with teammate Leon Draisaitl. With a string of multi-point games, McDavid headlines this week's "Who's Hot" list. If the early part of the NHL season could be summed up by one game, it would be Boston's improbable 6-5 comeback over Pittsburgh. It is…

The 2021-22 NHL Season was the chalkiest we've seen in the Salary Cap Era. Not only did the consensus preseason favorite win the Stanley Cup, but the chalk also won 64.8% of games in the regular season (per Action Labs), which is the highest win rate for NHL favorites since at least 2005-06. So what better way to dip our toes in the NHL waters than…

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. My wife insists the toothpaste be cap-compliant by opening night. 1. Wayne Simmonds may not enjoy the precarious situation he finds himself in - what with the Toronto Maple Leafs roster guillotine raised and ready to slice downward any…

With the NHL season arriving, now is the time for fans and bettors to really start perusing the futures markets. There's no shortage of markets for fans to wager on, from picking your team to win the Stanley Cup to betting on various of player awards. We searched the futures bets available at NorthStar Bets high and low to pick out some of our…