Top NHL picks December 8: Tail Dallas’ puck line dominance

There are five NHL games on Thursday.

The Dallas Stars have an established pattern of winning by comfortable margins. Mark Scheifele has a favourable matchup against Detroit Red Wings.

Stars have won every game they've played this season by a multi-goal margin. They have scored 21 more goals than the Senators in 26 games while conceding nine fewer. Dallas has recorded a win in 53.8% of its games this year.

Jets' Mark Scheifele is tied for eighth in the NHL in scoring with 15 goals in 24 games. Scheifel has five goals and one assist in his last five games against the St. Louis Blues. The Blues concede more goals to centres per game than the league average (1.38) and allow the fourth-most goals per games overall (3.85).

Red Wings are a +160 underdog and facing a Florida Panthers team that concedes 31.9 shots per game. Detroit is likely to be trailing and forced to push the pace offensively.