Here’s the best bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for game one of the Winnipeg Jets vs. St. Louis Blues series in the first round of the 2025 NHL Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin with game one between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. EST this evening as the quest to hoist the most coveted trophy in sports gets rolling.
Here’s the best game and player prop on DraftKings Sportsbook for the opening contest of the postseason.
Heading into game one, the Jets hold -198 odds on DraftKings Sportsbook to win on the Moneyline. Conversely, the Blues hold +164 Moneyline odds. Where the puck line is concerned, the Jets are +140 to cover the -1.5 spread, which segues us well into our first best bet for tonight.
The Jets played fantastic hockey this season and claimed the Presidents’ Trophy with a grand total of 116 points. They boast the fourth-most goals of any team as Kyle Connor broke the 40-goal mark and Mark Scheifele came close with 39 of his own. While the offense should start hot in this one against a good-but-not-great St. Louis defense, there’s another reason this line holds appeal.
Winnipeg’s defense was statistically the most dominant in the NHL this season, allowing a league-best 2.32 goals per game. The reason for that? Connor Hellebuyck is the top goalie in the world. The man boasts a .925% save percentage with a goals against average of 2.00. Undeniably, he’s elite.
With the NHL’s most talented goaltender in net and a high-scoring offense in front of him, the Jets ought to handle business without many issues. All things considered, the two best bets for this series’ opening game are Winnipeg -1.5 at +140 odds, as well as Hellebuyck’s goalie prop of over 21.5 saves at -115. It feels like the Jets should enter this contest and punch their opponents in the mouth from the get-go in this matchup between the NHL’s top team and the Western Conference’s final wild card squad.
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