NHL Best Bets for Thursday (4/17)

Tuesday’s NHL best bets will cover the final day of the 2024-25 NHL season. Thursday features a seven-game slate with a scheduled first puck drop at 7 p.m. ET.

With our FTN betting package, you’ll get picks from everyone at FTN, plus tools, projections and access to Discord, where I’ll discuss every slate.

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Today’s Best NHL Bets

Columbus Blue Jackets ML

(-135, Bet365/DraftKings Sportsbook/BetMGM, 2.7 units to win 2 units)

Jet Greaves is having a sensational run to close out the season. In many ways, it makes you really wonder what the 2024-25 Blue Jackets could have been if they took the training wheels off Greaves earlier in the season. Greaves has appeared in four games over the two weeks, and his 0.75 GAA, .976 SV%, and 9.54 GSAA are, by far, the best in the NHL. He puts Columbus in a very good position heading into the next season and I have full confidence that he’ll continue to deliver in the season finale.

Ottawa Senators ML

(-115, FanDuel Sportsbook, 2.3 units to win 2 units)

Ottawa Senators -1.5

(+210, DraftKings Sportsbook/FanDuel Sportsbook)

This line is completely off considering the Hurricanes are likely to send out another lineup that features half of the Charlotte Checkers AHL roster. They looked solid Wednesday against the Habs, but they should be completely outclassed by a Senators roster that has the majority of their big names still slated to play. We’re going to go big in the last night of the NHL season with the potential to win over four units with the Senators ML and -1.5 puck line.

Bonus Bets

Calgary/Los Angeles Over 5.5 (-110, FanDuel)

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