Tuesday’s slate is loaded with value, and these are our top NHL player prop bets today — built around hot starts, proven volume, and clear role upgrades. Kirill Kaprizov has already found the back of the net twice through two games on a fresh $136-million extension, Jared McCann remains one of the league’s most reliable shot-generators after opening the season with a goal of his own, and Gabe Perreault has points in each of his first three games as a featured piece of New York’s top six. Here’s the breakdown of each pick at the best NHL betting sites and the reasoning behind it.
Kirill Kaprizov to score
Kaprizov enters tonight’s road game at Buffalo already off to a strong start, having scored in Minnesota’s season-opening 3-1 win over Nashville, finishing with three shots on goal and 20:53 of ice time. The 29-year-old is coming off a 45-goal, 89-point season and recently signed an eight-year, $136-million extension that will keep him in Minnesota through 2033-34, a clear signal of how central he remains to the Wild’s attack.
Kaprizov, who has three goals over the first two games of the season, is a true high-volume shooter, having topped 269 shots on net last season and posting a shooting percentage north of 16% for three straight years. He also sits atop the franchise’s all-time list in goals per game (0.58) and points per game (1.21), underscoring just how automatic he’s been in a Wild sweater. With heavy 5-on-5 and power-play usage against a Buffalo team that has been inconsistent defensively early on, the anytime goal market is a strong target.
Jared McCann over 1.5 shots on goal
McCann has already opened the season with a goal, scoring on three shots in Seattle’s 3-1 win over Anaheim, and has shown no lingering effects from the lower-body issue that limited him to 52 games a year ago. Across his five full seasons with the Kraken, McCann has averaged north of 29 goals per year when healthy, and his shot volume has consistently been among the best on the roster, including a career-high 958 shots over his four full seasons in Seattle.
McCann also ranked in elite shot-quality territory a season ago, finishing in the 96th percentile or better among forwards in both midrange and long-range shots on goal, a profile that supports a high floor for shot attempts regardless of whether he’s finishing on a given night. Facing a Vegas team at home, McCann’s usual spot in the top six and on the power play gives him plenty of opportunities to clear this modest total, which he’s done in seven straight games dating back to last season.
Gabe Perreault to record a point
Perreault enters his first full NHL season after a rookie campaign that ended on a tear, racking up 19 of his 27 points over his final 25 games once he settled into a top-line role alongside New York’s top forwards. That late-season surge, including points in both of the Rangers’ final two games, has carried over into training camp expectations, with Perreault now penciled in as a featured piece of New York’s top six rather than a depth option.
The 21-year-old’s underlying numbers also trended positively as the year went on, and he enters tonight’s home matchup against a rebuilding Islanders team that figures to be an advantageous early-season opponent for a Rangers offence looking to establish its identity. Given his improved role and a strong finishing kick a season ago, the point prop is a reasonable target most nights.
Perreault has notched exactly one point in each of New York’s first three games of the season, and we like that trend to continue on Tuesday night at an enticing price of +155.
