An anytime goal-scorer bet is one of the most popular and straightforward player prop wagers in NHL betting. It allows you to bet on a specific player to score a goal at any point during the game, whether it’s the first goal, last goal, or any goal in between. This bet type offers an exciting way to stay engaged with the game, as your selected player can score at any moment to cash your bet.
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Let’s take a look at three skaters to feature in an anytime goal-scorer parlay in the NHL on Tuesday night, which prices out at +2879 on bet365. I’d personally recommend also staking these anytime goal-scorer picks as a round-robin wager, allowing us to profit off hitting two of three of our goal-scorers finding the back of the net.
Nick’s AGS parlay
Jimmy Snuggerud to Score: +280
We backed Snuggerud to record over 2.5 shots on goal at +160 in Friday’s matchup versus the Tampa Bay Lightning, and he didn’t make it much of a sweat, recording four shots on goal from a total of seven attempts. Though betting him to record over 2.5 shots appears to be a strong option once again, a price of +280 looks quite strong to back Snuggerud finally finishing another scoring opportunity.
Snuggerud seems right to believe he’s due to start scoring goals at a higher rate, as noted by Blues writer Lou Korac. Over the last six games, Snuggerud has averaged 17:51 of ice time and generated 25 shots on goal from a total of 47 attempts. Many of those chances have come from good areas of the ice, which is why those chances have added up to an excellent output of 4.28 expected goals.
A matchup versus the Winnipeg Jets, who will be skating the second leg of a back-to-back, offers a pretty solid opportunity for Snuggerud to tally his eighth goal of the season. The Jets have allowed 3.52 xGA/60 over the last 10 games and 3.40 goals against per game where it counts.
And while Connor Hellebuyck has not been at his best this season, we certainly prefer the fact that Eric Comrie will likely start in this matchup for the sake of this prop. Comrie holds an .884 save percentage and 3.33 GAA in 17 appearances this season.
Jack Hughes to Score: +180
Hughes let us down in last night’s matchup versus the Calgary Flames, as he failed to tally a goal for a 13th consecutive game. There’s a case to fade this prop at this point, but I’m just unwilling to miss it when Hughes does score. I’d happily argue that it was a good bet last night looking at the totality of Hughes’s chances.
Hughes recorded seven shots on goal from a total of 10 attempts, and out of those seven chances, six were from inside the “home plate,” and four or five of them were shots that you could realistically expect a shooter of his calibre to score.
While the Calgary Flames presented as a solid matchup, Monday’s game was tight-checking, and Hughes was by a wide margin the Devils’ most threatening skater, and Devin Cooley made a number of high-quality saves on Hughes in particular. The Edmonton Oilers have been defending better of late, but I’m not sold that Tuesday’s matchup is a more difficult spot for Hughes to break through.
Hughes ultimately recorded a primary assist on Simon Nemec’s overtime winner Monday, and he was more than deserving of at least some reward for another strong showing.
Perhaps the goal-scoring slump is affecting Hughes’s confidence in front of the goal to some extent. Still, he’s a career 11% shooter who has proven finishing ability, and overall his game has been looking quite strong of late. He’s had 38 shot attempts and 19 shots on goal over the last five games, and it’s only a matter of time until his strong offensive play starts to lead to a flurry of goals.
Kevin Fiala to Score: +180
A Los Angeles Kings side with very little offensive upside will face off against a New York Rangers side that has allowed 4.42 goals against per game in 12 matchups since the holiday break Tuesday evening.
The Kings are simply not good offensively, and it’s pretty easy to be quite low on them overall. I’m not sold the majority of the group still has much faith in head coach Jim Hiller, whose dated tactics and iffy player usage has led the team to an average of just 2.54 goals per game this season.
The team’s trio of Kevin Fiala, Andrei Kuzmenko, and Alex Turcotte has looked pretty threatening recently though, and seems to be the most logical candidate for production in this favourable matchup versus a leaky Rangers side skating the second leg of a back-to-back.
Fiala, Kuzmenko and Turcotte hold a 64.3% expected goal share across 124.3 minutes of play together, and have generated 3.18 xGF/60, which is the best clip of any Kings unit to spend over 100 minutes together. The Kings’ power play has also actually been fairly effective of late with a 21.6% success rate since the holiday break, and Fiala does get a fair number of chances with the man advantage.
Over the last three games, Fiala has had 21 shot attempts and generated 1.71 expected goals. The Kings have scored only five combined goals in those games, but he’s looked to be the team’s most dynamic skater, and this does appear to be a good matchup to expect a fairly reasonable offensive output from Los Angeles on home ice.
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