Name 1-3 obvious “over” teams

Every year I look at NHL totals, although I know far less about hockey than most. Who are  a few over teams that are so obvious everyone should know? 

I’ll go first, Panthers are an obvious one. They’ve been a high scoring team for a while. What say you?

oilers

Buffalo

I'll say Leafs

Lots of scoring options, but defense and goaltending will be a problem.

Coloradooooooooo 

Sabres oilers panthers

Careful with colorado

I think the Blues were 1 of the teams with the most overs last year in the regular season,which to me was kind of surprising.

Too hard to point out an obvious yet imo.  Gotta get a couple weeks into the reg season. Roster changed, coaching changes etc will influence past from present 

Oilers will be tough cuz we'll be seeing 6.5s all season

I do think Chicago overs will be up over 2022

Sharks and canucks 2 big over teams last year as well

Oilers/panthers/Sabres/blues as others mentioned

Overs hit at a decent rate 1st week or 2 of season

Devils huge. They have a ton of speed and scoring but the goaltending is still a bit questionable with Vanecek and Schmid and their high risk play results in a lot chances both ways. These are not the Jacques Lemaire neutral zone trapping Devils. 

Wondering if we will see an uptick in posted totals from the books this year. I think we were creeping into some 7.5/8 territory last year with teams like Oil and Cats.

@rangersmets

 Good call

Potentially pens as well...Karlsson and Letang getting up there and not great defenders

@Gainsford

 Will be interesting. 5.5 seems to be a thing of the past. Standard 6.0 a lot and the standard 6.5 with higher scoring teams and 7.0 with 2 high scoring teams

Sometimes adjusted by the books for injuries/hot goalies

Remember the days of the 4.5s... like every nyr vs NJ or vs isles was that... and the unders hit like crazy

Last year I made some coin betting Sharks and Oilers overs. The days of the 5.0 are long gone. When I first started spreadsheeting overs in 2017, they were still prevalent. By 2019 they were pretty rare. With teams like the Sharks and Oilers, it’s hard to avoid O/Us of 7 now. Although last year, totals of 7 started off 0-6 to the under if I remember correctly.

Teams I was wary of for overs because of fears the bad teams might not score, or the good teams would shut down their opponents:

NJ

Colorado

Detroit

Chicago

Las Vegas

Kings

Reminds of a pre-game interview with Colin Campbell when he coached the Rangers in the late-90s. NYR playing Buffalo and reporter asked him what to expect. Colin replied "probably another soccer game." Yep, times have changed. Another reason I don't bet unders often is the number of empty net goals. Teams sometimes pull their goalies down 3-0 or 4-0 with 7 or 8 minutes to play. What looked like a sure under suddenly not so much. So it's not just the rule changes leading to more goals, it's the philosophy of some of these coaches.

@rangersmets

 The Sharks definitely quit on a few games last year. I think they got thumped by the Oilers, hit the over at the 30 min mark.

I never bet unders in any sport..it's either over or no play.  Been like this for like last 10 years... I swear that I lost every 9 outta 10 unders

And I hate rooting for no goals/ hits/ TDs becuase I like watching high scoring back n forth games. Then someone scores then stressing it doesn't happen more. Stressing penalties etc. Not fun for me

Honestly, I'm not watching most of the games I bet. It's more of a numbers game for me. Sure, the Sharks/Oilers games where you anticipate record goals, I'll watch. And I would also watch the Bruins just shut teams down last year on the extreme unders. But tbh I'd rather have a winning bet than watch the game. 

I guess I've had enough NBA late buckets ruin bets, to where I can have total apathy to NHL results anymore. All that being said, the late overs are clearly a newer trend and definitely should be taken into consideration when placing bets. A lot has changed since 2016.

Barring special circumstances I'm looking to bet over 6.5 or 7. That's my go to hockey bet. Especially when the ML is less than -200. 

If I'm not mistaken the sharks had an insane over record at home last season...

Karlsson to the pens might make sj a bit tighter...he doesnt play much D..