NHL Player Props & Best Bets for Today, March 29: Cole World

Eric Rosales - Contributor at Covers.com
Eric Rosales • Betting Analyst 27+ years betting experience
Updated: Mar 29, 2026 , 09:55 AM ET • 4 min read

Cole Caufield is a man on a mission as he searches for 50 goals, and he'll move one step closer to accomplishing that today.

Cole Caufield (13) skates against the Boston Bruins during overtime at Bell Centre.
Photo By - Reuters Connect. Cole Caufield (13) skates against the Boston Bruins during overtime at Bell Centre.

We have six games on today's slate, with plenty of star power to build my NHL player props card around. 

Let’s start my NHL picks in Montreal, with a sizzling sniper going against one of the league’s elite scoring teams on Sunday, March 29.

Best NHL player prop bets today

Player Bet99
Mammoth Caufield anytime goal scorer +160
Mammoth Pastrnak Over 0.5 assists -155
Mammoth Forsberg Over 0.5 assists +135

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Our best NHL player props for Sunday, March 29

Take a look at our best bets and expert analysis below.

Prop #1: Cole Caufield anytime goal scorer

+160 at BET99

Cole Caufield is on a roll in March, picking up 10 goals in 12 games, including five over his last four. Of those 12 games, Caufield found the net in seven of them.

He plays the Carolina Hurricanes, a team he scored against in the last matchup earlier this week. Caufield is sporting a ridiculous 20.7% shooting percentage, and he'll move one step closer to the coveted 50-goal mark tonight.

  • Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
  • Where to watch: TSN2, FDSN North

Prop #2: David Pastrnak Over 0.5 assists

-155 at BET99

The Boston Bruins are in the thick of the wild-card chase in the East, and they owe a lot of that to the star play of their winger.

David Pastrnak is riding a 12-game points streak, and he’s picked up at least one assist in nine of his last 10 games. 

He’s also picked up a helper in two of his last three against Sunday’s opponent, Columbus. With the total for this afternoon set at 6.5, goals are expected, and Pasta will play a part in creating at least one.

  • Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
  • Where to watch: FDSN Ohio, NESN

Prop #3: Filip Forsberg Over 0.5 assists

+135 at BET99

Filip Forsberg has been held off the scoresheet in two straight games, but his production still stands out, with seven assists in the five games prior.

Forsberg draws the Lightning tonight, who are set to put Jonas Johansson between the pipes. Johansson is a major downgrade from Andrei Vasilevskiy, sporting a 3.09 GAA and .883 SV%.

Forsberg sees almost 19 minutes of ice time per night, and he'll get back in the assist column against weak netminding.

  • Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
  • Where to watch: FDSN South, The Spot

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Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change.
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Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network (TSN). From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column (At the Buzzer), while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. He was also a key contributor to TSN and CTV’s Olympic programming during the 2012 London Games.

Eric eventually found his way into the sports betting field in 2016 and has been a mainstay ever since. He was tagged on Twitter as a Top 10 NBA sharp during the 2021 season and has been interviewed about basketball and his handicapping process on shows from Vancouver to India. Eric is now a jack-of-all-sports at Covers, where his predictions span the alphabet soup: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1, WNBA, Euro, and Copa.

When making picks, he focuses on finding value first and foremost, and ensuring readers have all the information they need to make an informed choice.

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