Free NHL Expert and Computer Picks For Every Game March 13, 2026
LA
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NYI
Fri, Mar 13 • 7:00 PM ET
Ilya Sorokin o24.5 Total Saves (-125)
The Kings have averaged 27.5 shots per game out of the Olympic break, and the Islanders have allowed 29.0, so I see Sorokin turning away 25 or more pucks tonight. He's posted an elite .919 save percentage with a league-high 21.33 goals saved above expected across 16 starts since the calendar flipped to 2026, after all.
u5.5 (-105)
There's not much to like about either team offensively, as both rank in the bottom 10 in terms of goals per game. Defensively, both are stout, sitting inside the Top 10 in goals allowed, and both goalies should be up to the task, posting sub-2.60 GAA.
EDM
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STL
Fri, Mar 13 • 8:00 PM ET
o3.5 Team Total (-110)
The Oilers’ posted goal total tonight is set at 3.5, which is a number they’ve eclipsed in six of their last eight contests.
After losing an important match to Dallas last night, I’m expecting a bounce back against the Blues tonight, a team with an .883 SV% this season, and the seventh-highest GAA in the NHL.
Zach Hyman o2.5 Shots On Goal (-115)
Hyman has recorded three or more shots in 27 of 47 games for the year while averaging a healthy 20:10 of ice time and continues to jump the boards with the top line and No. 1 power-play unit. St. Louis Blues has also allowed the sixth-most shots per game (30.5) with a 22nd-ranked 47.7 Corsi For percentage at five-on-five since the Olympic layoff, so the matchup checks out, too.
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