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Seattle Kraken vs Edmonton Oilers Best Bet: The Final Puck Drops in 2022

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Seattle Kraken vs Edmonton Oilers Best Bet: Friday, December 30th

Our resident pucks expert Ej Garr is not only 2 – 0 this week, but the pair of 2.50 offers is just as impressive. Did we mention that each of the winning tickets got cashed after only 20 minutes of action? Ej looks to be up to the challenge of going 3 – 0 with another plus-money dish on the table for Frida,y and he wants us to be paid in 20 minutes again. Feliz Navidad!

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Seattle Kraken vs Edmonton Oilers Preview

December 31, 03:00 (UK time)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This will be my last hockey article for the 2022 portion of the NHL schedule, but don’t you fret boys and girls. The Mayor of Value City will be here throughout the campaign dishing out value like clockwork, so buckle up for the ride.

Well, we’re 2 – 0 this week, and you got those tickets banked with only one period of action in the books each time. The Mayor of Value City has to earn that title, and I am about to do it again to end the week/month/year.

Seattle has tasted defeat in 7 of their last 10 games, and the last time they took the ice against Calgary on Wednesday night both teams scored in the first period. Shocker! I am getting to like these offers this year because of two pretty good reasons.

Expecting a 1 – 1 game to come out of the gate seems to be something we are seeing plenty of lately, so it’s just noticing what is happening around you to come up with these offers.
The value from these lines we are getting to take advantage of is outstanding with plus-money sitting there every time.

Out of all 4 games being played tonight, this match presented the best opportunity to chase a third straight Both Teams to Score in the 1st Period, but the line setters might be starting to catch on to what’s happening too. They are not stupid and bookmakers don’t like giving away money, but they still left enough meat on the bone here at 2.35 to leave us some value.

Ironically, the last game Edmonton played was against the identical Calgary Flames the day before Calgary played Seattle. Despite both of those affairs being low-scoring matches, I still expected two quick goals to open the night.

The Oilers have lost 4 of their last 6 games, and they will have to lace the skates up again on Saturday against Winnipeg after this game. Being on the front end of a back-to-back scenario hopefully inspires them to come out motivated to get on the board early.

Just because the Oilers aren’t winning games lately and despite that odd Calgary result last Tuesday, Edmonton has seen no less than 7 goals in the previous 6 outings and I expect that to pick right back up where it left off.