Tuesday’s NHL Hockey Free Picks & Predictions [10/6/26]

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Nashville at Toronto – 7:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Predators are 4-0 in their last 4 Tuesday games.
Predators are 7-3 in their last 10 vs. a team with a losing record.
Cold: Maple Leafs are 3-15 in their last 18 home games.
Cold: Maple Leafs are 1-5 in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.
Cold: Predators are 1-5 in their last 6 vs. Atlantic.
Cold: Maple Leafs are 1-4 in their last 5 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Over/Under
Hot: Under is 8-0-1 in Maple Leafs last 9 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Under is 6-0-1 in Predators last 7 vs. Eastern Conference.
Hot: Under is 4-0 in Maple Leafs last 4 overall.
Hot: Under is 4-0 in Predators last 4 vs. Atlantic.
Hot: Over is 7-1-1 in Predators last 9 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Over is 6-1-3 in Maple Leafs last 10 vs. Central.

Head-to-Head
Hot: Home team is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings.
Hot: Under is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Toronto.
Cold: Predators are 0-5 in the last 5 meetings in Toronto.

Pick: Predators +133


Carolina at Montreal – 7:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Canadiens are 5-1 in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Canadiens are 5-1 in their last 6 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Hurricanes are 45-12 in their last 57 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Cold: Canadiens are 0-5 in their last 5 vs. Metropolitan.
Cold: Canadiens are 0-4 in their last 4 home games.
Cold: Canadiens are 1-5 in their last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.

Over/Under
Hot: Under is 4-0-1 in Hurricanes last 5 vs. Atlantic.
Hot: Under is 3-0-1 in Canadiens last 4 Tuesday games.
Hot: Under is 3-0-1 in Canadiens last 4 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Under is 3-0-1 in Hurricanes last 4 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Hot: Under is 11-1-1 in Hurricanes last 13 vs. Eastern Conference.
Hot: Under is 11-2-2 in Hurricanes last 15 games following a win.

Head-to-Head
Under is 3-1-1 in the last 5 meetings in Montreal.
Hurricanes are 22-8 in the last 30 meetings.
Under is 5-2-1 in the last 8 meetings.

Pick: Hurricanes -115


Utah at New Jersey – 7:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Devils are 5-0 in their last 5 vs. Central.
Hot: Devils are 4-0 in their last 4 vs. Western Conference.
Hot: Devils are 4-1 in their last 5 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Cold: Mammoth are 1-7 in their last 8 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.
Cold: Mammoth are 1-4 in their last 5 vs. Metropolitan.
Cold: Mammoth are 1-4 in their last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.

Over/Under
Hot: Over is 6-0 in Devils last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Over is 3-0-1 in Devils last 4 vs. Western Conference.
Hot: Over is 7-1-1 in Devils last 9 home games.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Devils last 6 following a loss of 3 or more goals.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Mammoth last 6 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Mammoth last 6 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 days situation.

Head-to-Head
Hot: Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
Cold: Mammoth are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings.

Pick: Mammoth +111


Ottawa at Detroit – 7:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Senators are 6-0 in their last 6 vs. Atlantic.
Hot: Senators are 4-1 in their last 5 games playing on 0 days rest.
Senators are 19-7 in their last 26 vs. a team with a losing record.
Cold: Red Wings are 0-6 in their last 6 Tuesday games.
Cold: Red Wings are 0-5 in their last 5 overall.
Cold: Red Wings are 0-4 in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest.

Over/Under
Hot: Under is 6-0-1 in Senators last 7 overall.
Hot: Under is 6-0-1 in Senators last 7 vs. Eastern Conference.
Hot: Under is 4-0-1 in Senators last 5 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Under is 4-0 in Senators last 4 road games.
Hot: Over is 4-0 in Senators last 4 in the third game of a 3-in-4 days situation.
Hot: Under is 4-0 in Senators last 4 vs. Atlantic.

Head-to-Head
Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Detroit.
Senators are 14-6 in the last 20 meetings.
Under is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
Senators are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Detroit.
Cold: Road team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

Pick: Red Wings -105


NY Islanders vs NY Rangers – 7:37 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
Hot: Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.
Hot: Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 home games.
Cold: Islanders are 0-5 in their last 5 road games.
Cold: Islanders are 1-6 in their last 7 vs. a team with a winning record.
Cold: Rangers are 2-9 in their last 11 when their opponent scores 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Over/Under
Hot: Under is 4-0-1 in Islanders last 5 overall.
Hot: Under is 4-0-1 in Islanders last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.
Hot: Over is 4-0 in Rangers last 4 home games.
Hot: Over is 3-0-1 in Islanders last 4 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Under is 3-0-1 in Islanders last 4 vs. a team with a winning record.
Hot: Under is 7-1 in Islanders last 8 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Head-to-Head
Hot: Islanders are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
Hot: Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in New York.
Islanders are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings in New York.

Pick: Islanders +136


Minnesota at Buffalo – 7:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Sabres are 7-1 in their last 8 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Sabres are 21-5 in their last 26 vs. Western Conference.
Hot: Sabres are 4-1 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600.
Cold: Wild are 2-9 in their last 11 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Sabres are 2-5 in their last 7 home games.
Wild are 3-7 in their last 10 road games.

Over/Under
Hot: Over is 4-0 in Sabres last 4 overall.
Hot: Over is 2-0-2 in Sabres last 4 home games.
Hot: Over is 6-1-1 in Wild last 8 Tuesday games.
Hot: Over is 22-4-2 in Wild last 28 games following a win.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Wild last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Over is 22-5-1 in Wild last 28 road games.

Head-to-Head
Hot: Under is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings.
Wild are 12-5 in the last 17 meetings in Buffalo.
Cold: Road team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

Pick: Sabres -107


St Louis at Chicago – 8:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Blues are 5-1 in their last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Blues are 5-1 in their last 6 road games.
Hot: Blues are 5-1 in their last 6 overall.
Cold: Blackhawks are 1-5 in their last 6 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Blackhawks are 31-94 in their last 125 vs. Central.
Blackhawks are 13-38 in their last 51 games playing on 2 days rest.

Over/Under
Hot: Over is 4-0 in Blackhawks last 4 games playing on 2 days rest.
Hot: Over is 6-1 in Blackhawks last 7 home games.
Hot: Over is 5-1-1 in Blackhawks last 7 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Blues last 6 overall.
Hot: Over is 4-1 in Blackhawks last 5 Tuesday games.
Hot: Under is 4-1 in Blues last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.

Head-to-Head
Over is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings.
Blues are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Chicago.
Blues are 19-7 in the last 26 meetings.
Over is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Chicago.
Home team is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.

Pick: Blackhawks +123


Vegas at Seattle – 9:47 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Golden Knights are 6-1 in their last 7 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Golden Knights are 5-1 in their last 6 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Golden Knights are 4-1 in their last 5 Tuesday games.
Cold: Kraken are 0-4 in their last 4 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Cold: Kraken are 5-21 in their last 26 Tuesday games.
Cold: Kraken are 1-4 in their last 5 games following a win.

Over/Under
Hot: Over is 6-0-1 in Golden Knights last 7 games following a win.
Hot: Over is 4-0-1 in Golden Knights last 5 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Over is 3-0-2 in Golden Knights last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Hot: Over is 6-1-3 in Golden Knights last 10 road games.
Hot: Under is 6-1 in Kraken last 7 games following a win.
Hot: Over is 5-1-2 in Golden Knights last 8 vs. a team with a winning record.

Head-to-Head
Hot: Home team is 7-1 in the last 8 meetings.
Cold: Golden Knights are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Seattle.

Pick: Golden Knights -1.5 +153


Florida at Los Angeles – 10:07 ET

Win/Loss
Hot: Kings are 4-1 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.
Hot: Kings are 4-1 in their last 5 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Cold: Kings are 0-8 in their last 8 overall.
Cold: Kings are 0-5 in their last 5 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Cold: Kings are 0-4 in their last 4 Tuesday games.
Cold: Panthers are 2-9 in their last 11 vs. Western Conference.

Over/Under
Hot: Over is 4-0 in Kings last 4 overall.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Panthers last 6 Tuesday games.
Hot: Over is 5-1 in Panthers last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Hot: Under is 8-2 in Kings last 10 vs. Atlantic.
Under is 12-4 in Kings last 16 vs. Eastern Conference.
Under is 6-2 in Kings last 8 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.

Head-to-Head
Hot: Under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
Hot: Home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
Hot: Panthers are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Cold: Panthers are 3-13 in the last 16 meetings in Los Angeles.

Pick: Kings +110