NHL Playoff Betting Odds

The NHL Playoffs are the coveted post-season tournament held after the NHL season wraps up each year. The best-of-seven elimination tournament crowns the Eastern and Western Conference Champions, who then go on to the Stanley Cup Finals in June.

Each year, the NHL Playoffs provide sports bettors with some great opportunities to bet on elite-level games – upping the ante, and providing added challenges to sports bettor’s strategies due to the high level and close competition. Each game provides opportunities for upsets, so bettors need to really dig in and research their NHL Playoffs betting strategy.

The top four teams in each conference have a bye to the NHL Playoffs and will play a round-robin to determine the top four seeds for the first round. The remaining teams will participate in a best-of-five series.

Odds to Win the Stanley Cup 2024

The NHL Playoff odds to win the Championship are available and subject to change. The NHL Playoff odds 2024 were last updated on April 3, 2024:

NHL Stanley Cup 2024
Florida Panthers	+700	+750
Edmonton Oilers	+650	+750
Colorado Avalanche	+700	+800
Carolina Hurricanes	+650	+700
Vancouver Canucks	+1300	+1600
Dallas Stars	+750	+750
Boston Bruins	+1000	+1000
Vegas Golden Knights	+1200	+1200
New York Rangers	+850	+800
Toronto Maple Leafs	+1600	+1600
Winnipeg Jets	+2000	+1800
Los Angeles Kings	+2000	+2500
Tampa Bay Lightning	+2500	+2200

When it comes to NHL Playoff betting, we need to go through the different betting types and create a betting strategy for the 2024 NHL Playoff season. While this year proves to be a bit different, we can first take a look at what teams are in each conference and how they measure up.

There are currently NHL odds to make the Playoffs and odds for the winner of each division. These are called NHL Playoff futures and are made available months in advance.

The odds to make the NHL Playoffs is a very popular market and draws the attention of bettors from across the globe, as the postseason is by the far the most exciting part of the season.

Betting Options During the NHL Playoffs

NHL Playoffs Moneyline Betting

By far, the moneyline is the most popular betting type in any sport, and betting the moneyline during the NBA Playoffs can prove to be a bit riskier. but all the more exciting. When betting the moneyline, all you have to do is to choose which team you think will win the game. It doesn’t get much more simple than that. There will be moneyline odds on all games in the playoffs, so you can place a moneyline wager on any or all NHL Playoff games.

NHL Playoffs Puckline Betting

While puck lines or point spreads are a little more complicated, betting the point spreads during the NHL Playoffs can prove to be a smarter option if you aren’t doing well with your moneyline bets. When seeding a first-place team against an 8th place team, you will see obvious underdogs and the puck line may seem high, so you could get some good value betting on the underdog. This also leaves huge opportunities for upsets, which as you know, will pay out the big bucks.

If the spread is +3.5/-3.5, that means that the underdog will have to win the game or lose by less than 3. If you pick the favorite, they will have to win by more than 4 points.

NHL Playoffs Totals Betting

Totals aren’t as popular when it comes to betting on the NHL Playoffs because most bettors want to predict the winner of the matchup for the fun and glory of it. For the totals, or over/under as it’s commonly called, you will need to decide if the total combined points for both teams in a single game will be over or under the oddsmaker’s line. If the total is 11, you will need to decide if you think both teams will score more or less than that amount collectively.

NHL Playoff Prop Betting

NHL prop betting is a fun and exciting way to make some extra cash on random and unique happenings during the NHL Playoff tournament. There are countless NHL Playoff props to bet on during the tournament, and many are already active right now.

NHL Prop bets allow you to bet on things that don’t affect the outcome of the games. You can bet on player props, which is most common. Or, things like how many games a certain team will win the series in, like “Blues in 5”.

Depending on which sportsbook you use, they will have a great assortment of NHL Playoff props for you to bet on leading up to and during the tournament.