NHL 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs Betting Odds
–The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin on Wednesday, April 11.
–The Stanley Cup playoffs bring the intensity from the opening round due to the highly competitive nature of the NHL.
–The Nashville Predators are the favorite to win the Stanley Cup.
The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs will get underway on Wednesday, April 11 with three games. The Winnipeg Jets will host the Minnesota Wild and the improbable Vegas Golden Knights will welcome the Los Angeles Kings to the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip. In the Eastern Conference, the Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Philadelphia Flyers as they begin their attempt to become the first team to win three straight Stanley Cup titles since the New York Islanders won a total of four consecutive championships in the early 1980s. The remaining series will get underway on Thursday night
As usual, we’ll get it started with an extensive menu of futures and proposition odds for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In this post, we’ve got the odds to win the Stanley Cup as well as the Eastern and Western Conference Championships. In subsequent posts we’ll have odds on the individual series as well as odds to win the Conn Smythe Trophy and a couple of individual statistical superlatives.
NHL 2018 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS FUTURES ODDS
TO WIN STANLEY CUP
Nashville Predators: +350
Tampa Bay Lightning: +550
Winnipeg Jets: +750
Boston Bruins: +750
Pittsburgh Penguins: +1000
Washington Capitals: +1000
Toronto Maple Leafs: +1250
Vegas Golden Knights: +1500
Columbus Blue Jackets: +1500
Anaheim Ducks: +2000
San Jose Sharks: +2000
Los Angeles Kings: +2500
Minnesota Wild: +2500
Philadelphia Flyers: +2500
New Jersey Devils: +3500
Colorado Avalanche: +3500
TO WIN NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE
Tampa Bay Lightning: +250
Pittsburgh Penguins: +350
Boston Bruins: +450
Toronto Maple Leafs: +500
Washington Capitals: +500
Columbus Blue Jackets: +1000
Philadelphia Flyers: +1250
New Jersey Devils: +1500
TO WIN NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE
Nashville Predators: +150
Winnipeg Jets: +300
Vegas Golden Knights: +500
San Jose Sharks: +900
Anaheim Ducks: +900
Los Angeles Kings: +1000
Minnesota Wild: +1000
Colorado Avalanche: +1500
NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS PROPOSITION ODDS
NUMBER OF CANADIAN TEAMS TO ADVANCE TO SECOND ROUND OF STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Over 1.5: +210
Under 1.5: -250
NUMBER OF CANADIAN TEAMS TO ADVANCE TO CONFERENCE FINAL ROUND OF STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Over 0.5: +300
Under 0.5: -350
WILL A CANADIAN TEAM PLAY IN THE STANLEY CUP FINALS?
Yes: +500
No: -650
WILL A CANADIAN TEAM WIN THE STANLEY CUP?
Yes: +600
No: -750
WILL THE WINNER OF THE CONN SMYTHE TROPHY FOR PLAYOFF MVP COME FROM A TEAM THAT DIDN’T WIN THE STANLEY CUP?
Yes: +750
No: -1500
WHICH POSITION WILL THE CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER PLAY?
Centre: +175
Goaltender: +175
Left Wing: +1750
Right Wing: +500
Defence: +400
WILL THE CONN SMYTHE TROPHY BE WON BY A CANADIAN BORN PLAYER?
Yes: -700
No: +500
WILL THE CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER ALSO BE AWARDED THE HART MEMORIAL TROPHY (MOST VALUABLE REGULAR SEASON PLAYER)?
Yes: +3000
No: -6000
WILL THE CONN SMYTHE TROPHY BE AWARDED TO A PREVIOUS WINNER?
Yes: +2500
No: -5000