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NHL Picks: Ducks visit Red Wings in opening weekend

NHL Picks: The Anaheim Ducks visit the Detroit Red Wings in one of the many games on Saturday in the NHL. Saturday is a rarity on the NHL schedule as all 30 teams are in action. The Ducks are considered one of the best teams in the West while the Red Wings are perennial contenders in the East so this should be an excellent matchup on Saturday night. Let’s look at the contest, the NHL schedule for Saturday and hockey picks.

–Saturday, October 11th–

Anaheim Ducks at Detroit Red Wings

These teams have split their last ten meetings overall. They played twice last season with the Ducks winning both contests. They won 5-2 in Detroit and 1-0 at home. Even though the Ducks did win in Detroit last season this has been a home team series. The Red Wings have won 7 of the last 10 at home with the last two meetings in Detroit going over. The Red Wings are in a pretty good spot as they had a day off after opening the season at home on Thursday vs. Boston. It is a tougher spot for the Ducks but at least they did have Friday off after playing in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Game Pick

We’ll take a shot with Anaheim Ducks to win this game on Saturday night.

Other Saturday Games

Also on the NHL schedule for Saturday it is Washington at Boston, Pittsburgh at Toronto, Montreal at Philadelphia, Ottawa at Tampa Bay, New Jersey at Florida, Carolina at NY Islanders, NY Rangers at Columbus, Calgary at St. Louis, Dallas at Nashville, Buffalo at Chicago, Minnesota at Colorado, Los Angeles at Arizona, Winnipeg at San Jose and Edmonton at Vancouver.

More Hockey Picks

It is a huge slate of games on Saturday so there are a lot of games to choose from. The live dogs on Saturday night are the Rangers and Stars. If you are looking at favorites who should do well on Saturday night then you want to take a look at Tampa Bay at home against Ottawa, the Islanders at home against Carolina, the Blues at home against Calgary and Chicago at home against Buffalo.

Written by Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson has been a sports writer for the last 25 years and he has been a fantasy football fanatic for the last decade. His extensive experience started in Las Vegas in the 1980's and continued around the country during the 1990s. Look for his expertise as he
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