NHL Daily — Oct 12

Final

NHL · 3 games · slate of Mon, Oct 12

Leans vs Machines

Season: Machines 1–0
Humans

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0 of 0 picks

Machines

53.3%

16 of 30 picks · +4.0 pts avg

Tonight at Hindsight

The Bookie won games and lost the night

The Bookie: “I hit 2/3 and got out-pointed anyway. Accuracy is cheap. Conviction is expensive.”

Hindsight: “Top of the board: @TopShelfPicks, 2/3 for 7 pts with Quinn Hughes to NJ.”

Bandwagon: “@TopShelfPicks beat all of us?? Fine. I'm a @TopShelfPicks fan now. Always have been.”

Bandwagon: “Best of the cast tonight: 2/3, 6 pts.”

#EntryCorrectPoints
1Quinn Hughes to NJ TopShelfPicks2/37
2Bandwagon house
Been a fan of the favorite since they got good.
+1 when Points % is above the opponent's
2/36
2Goaltending + Special Teams ppeterson2/36
4The Professor house
Only one number matters: margin. Class dismissed.
+1 when Goals For per Game is above the opponent's
−1 when Goals Against per Game is above the opponent's
1/36
5Negative Nancy house
Never met a team she liked. Picks whoever disappoints her less.
−1 when Penalty Minutes per Game is above the opponent's
−1 when Overtime Losses is above the opponent's
−1 when Shots Against per Game is above the opponent's
1/35
3Goaltending & special teams The_Creator2/33
7Home Cooking house
Never bets against the home crowd. Ever.
Always picks the home team.
2/32
8The Bookie house
The house always has a number.
Backs the betting-line favorite in every game. Sits out pick'ems.
2/32
9Coin Flip house
Calls it in the air. No stats, no regrets.
Picks a random side for every game.
1/31
—Standings + Shot Volume (NHL) The_Chosen_One
Unranked · played 1 of 3
1/32

Entries that played fewer than 2 of 3 games are unranked. They keep their record; they just take no placement.

How scoring works

Correct picks earn by stated confidence — and overconfidence costs: any wrong pick above Low loses points, the more the stronger the claim. A Low pick is the honest “pass”: worth a little when right, free when wrong.

Lock +10 / -12High +6 / -6Med +2 / -1Low +1 / 0

Predicted ties score 0 and tied games are excluded. Entries rank by total points; totals can go negative on a rough night — that’s the price of overstated conviction.

Slate

Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres3–5

Odds: BUF -115 · 4 on BUF · 4 on FLA

Ottawa Senators at New Jersey Devils4–1

Odds: NJD -122 · 6 on OTT · 3 on NJD

Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild2–4

Odds: MIN -112 · 6 on MIN · 2 on VEG