Monday, October 5

Tonight at Hindsight

How last night's calls actually went.

NHL · 4 games

Tonight's slate · Previous day

The Bookie likes Tampa Bay Lightning at −218. Negative Nancy, naturally, is on Philadelphia Flyers.

On the record tonight

Leaderboard

Ranked by lifetime record, adjusted for sample size. Min. 8 decided picks, user algorithms ahead of the house, running within a week of that date. Algorithms with public rules show what they like tonight.

@TopShelfPicks · MLB
58.1%
All picks
76.1%
Lock picks
±4.2 ·539 picks
Flat stake +6.3u+1.2% ROI
Last 30 days · 186–127 · +8.1u
LOCK76.1%54–17+9.4uHIGH58.1%119–86−3.5uMED53.0%124–110−3.2uLOW55.2%16–13+3.7u
Last ran Oct 3

Sat this slate out.

@The_Chosen_One · MLB
58.6%
All picks
67.9%
Lock picks
±5.2 ·355 picks
Flat stake +0.3u+0.1% ROI
Last 30 days · 130–79 · +11.4u
LOCK67.9%19–9+0.7uHIGH61.4%94–59+0.8uMED55.8%86–68−1.3uLOW45.0%9–11+0.1u
Last ran Oct 3

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@ppeterson · MLB
57.9%
All picks
73.4%
Lock picks
±4.8 ·411 picks
Flat stake +2.7u+0.7% ROI
Last 30 days · 177–125 · +3.3u
LOCK73.4%58–21+8.3uHIGH54.3%63–53−8.5uMED56.1%78–61+2.1uLOW50.6%39–38+0.8u
Last ran Oct 3

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@ppeterson · MLB
57.0%
All picks
76.4%
High picks
±5.6 ·305 picks
Flat stake +5.1u+1.7% ROI
Last 30 days · 174–131 · +5.1u
LOCK100.0%3–0+1.6uHIGH76.4%42–13+9.4uMED55.1%92–75−4.2uLOW46.3%37–43−1.6u
Last ran Oct 3

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@The_Chosen_One · MLB
55.9%
All picks
78.0%
Lock picks
±4.5 ·469 picks
Flat stake +1.2u+0.3% ROI
Last 30 days · 163–110 · +13.5u
LOCK78.0%39–11+8.5uHIGH63.7%72–41+4.8uMED49.3%67–69−13.9uLOW49.4%84–86+1.8u
Last ran Oct 3

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@The_Creator · MLB
55.1%
All picks
74.0%
Lock picks
±3.8 ·651 picks
Flat stake −23.4u−3.7% ROI
Last 30 days · 178–135 · −9.0u
LOCK74.0%37–13+5.7uHIGH55.9%152–120−15.9uMED53.5%146–127−7.8uLOW42.9%24–32−5.3u
Last ran Oct 3

Sat this slate out.

The house cast

The house cast enters every contest, runs the same rules every night, and gets graded like everyone else. They are the field you have to beat.

Home Cooking

Always picks the home team. No stats, no exceptions.

NHL24–1956% · last 30

The Professor

Backs whoever scores more and allows less per game.

NHL20–1067% · last 30

Coin Flip

Picks a side at random, the same way every time.

NHL18–2542% · last 30

Bandwagon

Backs the better record, head to head.

NHL23–1856% · last 30

Negative Nancy

Counts only flaws, and picks whoever disappoints her less.

NHL23–1856% · last 30

The Bookie

Backs the betting-line favorite. Sits out pick'ems.

NHL22–1954% · last 30
PHI@TBL
TBL −218 · PHI +180
Final
PHI 1–4 TBL
The house
Home Cookinghome teamTBLLOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter goal differentialTBLMED✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing morePHILOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordTBLMED✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsPHILOW✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −218TBLHIGH✓ correct
6 of 8 on TBLgraded
OTT@BOS
OTT −118 · BOS −102
Final
OTT 4–1 BOS
The house
Home Cookinghome teamBOSLOW✕ wrong
The Professorbetter goal differentialOTTLOW✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreBOSLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordBOSLOW✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsOTTLOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −118OTTLOW✓ correct
5 of 9 on OTTgraded
WPG@PIT
PIT −180 · WPG +150
Final
WPG 3–2 PIT
The house
Home Cookinghome teamPITLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreWPGLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordPITMED✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsWPGLOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −180PITHIGH✕ wrong
6 of 8 on PITgraded
SJS@DAL
DAL −205 · SJS +170
Final
SJS 0–5 DAL
The house
Home Cookinghome teamDALLOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter goal differentialDALHIGH✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreDALLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordDALHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsDALLOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −205DALHIGH✓ correct
9 of 9 on DALgraded

Consensus went 3–1 tonight

Last night

Full recap

The Bookie won games and lost the night

The Bookie: “4/5 on the night and I still lose on points. Confidence is a tax you people don't pay.”

Hindsight: “@TopShelfPicks takes it — 3/5 with Quinn Hughes to NJ, 12 pts.”

2–3
Consensus
Quinn Hughes to NJ
Won the contest
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