Thursday, October 8

Tonight at Hindsight

How last night's calls actually went.

NHL · 10 games

Tonight's slate · Previous day

The Bookie likes Utah Mammoth at −135.

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
58.4%
All picks
76.1%
Lock picks
±4.2 ·543 picks
Flat stake +10.4u+1.9% ROI
Last 30 days · 168–108 · +16.2u
LOCK76.1%54–17+9.4uHIGH58.3%120–86−2.6uMED53.6%127–110−0.1uLOW55.2%16–13+3.7u
Last ran Oct 7

Sat this slate out.

@The_Chosen_One · MLB
58.7%
All picks
67.9%
Lock picks
±5.2 ·356 picks
Flat stake +1.3u+0.4% ROI
Last 30 days · 113–69 · +11.3u
LOCK67.9%19–9+0.7uHIGH61.4%94–59+0.8uMED56.1%87–68−0.2uLOW45.0%9–11+0.1u
Last ran Oct 7

Sat this slate out.

@ppeterson · MLB
57.9%
All picks
73.4%
Lock picks
±4.8 ·411 picks
Flat stake +2.7u+0.7% ROI
Last 30 days · 155–107 · +6.0u
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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@The_Creator · MLB
55.4%
All picks
74.0%
Lock picks
±3.8 ·655 picks
Flat stake −19.4u−3.0% ROI
Last 30 days · 157–119 · −5.1uStreak · 6W
LOCK74.0%37–13+5.7uHIGH56.2%154–120−14.3uMED53.8%148–127−5.4uLOW42.9%24–32−5.3u
Last ran Oct 7

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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 · 155–112 · +8.1u
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
55.8%
All picks
78.4%
Lock picks
±4.5 ·473 picks
Flat stake +1.1u+0.2% ROI
Last 30 days · 143–96 · +11.0u
LOCK78.4%40–11+9.5uHIGH63.7%72–41+4.8uMED49.3%68–70−13.9uLOW49.1%84–87+0.8u
Last ran Oct 7

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.

NHL37–2857% · last 30

The Professor

Backs whoever scores more and allows less per game.

NHL24–1857% · last 30

Coin Flip

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

NHL33–3251% · last 30

Bandwagon

Backs the better record, head to head.

NHL31–3051% · last 30

Negative Nancy

Counts only flaws, and picks whoever disappoints her less.

NHL28–2553% · last 30

The Bookie

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

NHL37–2659% · last 30
UTA@BOS
UTA −135 · BOS +114
Final
UTA 1–6 BOS
The house
Home Cookinghome teamBOSLOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter goal differentialUTAHIGH✕ wrong
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreUTALOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordUTAHIGH✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsUTAMED✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −135UTAMED✕ wrong
8 of 9 on UTAgraded
DAL@BUF
DAL −122 · BUF +102
Final
DAL 4–0 BUF
The house
Home Cookinghome teamBUFLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreDALLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordBUFHIGH✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsBUFMED✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −122DALLOW✓ correct
3 of 6 on BUFgraded
NSH@MTL
MTL −166 · NSH +140
Final
NSH 5–2 MTL
The house
Home Cookinghome teamMTLLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreMTLLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordMTLHIGH✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsNSHLOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −166MTLHIGH✕ wrong
4 of 7 on MTLgraded
PHI@OTT
OTT −180 · PHI +150
Final
PHI 1–2 OTT
The house
Home Cookinghome teamOTTLOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter goal differentialOTTHIGH✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreOTTLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordOTTHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsOTTLOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −180OTTHIGH✓ correct
9 of 9 on OTTgraded
MIN@TBL
TBL −142 · MIN +120
Final
MIN 2–3 TBL
The house
Home Cookinghome teamTBLLOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter goal differentialMINHIGH✕ wrong
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreTBLLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordMINHIGH✕ wrong
Negative Nancyno pick
The Bookiemarket favorite −142TBLMED✓ correct
4 of 7 on MINgraded
VAN@CAR
CAR −380 · VAN +300
Final
VAN 2–7 CAR
The house
Home Cookinghome teamCARLOW✓ correct
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreVANLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonno pick
Negative Nancyfewer flawsVANLOW✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −380CARHIGH✓ correct
4 of 6 on CARgraded
CHI@NYI
NYI −185 · CHI +154
Final
CHI 1–4 NYI
The house
Home Cookinghome teamNYILOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter goal differentialNYIHIGH✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreNYILOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordNYIHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyno pick
The Bookiemarket favorite −185NYIHIGH✓ correct
8 of 8 on NYIgraded
SJS@STL
STL −162 · SJS +136
Final
SJS 3–2 STL
The house
Home Cookinghome teamSTLLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreSJSLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordSJSHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsSJSMED✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −162STLMED✕ wrong
4 of 7 on STLgraded
COL@CGY
COL −238 · CGY +195
Final
COL 7–3 CGY
The house
Home Cookinghome teamCGYLOW✕ wrong
The Professorbetter goal differentialCOLHIGH✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreCOLLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordCOLHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyno pick
The Bookiemarket favorite −238COLHIGH✓ correct
7 of 8 on COLgraded
TOR@VEG
VEG −170 · TOR +142
Final
TOR 3–4 VEG
The house
Home Cookinghome teamVEGLOW✓ correct
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreVEGLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordVEGHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsVEGMED✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −170VEGHIGH✓ correct
7 of 8 on VEGgraded

Consensus went 5–4 tonight

Last night

Full recap

An underdog paid out tonight

Bandwagon: “@The_Creator took WPG at +164?? Against the favorite? I don't understand brave people.”

The Bookie: “2/3 on the night and I still lose on points. Confidence is a tax you people don't pay.”

0–2
Consensus
Standings + Shot Volume (NHL)
Won the contest
NHL
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