When handicapping a hockey game there are a few key factors you should focus
on.
Using the Hockey Matchups for each game from the stats menu.
See which team has more arrows pointing in its favor, this gives the team an advantage in matchups for the game.
Look at the money next to each team, the bigger
the number the better, this number indicates how much money you would be up or down if you had bet this team in every game
they played.
Teams that have a + money figure, or positive ROI are performing
better than expected to by odds makers and are good teams to back.
Overall
record as an underdog on the year.
Head to head record vs opponent in last
10 games.