I feel there’s sometimes an opportunity to find big plus numbers in tie games for -1.5 in hockey. One night earlier, I found the opportunity at +450 in the Panthers/Rangers game.

Tonight, it was the Sabres/Stars game in a 2-2 tie in third. But this time, I took it too early, with 13 minutes left, and the number was not as good (only +375). If I’d waited until 10 minutes remaining, then the number would have been bigger.

Dallas took the lead later on and scored into the empty net to cash the -1.5.

Obviously, this will not work out every time. But it’s worth taking a shot at a big number — with a good team in a tie game.

Incidentally, earlier in the day, I was about to do the same in the Canadiens/Golden Knights game… but fortunately, Montreal took the lead at 3-2 just before I could do it.

We’ll see when the next opportunity will be. Lots of other winning picks today, so it was a good day.