Patience and Practice

If you are new to sports betting but are familiar with hockey, this should be a time to do more research. Once you think you have found the right sportsbook or two, and if you do not want to lose money, try taking your time with your bets.

Find an event that you want to bet on and then write down your prediction. Once the event has ended or the specific line you bet on passes, compare your results, and see how you did. This way, you get a feel for what you are going to be getting into as a sports bettor.

Bankroll Check-Up

As with your practice method above, you also want to know what your financial situation is. Most people want to jump right into an event because they have a good feeling or think they know 100 percent that Team A is going to win or lose.

The truth is, you never truly know what is going to happen. You can only guess based on stats and other features that are out of your control. So, be prepared to lose money first and get the right mindset to control your betting methods.

What To Bet On

Hockey has a few different ways available to place bets. There are two that are popular for you to know how to read hockey odds. Those two are single-game moneyline bets and totals bets.

Moneyline hockey bets are where you place a bet on whoever you think the winner is going to be. This is one of the most straightforward betting options that NHL betting has to offer.

When it comes to totals betting, you are placing a bet on whether the score of the game will be over or under a certain amount. For example, if you have two teams competing and you see a total score bet of 5.5, this means that you are betting that the overall score of both teams combined will be at least six goals or higher.

If you choose the under, you are betting that the score will be five or lower.

Anything Else

Once you have everything set up and ready to go for your bets, I would take a look at anything else that could alter your chances. Whether it is an illness, injury, or a new coach, this could change the way your team operates.

This is also another opportunity to make sure you have done your research process. Nothing worse than making a pick and then come to find out, your team traded away its Hall of Fame goalkeeper for a guy that allows three goals a game because you forgot to look it up.

Patience and Practice

Bankroll Check-Up

What To Bet On

Anything Else

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