The 2008–09 NHL season is the 91st season of the National Hockey League. It runs from October 4, 2008 through April 12, 2009, with the Stanley Cup playoffs to follow, ending in June 2009. This is the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team will play each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the other conference.

The NHL season will see a ton of great games to bet on. There will be 82 games for each team, 41 at home and 41 on road, so there is plenty of opportunity to get the best NHL hockey Odds. There are quite a few good teams out there, so its really anybody game. The NHL keeps getting better and better, and this year's talent level might be the best in years!

Now that the NHL trade deadline is over, most teams will settle in and make that final push for the playoffs. The right move at the deadline can be all that is needed to propel a team into the postseason or even jump to the top of the pack. At the same time, not making a move can greatly damage postseason hopes.

The NHL Playoffs mark one of the most exciting and thrilling moments in all of sports. With Lord Stanley’s Cup on the line, you can bet that every shot will be a little crisper and every punch will be thrown a little harder. Sixteen teams will begin the NHL Playoffs, but only two will have the right to participate in the Stanley Cup Finals, one of the most hard-hitting forms of hockey imaginable.

In the NHL Playoffs, players seem to skate and play harder than they do in the regular season because each shift of every period could be the beginning of the end for each NHL Playoff team. 2009 NHL Playoffs Brackets

NHL Playoffs format
Best-of-7 format is used in all stage of playoffs. Home-ice advantage is given to the higher seed in all rounds except the first, when all division winners are assured a seed no lower than three. Home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals is determined by points. The team with home-ice advantage is at home for Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 and on the road for games 3, 4 and 6.

NHL Betting is our specialty. When betting the NHL, most people are familiar with the straight line bets, a hockey bet in which the favored team must cover the points spread to win or the underdog, who is given a certain number of goals, must win outright or not lose the hockey game by more than the points given. What many people don’t know is that there are many other exciting NHL betting options, adding to the thrill every time someone crosses the opposing blue line with the puck! Stanley Cup Playoff Odds

The puck line odds are one of the most popular ways to bet on NHL hockey. It combines the money line hockey odds with the point spread. Here’s an example of a puck line using two playoff teams. In the first game of the Oilers-Sharks series, the Sharks as the home team, with a hot goalie and as the higher seed were favored. The puck line would have looked something like this.

Edmonton Oilers +1.5 -180

San Jose Sharks -1.5 +160

A money line, used in baseball and hockey, takes the place of a point spread. Money line betting is simply wagering on a sports betting event based on a given price rather than a point spread. The team bet on has to win the game outright, regardless of the score. The minus sign (e.g.-130) always indicates the favorite and the amount you must bet to win $100. The plus sign (e.g.+120) always indicates the underdog and the amount you win for every $100 bet. Using this example, therefore, you would bet $130 to win $100 on the favorite, while for the underdog you would bet $100 to win $120.

The over/under is the number of points sports books expect will be the total score for the contest (both teams combined, overtime included). You bet on whether the total points scored will be more or less than this number. As with point spread bets, you must generally wager $110 to win $100.

Betting on a point spread or money line is sometimes called betting "sides" - that is, betting that one side or the other will be the winner - while betting the over/under is referred to as betting "totals". Stanley Cup Betting Glossary Here

Ovr:
-135

Und: +115

Ovr:
-130

Und: +110