NHL Betting Insights: Thursday, January 1, 2026 | Today's Picks

# **Cooked Last Night 🔥 | Today’s NHL Card (FREE!)** **Join the community:** [Discord](https://discord.gg/eWb8XTt2Mr) | [DubClub](https://dubclub.win/otterline/) [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iwEL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd7e923f8-76dd-4b86-9483-7f5fd94d4ca6_624x351.png)## Featured Picks ### Power Plays: High Consensus Picks **5/5 Unanimous:** - WPG @ TOR → TOR (60% historical win rate) - WSH @ OTT → OTT (60% historical win rate) **4/5 Strong Consensus:** - MTL @ CAR → CAR (65% historical win rate) - UTA @ NYI → NYI (63% historical win rate) **3/5 High Win Rate:** - TB @ LA → LA (62% historical win rate) - NSH @ SEA → SEA (61% historical win rate) ### Diamond Edge - WPG @ TOR → TOR (5/5 consensus, 56% market odds) - WSH @ OTT → OTT (5/5 consensus, 56% market odds) - UTA @ NYI → NYI (4/5 consensus, 53% market odds) ### Value Edge - DET @ PIT → DET (3/5 consensus, 46% odds, 49% combo WR) ### Mladek Spotlight - UTA @ NYI → NYI *Models like it, decent value and islanders been looking good.* - DET @ PIT → DET *Value edge; following.* - NSH @ SEA → SEA *Strong signal, good odds. NSH back to back. (NSH did look realy good tho) but, riding regardless* Mladek's selections, including high-odds opportunities, are driven by strong model signals and perceived market inefficiencies. ## Full Consensus Card All 8 games with each model's pick: *(# of models, historical win rate per combo)* - WPG @ TOR → TOR (5/5, 60%) - WSH @ OTT → OTT (5/5, 60%) - MTL @ CAR → CAR (4/5, 65%) - UTA @ NYI → NYI (4/5, 63%) - TB @ LA → LA (3/5, 62%) - DAL @ CHI → DAL (3/5, 55%) - DET @ PIT → DET (3/5, 49%) - NSH @ SEA → SEA (3/5, 61%) ## Yesterday's Results **Power Plays:** 5-4 - TB @ ANA → ANA: ❌ Loss - MIN @ SJ → SJ: ✅ Win - WPG @ DET → DET: ✅ Win - STL @ COL → COL: ✅ Win - PHI @ CGY → CGY: ✅ Win - BOS @ EDM → EDM: ❌ Loss - NYR @ WSH → WSH: ✅ Win - NSH @ VGK → VGK: ❌ Loss - NJ @ CBJ → CBJ: ❌ Loss **Diamond Edge:** 2-1 - WPG @ DET → DET: ✅ Win (54% market odds) - PHI @ CGY → CGY: ✅ Win (56% market odds) - BOS @ EDM → EDM: ❌ Loss (50% market odds) **Value Edge:** 1-0 - MIN @ SJ → SJ: ✅ Win (38% odds, 62% combo WR) **Full Consensus:** 5-5 - TB @ ANA → ANA: ❌ Loss (3/5) - MIN @ SJ → SJ: ✅ Win (3/5) - WPG @ DET → DET: ✅ Win (5/5) - STL @ COL → COL: ✅ Win (4/5) - PHI @ CGY → CGY: ✅ Win (5/5) - BOS @ EDM → EDM: ❌ Loss (5/5) - BUF @ DAL → DAL: ❌ Loss (3/5) - NYR @ WSH → WSH: ✅ Win (4/5) - NSH @ VGK → VGK: ❌ Loss (4/5) - NJ @ CBJ → CBJ: ❌ Loss (4/5) ## Summary Following yesterday's 7-5 combined Power Play + Diamond record, today's NHL slate offers continued opportunities with strong model consensus and identified value selections.