January 16th NHL Goal Props – Best Player Goal Prop Bets

• There are 10 NHL games on tap on the league’s Saturday schedule
• NHL prop record: 2-2, +1.78 units won
• The best prop wagers to play out of this tilt are listed below

Give the NHL props for its idea to have teams play back-to-back games in the same city.

There’s 10 games on the slate for the first Saturday of the season. Eight of them are rematches of games played in the previous day or two.

They include an afternoon tilt between the Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, another renewal of the New York rivalry between the Rangers and Islanders, and the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Ottawa Senators in the battle of Ontario.

Check out the updated injury reports, as well as other betting options. Let’s take a look at the lines for player goal props.

Saturday NHL Goal Props

All odds as of Jan. 15th

Goal Prop #1: For Starters, Marchand’s The Man

Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand has scored in three of their last four games against the New Jersey Devils. In fact, he’s scored the first goal of the game in all of those three games.

Brad Marchand (@Bmarch63) is off to the races already! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/QLt5anKsZw

— NHL (@NHL) January 15, 2021

This is one trend that can’t be ignored.

Pick: Boston’s Brad Marchand to score the first goal (+1000), 1 unit.

Goal Prop #2: Mantha Will Be Winging It

The new-look Detroit Red Wings looked an awful lot like the awful old-look Wings who were the NHL’s worst team last season by a country mile. They were shutout at home 3-0 by the Carolina Hurricanes.

Anthony Mantha (@antomantha8) knows the @DetroitRedWings schedule will create some fierce rivalries. #NHLFaceoff pic.twitter.com/pAtx0z7635

— NHL (@NHL) January 12, 2021

In Saturday’s rematch at Little Caesars Arena, the Wings won’t be blanked a second time. Anthony Mantha is Detroit’s best finisher. He’ll get on the board on Saturday.

Pick: Detroit Red Wings Anthony Mantha anytime goal (+215), 1 unit.

Goal Prop #3: Auston’s Capital City Limits

Most Americans don’t know that Canada’s capital city is Ottawa, but Auston Matthews is an American who knows how to capitalize against the Ottawa Senators.

"First thought in my head was, I'm gonna be on [the] highlights"

Craig Anderson tells us what it was like to play against Auston Matthews in that 4-goal NHL debut https://t.co/dUACMLU6Pa pic.twitter.com/xn0DjC9aC9

— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) January 10, 2021

Entering the season, the Toronto Maple Leafs forward had netted 13 goals in 15 games against Ottawa. That’s his most productive pace against any NHL team.

Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews anytime goal (-136), 1 unit.

Goal Prop #4: The Bread Man Gets His Spread

Like the Wings, the New York Rangers also put up a goose egg in their opener, losing 4-0 to their hated rivals the New York Islanders. In Saturday’s rematch, the Bread Man will toast the Isles.

Artemi Panarin with the first goal of the scrimmage for #NYR. pic.twitter.com/boOhCMPlqL

— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) January 9, 2021

Last season, Rangers forward Artemi Panarin put up 3-5-8 totals against the Islanders. He’ll rise to the occasion on Saturday.

Pick: New York Rangers Artemi Panarin anytime goal (+175).