NHL PLAYER PROPS · Friday, October 16

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Best NHL Points Props, Friday October 16

3 selections from 14 NHL points props across 2 games that cleared our form and pricing filters on Friday's slate. Each one shows the price, the book quoting it, the matchup behind it, and the reason it might be wrong.

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PickPriceBookWhy
Gabriel Landeskog Over 0.5 Points+120DraftKingsover in 60% of his last ten; Gabriel Landeskog averages 0.57 points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.49 for forwards (64th percentile of 443 forwards), and 0.58 a game over 60 games last season
Jaden Schwartz Over 0.5 Points+152BetOnlineover in 50% of his last ten; Jaden Schwartz averages 0.86 points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.49 for forwards (85th percentile of 443 forwards), and 0.52 a game over 50 games last season
Hampus Lindholm Over 0.5 Points+210Bally Betover in 60% of his last ten; Hampus Lindholm averages 0.57 points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.31 for defencemen (83rd percentile of 241 defencemen), and 0.39 a game over 67 games last season

The reads behind them

Form here is 60% of a player's last ten games and 40% of his season rate, last season's until this one has enough games behind it, weighed against the best price a reader can take, with the vig still in it, and against what the matchup says. NHL props on this site are read on form and the matchup, and the price is taken as the books post it, vig included, which is the stricter test. A prop only appears when at least two books quote it and the matchup backs it as well as the form does.

Why this pick?

Gabriel Landeskog has gone over 0.5 points in 52% of 73 games last season, 65% of his last twenty, 60% of his last ten and 40% of his last five. This season it is 57% of 7 games.

Gabriel Landeskog averages 0.57 points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.49 for forwards (64th percentile of 443 forwards), and 0.58 a game over 60 games last season.

Gabriel Landeskog averages 16.0 minutes of ice time a game through 7 games this season, against 14.7 for forwards (64th percentile of 443 forwards), and 16.4 a game over 60 games last season.

Pittsburgh Penguins have allowed 6.34 points a game to forwards over 82 games last season, against a league average of 6.19.

Why this pick?

Jaden Schwartz has gone over 0.5 points in 44% of 50 games last season, 45% of his last twenty, 50% of his last ten and 40% of his last five. This season it is 43% of 7 games.

Jaden Schwartz averages 0.86 points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.49 for forwards (85th percentile of 443 forwards), and 0.52 a game over 50 games last season.

Pittsburgh Penguins have allowed 6.34 points a game to forwards over 82 games last season, against a league average of 6.19.

Pittsburgh Penguins have allowed 3.15 goals a game over 82 games last season, against a league average of 3.08.

Why this pick?

Hampus Lindholm has gone over 0.5 points in 29% of 73 games last season, 40% of his last twenty, 60% of his last ten and 40% of his last five. This season it is 57% of 7 games.

Hampus Lindholm averages 0.57 points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.31 for defencemen (83rd percentile of 241 defencemen), and 0.39 a game over 67 games last season.

Hampus Lindholm averages 0.14 power-play points a game through 7 games this season, against 0.05 for defencemen (85th percentile of 241 defencemen), and 0.06 a game over 67 games last season.

Hampus Lindholm averages 20.1 minutes of ice time a game through 7 games this season, against 18.1 for defencemen (64th percentile of 241 defencemen), and 21.6 a game over 67 games last season.

What this is, and what it is not

These are our strongest market-specific props, chosen on the best combination of recent form, season baseline, the matchup itself, and the line actually available. NHL props on this site are read on form and the matchup, not on price, and none of it is called an edge. The Lab's card is a separate five-pick slate selected across every market, and it is graded on the public record.

Where the record lives: the Lab's public record starts Sep 25, 2026, the card and the boosts together, with every pick and every loss on the results page. Each prop above is frozen with the exact price and book shown from the moment it was published. These angles are not on that graded record; the card and the boosts are.

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Built from the Lab's board for Friday, October 16 and published at Oct 16, 11:01 AM ET. Each price above is the best across every book quoting the line, stamped with when it was last pulled, and frozen at that number. Prices move; check before you bet. The sentences above are generated from the same numbers printed beside them. 19+. If betting stops being fun, ConnexOntario, 1-866-531-2600.