NHLAngle 1BetMGM
Andre Burakovsky Under 0.5 Points
New York Islanders @ Ottawa Senatorspuck drop 7:00 PM ET
last 5 4 of 5 · 80%last 10 9 of 10 · 90%last 20 18 of 20 · 90%last season 67%75 games
Next best −182 at BetOnlineSame 0.5 line
NHL PLAYER PROPS · Thursday, October 15
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Best NHL Points Props, Thursday October 15
3 selections from 71 NHL points props across 11 games that cleared our form and pricing filters on Thursday's slate. Each one shows the price, the book quoting it, the matchup behind it, and the reason it might be wrong.
Our graded record is 82-61-5 at +37.1% ROI since Sep 25, as of Oct 19. Every public pick since Sep 25, 2026, losers included.
| Pick | Price | Book | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Burakovsky Under 0.5 Points | -165 | BetMGM | under in 90% of his last ten; New York Islanders have allowed 5.17 points a game to forwards through 6 games this season, against a league average of 6.33 |
| Stephen Halliday Under 0.5 Points | -145 | Hard Rock | under in 70% of his last ten; Stephen Halliday averaged 0.37 points a game over 30 games last season, against 0.49 for forwards (40th percentile of 476 forwards) |
| Justin Faulk Over 0.5 Points | +190 | Bally Bet | over in 50% of his last ten; Justin Faulk averages 0.50 points a game through 6 games this season, against 0.32 for defencemen (77th percentile of 239 defencemen), and 0.51 a game over 78 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?
Andre Burakovsky has gone under 0.5 points in 67% of 75 games last season, 90% of his last twenty, 90% of his last ten and 80% of his last five.
New York Islanders have allowed 5.17 points a game to forwards through 6 games this season, against a league average of 6.33.
New York Islanders have allowed 1.44 power-play points a game over 82 games last season, against a league average of 1.77.
New York Islanders have allowed 2.50 goals a game through 6 games this season, against a league average of 3.12.
NHLAngle 2Hard Rock
Stephen Halliday Under 0.5 Points
New York Islanders @ Ottawa Senatorspuck drop 7:00 PM ET
Full game log and every book on Stephen Halliday
−145Hard Rock
last 5 3 of 5 · 60%last 10 7 of 10 · 70%last 20 14 of 20 · 70%last season 73%30 games
Next best −180 at theScore BetSame 0.5 line
Why this pick?
Stephen Halliday has gone under 0.5 points in 73% of 30 games last season, 70% of his last twenty, 70% of his last ten and 60% of his last five. This season it is 57% of 7 games.
Stephen Halliday averaged 0.37 points a game over 30 games last season, against 0.49 for forwards (40th percentile of 476 forwards).
Stephen Halliday averages 10.4 minutes of ice time a game through 7 games this season, against 14.7 for forwards (13th percentile of 440 forwards), and 8.5 a game over 30 games last season.
New York Islanders have allowed 5.17 points a game to forwards through 6 games this season, against a league average of 6.33.
NHLAngle 3Bally Bet
Justin Faulk Over 0.5 Points
Philadelphia Flyers @ Detroit Red Wingspuck drop 7:30 PM ET
Full game log and every book on Justin Faulk
+190Bally Bet
last 5 2 of 5 · 40%last 10 5 of 10 · 50%last 20 7 of 20 · 35%last season 41%78 games
Next best +190 at BetRiversSame 0.5 line
Why this pick?
Justin Faulk has gone over 0.5 points in 41% of 78 games last season, 35% of his last twenty, 50% of his last ten and 40% of his last five. This season it is 33% of 6 games.
Justin Faulk averages 0.50 points a game through 6 games this season, against 0.32 for defencemen (77th percentile of 239 defencemen), and 0.51 a game over 78 games last season.
Justin Faulk averages 0.17 power-play points a game through 6 games this season, against 0.05 for defencemen (88th percentile of 239 defencemen), and 0.12 a game over 78 games last season.
Justin Faulk averaged 22.0 minutes of ice time a game over 78 games last season, against 18.9 for defencemen (78th percentile of 239 defencemen).
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 Thursday, October 15 and published at Oct 15, 1:51 PM 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.