Welcome to the return of NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are happening and gives our predictions for each one, breaking down head-to-head matchups and other factors that may play in.

The Flames just recently made the switch to this grouping, and they're expected to go against New York’s first line of Anders Lee, Bo Horvat, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. The Lee-Horvat-Pageau line ranks in the bottom half of the league among all forward groupings to have played at least 90 minutes together this season.

Nicholas Martin handicaps the NHL, MLB and NFL for the New York Post. He strives to include relevant game notes in articles to help bettors come to their own conclusions, but is also up 180 units himself on verified picks in a sports betting app. You can find Nick on X @nickm_hockey.