NHL Parlay Picks: Our Best Goalscorer Parlay for Hockey Night in Canada - Saturday, January 4

New year, same NHL.

We're halfway through the 2024-25 NHL season and it is flying by as we race towards the Stanley Cup Playoff.

At Dimers, we have daily NHL picks and predictions for every single game via our world-class predictive betting tools, and now we are targeting Hockey Night in Canada with a pair of goalscorer picks and a +590 NHL parlay over at Sports Interaction, Ontario's #1 sportsbook and our exclusive odds partner for Hockey Night in Canada.

Hockey Night in Canada Streaming Schedule - January 4

These are the games we'll be focusing on tonight, featuring one goalscorer pick from each:

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins

• Teams: Bruins vs. Maple Leafs
• Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025
• Time: 7:00 PM ET
• Venue: Scotiabank Arena
• Spread: Maple Leafs favored at -1.5
• Total (Over/Under): 5.5
• Moneyline Odds: Bruins +130, Maple Leafs -150
• Dimers' Win Probabilities - Bruins 43%, Maple Leafs: 57%

Edmonton Oilers @ Seattle Kraken

• Teams: Oilers vs. Kraken
• Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025
• Time: 10:00 PM ET
• Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
• Spread: Oilers favored at -1.5
• Total (Over/Under): 6.5
• Moneyline Odds: Oilers -192, Kraken +165
• Dimers' Win Probabilities - Oilers 61%, Kraken 39%

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+590 NHL Parlay Picks

After simulating all of tonight's NHL games over 10,000 times, our model has identified probabilities for every goalscorer in each game, including these picks that make up our +590 Goalscorer parlay for the Hockey Night in Canada slate, featuring two premier scorers in the NHL.

MORE: Our Top 5 Goalscorer Predictions for Every Team

Leg 1: Auston Matthews Anytime Goalscorer (+130)

We start off by welcoming back Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as he's been out since December 20th with an upper body injury.

Before his six-game absence, he racked up six goals in 10 games in December, bringing his tally to 11 over 24 games. When he's playing, he's arguably the most dangerous scorer there is, with two 60+ goal seasons in the past three years.

Our model likes Matthews to hit his stride when he returns, giving him a 43.9% probability to score vs. the Bruins tonight, a team he's excelled against with 13 career goals in 20 games.

Boston is projected to send Jeremy Swayman in between the pipes, who's started to turn things around after a tough start, but he's allowed 3+ goals in five games since the start of December and with close to fair odds on Matthews, our highest probability scorer in this game, he's our pick to score tonight.

Leg 2: Zach Hyman Anytime Goalscorer (+200)

Our second leg is on Oilers left-winger Zach Hyman to find the net for the first time in his past four games. He's another skater with elite upside - Hyman racked up 54 goals last season, a career high.

Before his little quiet streak, Hyman picked up 10 goals in a 9-game span. He's put up 3+ shots and nabbed an assist in three of four games since, so he's still getting his looks, even though he's been moved to the third line.

The Oilers will face the Kraken tonight, with expected but unconfirmed goalie Philipp Grubauer in line to start. He's struggled this season, with a 5-10-1 record, a 3.5 GAA and 0.877 SV%. He's allowed 4+ goals in 4 of his past 7 starts, including 5 twice. If not him, it'll likely be Joey Daccord who's given up 3 goals in his past three starts.

Hyman gets a 36.8% probability to score tonight for fair odds of +170, giving us some nice value.

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