With the way goalies get pulled late in games for teams trailing, puck line bets can be a bit tricky to have consistency with – especially if you are backing the underdog at +1.5 – but at the same time, the underdog price (plus money) that’s offered on the favorite to win by 2+ goals can be very rewarding. The puckline (spread) for a hockey game would look something like this. The puck line is hockey’s version of spread betting. All that means is whether or not you believe the favorite on the money line will win the game by two goals or more (-1.5), or if the underdog will keep it a one-goal contest or even potentially win (+1.5). No spreads are needed to be worried about here, as you just want to be backing the team that gets the win in the regular sense of the word.

An example of a hockey moneyline market would look something like this. Moneyline prices are listed in the normal odds style that they are in any other sport so you’ll see a team listed as a -140 favorite going up against a team that’s listed as a +120 underdog. Perhaps the most simple wager on hockey, you are betting on who you believe will win the game outright.