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NHL Odds, Scores, Standings & Schedule for the [[Year]] Season

An ideal guide for hockey betting and especially on the NHL, OddsPortal is the place to be for games, results, standings and more. In addition to that, you can find dynamic odds comparisons for all the games throughout the NHL season, including the playoffs, while NHL outright betting odds are also available.

Our dynamic comparisons for hockey odds are provided by the best online betting sites on the market, and ensure you get the best odds for NHL betting. Enhance your NHL betting experience today with our information and odds comparisons for America's best hockey league.

NHL Odds & Betting Markets

Players are always interested in finding the best NHL odds available, and that is the case for both games and outrights like the NHL Stanley Cup odds.

With OddsPortal, we can guarantee you get the best odds for NHL betting, while you can also find sports betting offers for new customers that allow you to bet on hockey with bonus funds.

Below are some of the most popular markets you will find at leading online bookmakers for NHL games, and you can find plenty more once you click on any of our individual matchups at the top of this page.

Moneyline

The moneyline market is where you bet on the full-time result, including overtime (OT). Place your bet on either the home team or away team to win with our NHL betting odds.

Over/Under

You have numerous options with our NHL lines for the over/under market. You can bet on either over or under as low as over or under 1.5 points, and potentially up to 9.5 points and maybe more for full-time (inc. OT). This also includes quarters and halves too.

Puck Line (Spread)

The NHL lines, or hockey lines in general, are referred to as the puck line rather than the spread. For this market, you therefore bet on a team to cover the puck line. For example, -1.5 means the team must win by 2 goals or more, while +1.5 means they can lose by 1 goal or win the game.

[[Year]] NHL Games & Matchups

There are a minimum amount of 82 NHL games per season for each team, including [[Year]], with 41 games played at home for each NHL team, and 41 on the road.

Some NHL teams will play additional games on top of that in the playoffs, with those matches being decided by a series and no set amount of games decided. Look out for the NHL playoffs games when the season reaches that point, with games coming thick and fast.

Eight teams from each conference make it into the NHL postseason, made up of the top three teams from each division plus the next two conference teams with the nighest points from the regular season.

The games in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs are played between April and June 2025 this year in what is an elimination tournament where teams play against each other in a best-of-seven series, with the winners of the Stanley Cup playoffs being crowned Stanley Cup champion.

If you are also interested in more hockey games than just the NHL, you can find odds comparisons for other top leagues like the SHL and KHL too.

Check out the fixtures on this page to find NHL odds today, or all of the betting markets for upcoming games on our site.

Upcoming NHL Fixtures

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NHL Standings: Track Every Team’s Progress

The NHL standings has both the Eastern and Western Conference first of all, similarly to other American sports like the NFL and NBA, while those divisions are broken into smaller divisions.

You can find the NHL standings and track the progress of your team or all the teams throughout the regular season, while also checking all the previous seasons dating back to 1998/99 should you want to. This includes both regular season and NHL playoff standings for previous seasons, and when the [[Year]] season reaches that stage.

Although it might seem the 1998/99 standings and NHL postseason standings from seasons such a long time ago might not be useful, it can help understand who has performed well once they reached the playoffs over the years, or generally how teams perform year on year.

In more recent seasons, and especially for [[Year]] when the NHL season has had enough games for a larger sample size to understand the odds changes and current value, you can use the standings to check form both home and away and over a specific amount of games.

Check out the NHL standings today and use our historical data to enhance your betting experience and give yourself the best chance of winning.

NHL Scores and Historical Results

If you want to find the most recent NHL scores to see whether your team won, or want to check recent results to get a better understanding of how the games have been going, our page is here to help you.

OddsPortal provides all of the NHL scores for recent games with the odds highlighted in green for the result of each match, with it giving an indication of the odds that teams have been winning at so far.

Moreover, you can find both NHL scores for the current [[Year]] season, and historical results going back as far as the 2003/04 season should you want to find out the NHL scores for previous seasons.

By having the NHL odds for the pre-match markets in any completed games, you can spot value bets for upcoming matches.

Discover the NHL scores today and elevate your betting experience for future games with all the information and NHL odds for the [[Year]] season and historically.

NHL Live Scores

In addition to finding scores for games that have already ended, you can find NHL live scores with the points being updated within seconds of the puck hitting the net.

This can be helpful for those of you who like to bet in-play, with our reliable data allowing you to bet thanks to NHL live odds in line with the scores in-play.

To combine your live NHL odds with more hockey bets that are ongoing at the same time, or even with other sports, check out our live odds page to find all the ongoing matches along with the NHL.

NHL Promotions & Betting Offers

When the NHL season is starting, or in the NHL playoffs, you can sometimes find specific promotions for America's best ice hockey league.

On OddsPortal right now, we don't have specific NHL promotions or betting offers available. But keep a look out on our online bookmakers or bonus offers pages, because there could be a specific welcome bonus created for the NHL, or another type of promotion.

Discover the Best NHL Odds and More at OddsPortal

Overall, you can find the upcoming games, results, and standings, but most importantly odds comparisons to get you the best possible returns for NHL odds on games or outright betting. As well as that, user predictions, match facts, and live scores can all help you develop a better understanding of the current NHL season and betting on the competition.

Discover NHL betting odds today with OddsPortal and all of the hockey leagues worldwide!

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