Originally <a href='https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=30034338'>posted</a> on 01/15/2021:

Some basic information to add to the picture. There have been 15 games this season.

After going 3-2 in favor of the OVER on day one NHL went 6-4 in favor of the OVER on day two to bring it to 9-6 in favor of the OVER. OVER bettors are up nearly +3 units this year so far. While UNDER bettors are down about -3.5 units.

To give an idea of just how much we can usefully breakdown the market here's a few items...

These are goals and the lines across the league...

HOME AWAY TOTAL TOTAL
NUMBER
Mean 3.27 3.27 6.53 5.90
Median 3.00 3.00 7.00 6.00

Now we really should normalize that TOTAL line as even though there have been just as many numbers above 6 as below, we have to account for the -130's at some point.

Here's the league relative to the line. In those games that go OVER, they do it by an average of 2 points, with a median of 1.5. You can see the same for those games that have gone UNDER...

OVER UNDER
Mean 2 1.42
Median 1.5 1.25

We can do all of this for the league, the new divisions for this year, and especially the teams.

This is just some information to help us compare teams, games, and lines to the league and market. When we find days that are broadly overestimating one side or the other, the we look to the GS for a bet. But the GS is an animal itself, which is why we're tracking it here.

Each day I'll add more layers, like where the money is falling, some history and some context to these numbers to see if we can catch hockey in a extreme.