What Puck Line means
The puck line is hockey's direct equivalent of the run line, typically fixed at 1.5 goals to reflect how low-scoring hockey games tend to be relative to other major sports. As with the run line, the fixed margin means the odds - not the number - carry the weight of reflecting how big a favorite or underdog a team actually is, and one-goal games are extremely common in the NHL, which keeps puck-line pricing tight on most matchups.
Key points
- The puck line is hockey's direct equivalent of the run line, typically fixed at 1.5 goals to reflect how low-scoring hockey games tend to be relative to other major sports.
- As with the run line, the fixed margin means the odds - not the number - carry the weight of reflecting how big a favorite or underdog a team actually is, and one-goal games are extremely common in the NHL, which keeps puck-line pricing tight on most matchups.
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In practice
The puck line is hockey's direct equivalent of the run line, typically fixed at 1.5 goals to reflect how low-scoring hockey games tend to be relative to other major sports.
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