Stephen Nover is on a 23-11-1 run on his last 35 premium/free plays, including cashing a plus $1.45 free play winner on the underdog Flames two days ago. Stephen has found his strongest March NHL total on today's menu looking for his fourth straight NHL premium/free play winner.
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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| NHL | (63) New Jersey Devils at (64) Dallas Stars | 8:07pm EDT - Mar 24/2026 |
The PLAY: Over +5.5 (-130)
The Stars rank eighth in the league in scoring and have the second best power play. However, Dallas has scored only five goals in its last three games. Those matchups were against the Golden Knights, Wild and Avalanche. All of those opponents have better defenses than the Devils.
Before playing those three teams, the Stars had scored three or more goals in 15 of their last 16 games.
New Jersey has picked up its scoring and should contribute to this total going Over. The Devils are averaging 4.0 goals in their last nine games despite suffering a shutout loss to the Red Wings during this span.
Olympic hero Jack Hughes has 10 points in his last five games for New Jersey. Only NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov has more points than Hughes during this time.
(Editor's note: Stephen Nover is 23-11-1 on his last 35 premium/free NHL plays, including winning his past three, and has his strongest March totals play going today in addition to this free selection.)
Consultant Bio
Stephen Nover is unique among professional handicappers. A multiple award-winning sportswriter for numerous newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nover has one the best combinations of gambling and media sources in the world.
The author of two sports gambling books, "Las Vegas Sports Beat" and "Sports Gaming Beat", along with a book on fantasy football titled, "Winning Fantasy Football", Nover is a former professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas having taught a football handicapping class there. He also was the co-host of the Sunday night sports betting radio show "The Stardust Line" during the 1990's.
Parlaying nearly 50 years worth of professional gambling experience with tremendous knowledge of the players through elite deep-roster Rotisserie leagues and building on copious gaming and media sources - having worked for newspapers in the Midwest, South and West and also for legendary Hall of Fame oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough - Nover is a true Las Vegas wise guy. He helped learn his craft from such masters as Roxborough, Dave Malinsky, Lem Banker and Russ Culver.
Part of what makes Nover so special is the pride he takes in writing his deep-dive analysis, which always is unique, well-researched and sometimes entails out-of-the-box thinking.