NHL Line Shopping Opportunities for 2026-05-01
Top 20 NHL player props by line dispersion on 2026-05-01. Where books disagree, line shopping pays.
Where the books disagree most today
The table below ranks NHL player props on 2026-05-01 by line dispersion (the gap between the lowest and highest line offered by any book). Wider gaps = more line-shopping value, more potential +EV. Computed from NHL prop closing lines pulled from 20 active sources.
| Player | Market | Sources | Line range | Avg | Over price range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Ingram | player saves | 10 | 8.5 - 26.5 | 26.2 | -130 to -104 |
| Connor McDavid | player points | 9 | 0.0 - 12.6 | 1.3 | -620 to 136 |
| Leon Draisaitl | player points | 9 | 0.0 - 11.6 | 1.3 | -500 to 158 |
| Tage Thompson | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 3.3 | -1800 to 205 |
| Cutter Gauthier | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.9 | -1500 to 449 |
| Brandon Hagel | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.6 | -950 to 360 |
| Leon Draisaitl | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.3 | -590 to 659 |
| Nikita Kucherov | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.8 | -870 to 250 |
| David Pastrnak | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 3.0 | -850 to 240 |
| Leo Carlsson | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.9 | -800 to 255 |
| Connor McDavid | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.9 | -750 to 260 |
| Cole Caufield | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.6 | -670 to 310 |
| Darren Raddysh | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.8 | -620 to 320 |
| Jackson LaCombe | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 1.6 | -220 to 1160 |
| Jason Zucker | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 2.0 | -260 to 980 |
| Pavel Zacha | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 1.7 | -205 to 1020 |
| Morgan Geekie | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 2.1 | -265 to 940 |
| Mason McTavish | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 1.8 | -220 to 940 |
| Evan Bouchard | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 2.1 | -335 to 782 |
| Beckett Sennecke | player shots on goal | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 2.1 | -370 to 708 |
Get +EV opportunities programmatically
# Pre-computed +EV bets (Pro tier) curl "https://parlay-api.com/v1/sports/icehockey_nhl/ev?min_edge=0.02&date=2026-05-01" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" # Pre-computed cross-book arbitrage (Pro tier) curl "https://parlay-api.com/v1/sports/icehockey_nhl/arbitrage?min_profit=0.005&date=2026-05-01" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
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