NHL Line Shopping Opportunities for 2026-05-14
Top 20 NHL player props by line dispersion on 2026-05-14. Where books disagree, line shopping pays.
Where the books disagree most today
The table below ranks NHL player props on 2026-05-14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 5.5 | 2.5 | -700 to 255 |
| Cole Caufield | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 5.5 | 1.9 | -460 to 188 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 2.6 | -1800 to 146 |
| Nick Suzuki | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 1.9 | -260 to 670 |
| Alex Tuch | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 1.8 | -335 to 580 |
| Matt Boldy | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.5 | -1300 to 220 |
| Ivan Demidov | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.2 | -162 to 1160 |
| Josh Doan | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.8 | -215 to 880 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.5 | -750 to 320 |
| Jack Quinn | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.8 | -280 to 670 |
| Lane Hutson | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.2 | -115 to 790 |
| Noah Dobson | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.2 | -148 to 680 |
| Zach Benson | player shots on goal | 4 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.1 | -158 to 630 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.5 | 127 to 1861 |
| Brock Nelson | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.5 | -110 to 1270 |
| Devon Toews | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.5 | -107 to 1270 |
| Ryan Hartman | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.4 | -121 to 1150 |
| Nazem Kadri | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.5 | -150 to 1090 |
| Mats Zuccarello | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.4 | -135 to 1090 |
| Brock Nelson | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 1.5 | -205 to 1020 |
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=2026-05-14" \ -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=2026-05-14" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
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