Hallelujah! We Had Three Puck Line Jesus Goals In Three NHL Games Last Night

"Puck Line Jesus" started organically at Notre Dame on New Year's Day in 2019. In the shadows of the fabled Touchdown Jesus, I declared to Whit and Grinnelli before the game that it should be called 'Puck Line Jesus' in honor of the occasion. And lo and behold, Pasta delivered...

Soon enough, Chiclets listeners and hockey gamblers realized the value in laying -1.5 +240 and how much one goal changes the price on a hockey bet. It also means the last two minutes of a hockey game become the most exciting minutes of your gambling week.

If you're already up by two, you have to worry about giving up a goal 6-on-5. If you're only up by one and are laying -1.5, you're desperate for a cover and a goal allowed with a pulled goalie is your death knell. It's the NHL's equivalent of the 'Prevent Defense' (i.e. prevent cover). If you get the late cover on a last-minute empty net goal, it's a Puck Line Jesus from Our Blessed Lady of the Unguarded Cage.

But if you're going the other way...

I've been gambling for 4+ decades but will never understand willingly laying +1.5 -180 for an NHL game. You're essentially laying stupid juice to bet on a team to lose by one. 

Last night in the NHL, puck line bettors were rewarded in thrilling fashion three consecutive times. Absolutely incredible. First, in Vancouver, Avs backers had to sweat this one out until Landy put a bow on it with just 11 seconds left...

+160 

Then in Seattle, Jake McCabe scored on a 148-foot flip with 26 clicks left to deep-fry the Kraken...

+280

And for the nightcap, Garnet Hathaway's second of the night from his own blue line with 1:18 left gave us our third PLJ (after sweating out that final minute)...

+200

You just absolutely love to see it. Let's get a shitload more tonight. 

Praise (Puck Line) Jesus!

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