If either team scores in OT, the game ends 3-2 and the under is guaranteed to win. Let's say the score is 2-2 heading into overtime in a game with a total of 6.5 goals. While these set of rules may be clear by now, let's run through another two examples just in case. You lose potential profits by betting the regular moneyline, but your bet won't automatically lose if the game enters overtime or a shootout. Courtesy of DraftKings.īut, the regular moneyline has Toronto priced as -220 favorites and Columbus as +185 underdogs. Phrases like 'excludes OT' or '60 minutes only' are the types of terms you'll see for those regulation-only wagers.įor these types of bets, you typically get better value on either team to win in regulation, because betting a tie is now a third option.įor instance, this game on Tuesday between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets is priced this way on the 60 minute line. There are plenty of bets in hockey that explicitly do not include overtime or shootouts, but it will be clearly stated by your sportsbook. If you had bet the Rangers at a puck line of +1.5 goals in that aforementioned game, you already netted a profit the moment regulation expired.Ĭonversely, a bet on a -1.5 goal puck line, of course, automatically loses the second a contest enters overtime. If you had wagered on the New York Rangers to win at +100, and they do so in a shootout, congratulations, you just doubled up.įor puck line purposes, overtimes and shootouts essentially guarantee finality to your bet before the game is officially over. While no individual will get credit for that 'goal,' your over or under bet still relies on the final tally to settle wagers.

In shootouts, despite the fact that a 'goal' doesn't actually occur, it doesn't matter. Once overtime starts, for official scoring purposes, the game is assured to have one more goal - and one more goal only. You already won your bet the second the game entered OT. If the total was at 6.5 goals, would a shootout win from either team count as another goal, netting your over? Then, another five minutes of no scoring forces a shootout. They come-from-behind to tie the game 3-3 before the end of regulation and the contest goes into overtime.

So you bet the over on a game involving your favorite hockey team.

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