How to bet live on NHL at Pinnacle Sports

How to bet live on NHL at Pinnacle Sports

By Mirio Mella Mar 4, 2014

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NHL betting is among our most popular markets, unsurprising given its high intensity and level of skill. With this in mind we have expanded our coverage to include live NHL betting so bettors can keep betting even when the puck and fists start flying. Here are the details and some basic live strategies.

NHL Live betting: The details

For every NHL game once the action is live bettors can place the following bets during intermissions:

For all 1st and 2nd period intermissions & games not tied after 3 periods:

One handicap line

One money line

One total

We will not offer live odds after the third period in tied games, and there is no offering between OT (Over Time) and shootout.

For selected high profile games, especially so during the Playoffs we may also offer up to three alternate handicaps and totals, giving you even greater options in-play.

As with all of the odds offered at Pinnacle Sports the margins are extremely competitive at 4% which in American odds is 16 cent, or -108/-108. You will do well to find value like this anywhere else.

The limits are also what you have come to expect from Pinnacle Sports and will generally be as follows, though they vary by game, and may increase during the Playoffs:

Handicap $1,500 or equivalent in your currency

Money Line $3,000

Total $1,500

NHL Live betting strategy

Betting on an NHL game as it progresses can simply add an extra interest to watching the action unfold. Ice hockey is fast, furious and adrenalin packed, so what better way to match that excitement than by trying to interpret the ebb-and-flow of the game with a live bet.

Your basis for making a pre-game bet – such as tactics, formation & form – can quickly unravel once a game begins to unfold, so live betting enables you to wait to confirm your pre-game ideas about how things will pan out.

As well as providing an alternative to pre-game betting, Live NHL betting can also provide a compliment. Should you bet pre-game on the Leafs to win in regular time against the Kings, and they take a 2-0 lead in the first period, you can hedge this bet using updated intermission odds by taking the expanded price on the Kings. This kind of basic hedging can work across handicaps, money lines and totals.

For more expert bettors Live NHL odds can enable correlated betting based on perceived relationships between the three main markets offered, as well as the opportunities for Arbitrage, which of course is welcomed at Pinnacle Sports (read here) unlike our competitors.

Hopefully you have read enough to encourage you to bet the next NHL action live. Simply look for the Intermission folder within the main NHL section of the Betting Menu on game nights, put your money down and enjoy the excitement of betting as the game unfolds live.

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