NHL Line Shopping Opportunities for 2026-05-12
Top 20 NHL player props by line dispersion on 2026-05-12. Where books disagree, line shopping pays.
Where the books disagree most today
The table below ranks NHL player props on 2026-05-12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 5.5 | 1.7 | -520 to 350 |
| Tage Thompson | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 2.2 | -800 to 265 |
| Jack Quinn | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 1.6 | -270 to 750 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 1.6 | -450 to 390 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | player shots on goal | 3 | 0.5 - 4.5 | 2.4 | -113 to 106 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.5 | -1800 to 162 |
| Matt Boldy | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.6 | -1300 to 185 |
| Ivan Demidov | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.0 | -183 to 1160 |
| Noah Dobson | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.1 | -164 to 1160 |
| Alex Tuch | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.6 | -280 to 790 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | player shots on goal | 8 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 2.6 | -780 to 275 |
| Nick Suzuki | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.6 | -270 to 750 |
| Alex Newhook | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.0 | -122 to 790 |
| Lane Hutson | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.0 | -159 to 670 |
| Zach Benson | player shots on goal | 5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 1.0 | -153 to 600 |
| Minnesota Wild | spreads | 9 | -1.5 - 1.5 | 1.4 | -1200 to 160 |
| Colorado Avalanche | spreads | 9 | -1.5 - 1.5 | -1.4 | -210 to 575 |
| Brock Faber | player points | 8 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.4 | 108 to 1513 |
| Nazem Kadri | player points | 9 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.4 | -120 to 1270 |
| Brock Nelson | player points | 10 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 0.4 | -105 to 1270 |
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=2026-05-12" \ -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=2026-05-12" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
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