The set-up: Detroit comes in off a 6-4 loss in Calgary and heads out even further West to now face the Canucks, who enter off a 4-3 home win over Buffalo. I don't think that the home ice advantage can be overlooked as a very real deciding factor here. Wings' goaltender Jimmy Howard is just 4-6 with a 3.12 GAA on the road this year. Detroit is 8-15 overall away from friendly confines, averaging 2.83 goals and allowing 3.74. Vancouver has scored 14 goals over its last three games. Jacob Markstrom is 10-8 with a 2.58 GAA at home this season. Vancouver averages 3.13 goals and allows 2.87 at home.

The pick: Take it for what you will as well, but Vancouver is 6-2 in its last eight home games after a win in which it scored four or more goals in, while Detroit is just 1-6 in its last seven on one days rest. For all the reasons listed above, I think this is great value on the under-valued home side.

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