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NHL Player Prop Picks & Anytime Goal Scorer Predictions Today: April 3
Pictured: Montreal Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki celebrates with Cole Caufield. Photo by Eric Bolte via Imagn Images

There are plenty of appealing prop picks to make amid a busy night around the NHL.

We're focusing on Jake Guentzel, Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson, and Evan Bouchard in our NHL player prop picks and anytime goal-scorer predictions. Three of the four are scorching hot right now, while the other has been enjoying success against his opponent tonight.

💰 NHL player props & anytime goal scorer picks for April 3

Odds via our best NHL betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale.

🚨 Anytime goal scorer prediction: Jake Guentzel (+175 via BetMGM) ⭐⭐⭐
🚨 Anytime goal scorer prediction: Cole Caufield (+160 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐
🚨 Player prop pick: Lane Hutson Over 0.5 assists (-135 via bet365) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🚨 Player prop pick: Evan Bouchard Over 0.5 assists (-132 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🎯 Today's best anytime goal scorer predictions

🥅  Jake Guentzel to score

👉 Best odds: +175 via BetMGM | Implied probability: 36.36%

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Guentzel has four goals in the last three games and is tied for the team lead with 38. He has benefitted immeasurably from playing alongside Hart Trophy odds outsider Nikita Kucherov. Guentzel lit the lamp in four of the previous six meetings with the Ottawa Senators, including three in the last four. 

Kucherov has 10 assists in the last four games and looks unstoppable. If he reaches that same level again on Thursday, either Guentzel or Brayden Point should score, maybe both. A winning $10 bet would profit $17.50 at BetMGM, which offers the best price of our best sports betting sites.

Best Jake Guentzel player prop odds vs. Senators:

🥅  Cole Caufield to score

👉 Best odds: +160 via FanDuel | Implied probability: 38.46%

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I pondered between choosing Caufield and Nick Suzuki for this prop, both of whom are enjoying outstanding seasons. While Suzuki scored three in the last two games, I'm backing Caufield to get back in the goals column for the first time in four games.

Caufield leads the Canadiens with 34 goals, but he's netted only one in the previous eight. He is overdue and faces a Boston Bruins defense that has capitulated in recent weeks, allowing 4.67 goals per game since March 13. Caufield scored four goals in the previous three against the Bs, including two the last time they met.

Best Cole Caufield player prop odds vs. Bruins:

💰 Thursday's best NHL player prop picks

🏒 Lane Hutson Over 0.5 assists 

👉 Best odds: -135 via bet365 | Implied probability: 57.45%

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Hutson's rookie season has been nothing short of spectacular. Hutson, who is 23 assists clear of every other rookie, has 57 helpers in 74 games, including six in the previous two.

With eight helpers in the last four games, Hutson continually shows why he's the assist king among rookies, which has helped springboard him to the top of the Calder Trophy odds leaderboard.

Even if the Bruins finally end their nine-game losing streak, I don't see them preventing Hutson from adding to his monstrous assists tally. 

Best Lane Hutson player prop odds vs. Bruins:

🏒 Evan Bouchard Over 0.5 assists 

👉 Best odds: -132 via FanDuel | Implied probability: 56.90%

Bouchard and the Oilers will surely use Thursday's game in San Jose against the bottom-feeding Sharks as a get-right opportunity. They need all the confidence they can muster as the playoffs near.

Bouchard has been productive recently, with six assists in the last five games. 

He has eight apples in the previous nine games and five helpers in the last four meetings with San Jose. I don't see this matchup going well for the Sharks, and Bouchard should be able to capitalize. 

Best Evan Bouchard player prop odds vs. Sharks:

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