The Washington Capitals have 79% of moneyline bets but only 29% of the money in Canadiens at Capitals, a 50-point split.
| Market | Side | Bet % | Money % | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | Montreal Canadiens | 21% | 71% | +115 |
| Washington Capitals | 79% | 29% | -140 |
The tickets and the dollars disagree on Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals. The Washington Capitals have 79% of the moneyline bets but only 29% of the money, so the average bet on the Montreal Canadiens is a good deal larger than the average bet on the Washington Capitals.
A split of 50 points puts this game in roughly the top quarter of NHL games. It tells you the bigger bettors see this game differently from the crowd. It doesn't tell you they're right: across the last two seasons, simply following the money on NHL moneylines lost about the bookmaker's margin.
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The Washington Capitals have 29% of the moneyline dollars against 79% of the tickets, a 50-point difference. A gap that size means the larger bets are not landing in the same proportions as the ticket count.
The hockey version of a point spread, set at 1.5 goals: the favorite at -1.5 must win by two or more, the underdog at +1.5 covers with any win or a one-goal loss. The prices move instead of the number.
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Not on the split alone. Across the last two NHL seasons, backing the side with more money than tickets and fading heavily bet public sides both lost at closing prices, about the size of the bookmaker's margin. Splits are context for your own read, not a pick.
Bet percentage counts tickets: every wager counts once. Money percentage counts dollars, so one $1,000 bet outweighs a hundred $10 ones. Reading the two together shows whether the bigger bettors agree with the crowd.
Every ticket counts once in the bet percentage, but in the money percentage a $1,000 bet counts a hundred times more than a $10 one. When the two disagree, the bigger bets are landing somewhere other than the crowd. In the NHL that is common: last season the typical closing moneyline gap was about 11 points, and one game in four cleared 22. On its own, following the money has not beaten NHL prices. See our methodology →
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Last updated: October 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC
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