DraftKings Sportsbook is back with its EIGHTH iteration of the NHL Ice Breaker for Thursday, December 18!
The promotion is fairly simple –– place a $5 bet NHL first goalscorer bet, and if the player you bet on scores the quickest goal of the 7:00 p.m. ET slate, you win a share of $250,000 in bonus bets.
How to Play NHL Ice Breaker
- Opt in to receive your single-use qualifying bet token on the promotions page
- Place a single $5 bet on any first goalscorer prop bet
- If the player you bet on scores the quickest goal of the 7:00 p.m. ET slate, you will win a share of $250,000 in bonus bets (the less popular the player, the higher the payout!)
For more information on this promo, click here!
What Could’ve Been…
Last Week’s NHL Ice Breaker
Alexandre Texier was last week’s Ice Breaker, with just three DraftKings Sportsbook bettors receiving a whopping $83,334 in bonus bets! Who will be the next Ice Breaker? Let’s take a look…
NHL Ice Breaker Pick for Thursday, December 18
Alex Steeves First Goalscorer (+2200)
We have a stacked slate for tonight’s Ice Breaker, with five former winners part of the slate –– Alex Ovechkin, Rickard Rakell, Claude Giroux, Bobby McMann and Alexandre Texier. Six games are starting at 7:00 p.m. ET, so there are plenty of solid options to choose from. My choice for tonight is Alex Steeves, who has netted seven goals across 18 games this season.
Steeves is a sneaky good pick that may not be popular, given the fact that he has played in a bottom-six role for Boston. Among skaters with at least 100 minutes of ice time, Steeves ranks ninth in the entire NHL in 5v5 goals per 60, six spots behind his teammate, Morgan Geekie. Just three of his seven goals have come within the first period, but considering Texier won last Thursday’s Ice Breaker on his first goal of the season, logic can be thrown out of the window. Steeves has averaged nearly two shots on goal in the first period this season, and the Bruins have averaged 3.41 goals per game at home compared to just 3.12 goals per game on the road.
