DraftKings Sportsbook is back with its fifth iteration of the NHL Ice Breaker for Thursday, November 20!
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!
Claude Giroux was last week’s Ice Breaker, with 71 DraftKings Sportsbook bettors receiving $3,522 in bonus bets! Who will be the next Ice Breaker? Let’s take a look…
NHL Ice Breaker Pick for Thursday, November 20
Emil Heineman First Goalscorer (+2000)
The strategy is to avoid chalk plays and identify teams that either score or allow tons of first-period goals. Given the fact that the first four Ice Breakers resulted in at least $1,000 in bonus bets for bettors, the chalk plays aren’t hitting. Enter Emil Heineman, who holds +2000 odds to be the first goalscorer in Thursday night’s Islanders vs. Red Wings game.
Heineman skates on New York’s first line alongside Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri and ranks second on the team in goals (9). The 24-year-old has netted three goals in the past four games, and draws a matchup against John Gibson and the Red Wings tonight. Gibson is 4-5-1 with a 3.31 GAA and .875 SV%, and he ranks 54th in goals saved above expected. Five of Heineman’s nine goals this season have come in the first period, including his last three goals. Detroit has allowed the 10th-fewest first-period goals, but Gibson has been underwhelming in his past three starts, and Heineman ranks second on the Islanders in goals per 60.
