NHL Best Bets & Player Props (1/19/23): Auston Matthews, Aleksander Barkov & More! We are officially past the midway point of the long NHL season, with the all-star break on the horizon. Sometimes this may mean taking a team total over instead of a money line or an in-regulation or puck line instead. If this gets past your threshold for a money line wager, I’d then look to the Jackets in regulation. My Favorite Player Props to TargetI’ve explained my philosophy on how I bet player props a few times now, but if you are new to my articles, it goes something like this.