2025-26 NHL futures betting: Two player milestones markets to target

We will continue our NHL futures betting with this piece outlining a pair of individual milestone bets that look to provide plenty of value, as well as two longshot options at +900 and +1000.

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Jack Eichel to Score 30+ Goals: +110 (bet365, Play to +100)

While it’s debatable whether Mitch Marner will provide enough of a boost to help the Vegas Golden Knights go on another deep run come the postseason, Marner’s regular season dominance is indisputable and will provide a significant boost to the team offensively. 

Eichel is likely to be the greatest benefactor of Marner’s addition to the team, as the two should prove to be a strong fit together on the team’s top offensive unit. 

Eichel is capable of generating goals in a variety of different ways, as he features an excellent one-timer, can beat goalies from mid-range with his accurate wrister, and has scored plenty of beautiful tallies off the rush throughout his career.

Eichel was resigned to more of a playmaking role in 2023-24 (66 assists in 77 games played), but Marner should help Eichel be much more productive from a goal-scoring perspective this season. 

While Eichel has played on some high-quality lines in his career, he’s never played with a playmaker of Marner’s quality. Marner has averaged 0.87 assists per game over the last four seasons and should inspire a significant uptick in the amount of high-danger scoring chances Eichel receives. 

Throughout his career, Eichel has averaged 0.38 goals per game, and during his tenure with the Knights, that average has bumped up to 0.40. Those marks equate to a 30-goal pace, but due to Eichel’s struggles to stay healthy, he’s hit the 30-goal plateau just twice.

When pricing out this type of bet, you always have to consider the chance of a player missing significant time, and if you don’t, the prices will always look extremely appealing. 

Factoring in the percentage of the time that this bet will lose because Eichel misses significant time this season, a price of +110 for Eichel to score 30 goals still looks to hold plenty of value. He’s already averaged a 30-goal pace throughout his career and has a good chance to score goals at a career-best rate this season.

Bet365 is also offering +900 for Eichel to score 40 goals, which is also worthy of a smaller wager.

Leo Carlsson to Score 60+ Points: +270 (bet365, Play to +250)

As I’ve outlined earlier in the summer, Anaheim’s talented young core could take significant steps forward offensively playing under a coach with a much more impressive resume in Joel Quenneville.

You could make a case for betting on the upside of several of Anaheim’s young forwards in this type of market, but Carlsson appears to be the best choice based on his career arc and expected role on the team. 

As with the majority of Anaheim’s forwards, the 2023 second-overall pick struggled to find consistency during his first two seasons playing under Greg Cronin but still displayed a skill set that suggests he will live up to the hype of being a true number-one center at the NHL level. 

Carlsson racked up 26 points in the 28 games that followed the 4 Nations Face-Off last season and should be well situated to build on his strong finish to the season as he enters his third NHL campaign. 

Carlsson is a shoe-in to skate as the Ducks’ number-one center this season and is a safe bet to have a role on the top power-play unit. 

The high likelihood that Carlsson is consistently used as the team’s top-line center is a very strong note towards this bet, considering his expected progression and the +270 price tag. Twenty-seven of the 32 skaters that most commonly received top-line usage last season scored at a 60-point pace, with the majority of those clearing the 60-point plateau with ease. 

How Quenneville will configure the team’s top line remains to be seen, but if he goes with the most logical route in opting to play Carlsson with Cutter Gauthier and Troy Terry, that would leave Carlsson playing with two skaters who also appear likely to have more productive campaigns. 

Carlsson put up 45 points in 76 games last season, as well as a +7.2 expected goals above replacement rating, which was powered by his strong underlying numbers offensively. 

At a price of +270, there appears to be plenty of value in betting on a high-upside skater in Carlsson having a breakout season given his expected role on a Ducks side that figures to be much more competent offensively. At a hefty price of +1000, there also looks to be value in betting Carlsson to record 70 points.