3 Best NHL Any Time Goal Scorer Prop Bets for Friday 1/31/25

One of the most exciting ways to bet the NHL is through anytime goal-scoring props.

The league's top stars can light the lamp over 50 times a year, and some are even favored in the market throughout the season. Other players score a handful of times, making a nightly tally more of a longshot proposition.

Using our NHL projections as a guide, who are the best players to bet for a goal when perusing the NHL odds at FanDuel Sportsbook?

Note: Lines are subject to change throughout the day after this article is published. Line combos and starting goalies come from DailyFaceoff.com. All advanced statistics are used from Evolving-Hockey.com and NaturalStatTrick.com.

Today's Best NHL Any Time Goal Scorer Bets

Ryan O'Reilly Any Time Goal (+220)

The Nashville Predators' offseason additions made Ryan O'Reilly the primary goal-scoring option on the second line. I'm not sure that's a good thing -- other than for this prop.

O'Reilly (14 goals) is Nashville's only double-digit scorer off the first forward line, so even at a slightly reduced goals per game (0.30) from last season (0.32), it's dart-throw territory beyond him.

Nonetheless, there's value in these long odds -- probably due to his secondary role -- opposite a poor Buffalo Sabres defense. Buffalo is a bottom-four club in expected goals (xG) per 60 minutes allowed (3.37) and save rate (.884 SV%).

FanDuel Research's NHL projections expect 0.47 median goals from O'Reilly in Friday's game, meaning we'd place him closer to +167 for a score.

Matt Duchene Any Time Goal (+240)

One of the reasons the Dallas Stars haven't entered the Cup conversation was not getting high-impact production from some of the elite names on their secondary lines.

This year, Matt Duchene is delivering.

Duchene is on pace for 29.5 goals, which would be his high-water mark for a season since a 43-goal campaign with Nashville in 2021-22. The team has taken notice, promoting him to the top power-play unit with their usual heavy-hitters, as well.

Dallas is the latest club to meet the Vancouver Canucks' rough regression year for goaltending. While Vancouver is still limiting xG (2.79 per 60 minutes allowed), Thatcher Demko's -3.73 goals saved above expectation (GSAx) are 65th of 87 qualifying goalies.

We've got Duchene projected for a team-high 0.50 goals on Friday, and I agree with the projections that the best potential option could be to dodge Quinn Hughes outside of Dallas' first forward line in this matchup.

Logan Cooley Any Time Goal (+180)

Friday's four games have just two 6.5-goal totals. One was in Preds-Sabres, and the other will be in the NHL's newest arena.

The Utah Hockey Club is a defense-first organization, but the Columbus Blue Jackets seem to bring a shootout with them wherever they go. Columbus is a bottom-eight team in high-danger chances allowed per 60 (12.52) and SV% (.886), meaning they give up great looks and don't stop a good amount of them.

With that, let's shine a light on Utah breakout center Logan Cooley. The former No. 3 overall pick has made the most of a promotion to Clayton Keller's pivot on the top forward line and power-play unit, pacing for a career-high 24.6 goals.

Cooley (0.53) and Keller (0.53) share the same exact Friday goal projection at FanDuel Research, but Keller's odds to score are south of +160. I'd take the value here with the lesser-known quantity to most hockey fans.

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