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The National Hockey League is divided into two conferences: The Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Each conference is split into two NHL Divisions based on geographical locations. Each conference has 16 teams with eight per division.

Eastern Conference

Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers
Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto Maple Leafs
Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals

Western Conference

Utah Hockey Club
Chicago Blackhawks
Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars
Minnesota Wild
Nashville Predators
St. Louis Blues
Winnipeg Jets
Anaheim Ducks
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
San Jose Sharks
Seattle Kraken
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights

The winners of each of the Eastern and Western conferences will compete in the Stanley Cup Finals. So, accurately predicting the winner of each of these conferences will be almost as big of a deal as correctly picking the Stanley Cup winners. At the start of each season, the odds for the conference champions are released and lists each team’s odds of winning the conference.

Betting on NHL conference winners is pretty straightforward – they are futures wagers after all – you are betting on a future outcome and in this case, it’s the winner of a conference. This can be easier than picking the outright Stanley Cup winner, as you’re only choosing between 16 teams instead of 32.

You can choose your conference-winning team at the start of the season or you can wait until a few games into the season to see how teams look – the odds are available to bet on but will change as the season progresses. Your best course of action is to lock in the odds early before a team starts winning.

The closer we get to the actual playoffs, the more obvious the front runners get, so we will want to make sure we lock in our bets nice and early to avoid losing out on some huge plus money value.

When it comes to betting on the actual Conference Finals, you can find plenty of NHL betting odds on each game of the Conference Finals series. You will be able to choose from moneyline bets, totals, point spreads, props and specials – all your favorite options.

Check on this page throughout the NHL season to make sure you are keeping an eye on the NHL odds and Conference odds for both Eastern and Western Conferences.

HOW TO BET ON NHL CONFERENCES ONLINE

The National Hockey League is an exciting, tough game that’s also extremely fast-paced. Each game is entertaining and even more so when you’re betting on it! When it comes to betting on the NHL conferences, you can bet on a number of betting options for each game, but you can also bet on the Conference Champions – called a futures wager – which allows you to try your hand to predict the winner outright.

As one of the main professional sports in the United States, betting on the NHL regular season is a huge market and allows thousands of betting options. The NHL has 32 teams, split into two conferences of 16 and each team plays 82 regular season games from October until April. That means there are over 2,600 NHL games in the regular season that you can bet on, and each game has plenty of betting types and options available.

At the end of the season, the NHL Playoffs occur and teams play in series playoff rounds to eventually wind up with two teams per conference. These two teams will face off in the Eastern Conference Championship and Western Conference Championship. When betting on the NHL conferences, you are betting on the outcome of these championships, respectively.

Eastern Conference Championship

As you might have figured out from its name, the Eastern Conference is made up of teams from the East coast, which are all relatively all located in Northeast America, as well as the Eastern Canadian provinces. The Eastern Conference is divided into two divisions: the Atlantic Division and the Metropolitan Division.

As you will learn in NHL Divisional betting, each division will have a favored team to win, but this will also occur in each conference. It’s interesting because divisional betting tends to be much easier to pick out a winner, as team’s strengths tend to fluctuate, having strong seasons, strong schedules and other factors. Injuries of star players tends to be a huge factor for team’s NHL Conference odds.

With the Eastern Conference, we usually see the usual suspects starting each season at the top of the odds board, including the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Washington Capitals. As you can imagine, the top prospects of the conference championship are also going to be huge favorites to win their respective divisions.

To bet on the NHL Eastern Conference Championship winner, you will assess these NHL odds, and decide which of the 16 teams you believe will win that Conference outright. It’s as simple as that.

Western Conference Championship

The Western Conference is made up of sixteen teams from the Western side of North America, with teams from both the United States and Canada. The conference is divided into two divisions: the Pacific Division and the Central Division.

When it comes to picking a winner for the Western Conference Championship, it helps to recognize the teams that traditionally will make the playoffs, which teams have won their respective divisions in the past, as well as looking at team’s strength of schedule. The Western Conference tends to be a little more evenly matched in terms of which teams to look for each season. There tends to be more fluctuation with teams making the playoffs or having strong seasons.

To bet on the NHL Western Conference Championship, you simply need to pick which team out of the 16 that you believe will win the Western Conference title. You will want to make this wager early in the season for the most value, especially if you’re picking a big underdog. You can always cash out your wager as well if the team ends up with injuries or underperforming through the season – however, you won’t get your full stake back if you wait too long.

Betting on the NHL Conferences is a great way to make the season a little more interesting and test out your skills predicting the future of the NHL regular season. Ensure you lock in your NHL bets on the best hockey odds in the United States.

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NHL CONFERENCES FAQs

You can find Vegas odds for the NHL Conferences right here at BetUS Sportsbook. We offer a wide range of NHL Conference futures and regular season odds, updated throughout the year to reflect the latest team performances and developments.
The NHL regular season consists of 32 teams, each playing 82 games, resulting in a total of 1,312 games per season (not 2,624, as games are not counted twice). The season offers plenty of opportunities to bet on your favorite teams and players.
BetUS Sportsbook is the best place to bet on NHL Conference odds, you won’t find more competitive odds and better odds selection anywhere else!
You can bet on the NHL Conference odds by betting on what is called a futures wager. You can place these in advance at our sportsbook.
For the 2024-25 NHL season, the Florida Panthers are favored to win the Eastern Conference, while the Colorado Avalanche are among the favorites to claim the Western Conference title. Keep an eye on changing odds throughout the season.
Each team’s odds to win their respective conferences are listed as soon as the previous season ends. These types of futures odds are released early, and allow us to bet on an outcome far in advance.
Heading into the 2025 NHL season, top contenders in the Eastern Conference include the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins, while in the Western Conference, the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights are strong favorites to make deep playoff runs.
You will have to do plenty of research before betting on NHL conferences, including understanding how new recruits, trades and team dynamics will affect the team’s upcoming season.
There are only two conferences, so you can only make a two-leg parlay. Both of your chosen teams must win for you to win any money.
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