While your March Madness betting picks may be taking up your time, don’t forget about the action in the NHL as teams are scrambling to make the playoffs. Here are some picks for next week.

Penguins Red Wings Betting (Monday, 7:30 PM ET)

The Red Wings should be favored at home in this one, and they’ve won four of their last five at Joe Louis Arena against the Penguins, who are doing surprisingly well in the face of all their injuries. But we think the Detroit veterans will step up to the plate in this game as they look to build momentum for their next game, so take the Red Wings.

Canucks Red Wings Betting (Wednesday, 7:30 PM ET)

The Red Wings will again be favored at home in a meeting of the top two teams in the West, and the Canucks are 2-3 in their last five trips to Detroit. The Canucks did very well in a trip through the Southwestern United States, but we think Detroit will be motivated to show that the road to the Stanley Cup will have to go through them, so bet on Detroit once again.

Canadiens Bruins Betting (Thursday, 7:00 PM ET)

The Bruins will be favored at home in this emotional game as the two meet for the first time since Zdeno Chara’s hit on Max Pacioretty, but the Canadiens have won four of their last five in Boston and they’re just a tough matchup for the Bruins. We think they’ll want to win this for their fallen teammate, so bet on Montreal on the road in your sports betting picks.

NHL betting players didn’t really get a lot of excitement at the trade deadline, but there was one big deal to go down between teams who have a history. It wasn’t exactly Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles, but the Kings again went to Edmonton in order to strengthen their team, and came away with a power forward who has Stanley Cup-winning experience

The Kings traded for Dustin Penner, who scored 21 goals for the Oilers, in exchange for prospect defenseman Colten Teubert, a first-round pick in 2011 and a conditional second-round pick in 2012. This works out for the Kings as Penner is a consistent 25-35 goal guy, a big body with soft hands around the net, and he’s turning 29 in September so he has a few good years left. The Kings could also afford to give away with Teubert as they have the likes of Drew Doughty and Jack Johnson roaming the blue line, so losing another blue-chip defender isn’t a big deal.

It especially works for the Oilers, who didn’t have to give up Ales Hemsky, and while they didn’t get Brayden Schenn, who would go very well with Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle up front, Teubert will fit on the blue line in the Oilers’ rebuilding process. Teubert played with the pair on the 2008 team that won gold at the U-18s, he played with Eberle on the 2009 gold-winning junior team, and both again on the 2010 silver-winning team. They also get draft picks, the best weapons in the rebuilding process and they’ve proven to be a great drafting team. It may not happen next year, but sooner than you think, look for Edmonton’s sports online betting odds to improve.