The NHL fined Dallas Stars head coach Rick Bowness $25,000 on Monday for his behavior on the bench after the club's 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.

Bowness yelled at the officials after the final buzzer, then grabbed a stick and slammed it twice before leaving for the dressing room.

The officials assessed the Stars two penalties in the final two minutes of the game, which allowed the Blues to score a pair of power-play goals en route to victory.

Bowness was also bothered that Blues forward Brayden Schenn wasn't handed a penalty for grabbing Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen's stick and tripping him shortly before Ryan O'Reilly scored the tying goal.

"If you're watching the game, you saw what happened," Bowness said postgame, according to ESPN's Greg Wyshynski. "They clearly pulled Miro down. Clearly grabbed his stick and pulled him down. That's my opinion. They got lucky."

The Blues' Jordan Kyrou netted the winner with 29 seconds remaining.

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The Vancouver Canucks are open to the idea of trading backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak, reports the Toronto Star's Chris Johnston.

Halak has two performance bonuses tied to the one-year contract he inked with the Canucks during the offseason. He will be owed $1.25 million if he appears in 10 contests this season and will earn an additional $250,000 if he finishes the year with a save percentage above .905, according to CapFriendly.

If he can unlock the bonuses, the money would count against the Canucks' salary cap next year. As a result, Halak's contract only carries a cap hit of $1.5 million this season.

Halak has currently appeared in eight games and owns a .915 save percentage this season. He's finished with a mark below .905 only once in his career - in 2012-13 with the St. Louis Blues - and appeared in fewer than 10 games once in 2007-08.

Thatcher Demko is locked into the Canucks' starting role, as he's played 27 games this season. The club also has goaltender Spencer Martin on its taxi squad and youngster Michael DiPietro in the AHL.

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The Buffalo Sabres are giving one of their top prospects his first taste of NHL action this week.

Jack Quinn will make his debut against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night, Sabres head coach Don Granato confirmed Monday.

"I'm excited for him because he's done so well in the American Hockey League that there's a lot of things in the (AHL) that are just easy for him now after gaining experience a year ago and building on it," Granato said, according to NHL.com's Heather Engel.

"And I think he's ready for this next new challenge, the timing's right for him," the bench boss added. "Again, he's producing at a rate he certainly wasn't a year ago, and it's gotten a lot easier for him there. And it's still work for him, but it's gotten a lot easier. Obviously, his statistics prove that."

Quinn is eager for the opportunity.

"It's pretty cool, it's very exciting," the winger said. "I'm just looking forward to tomorrow."

The Sabres selected Quinn eighth overall in 2020 after he lit up the OHL with 52 goals and 37 assists over 62 games for the Ottawa 67s that season. The 20-year-old collected 12 markers and 14 helpers across 20 contests with the AHL's Rochester Americans this campaign.

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This is supposed to be a weekly exercise in determining a valuable price for a team we're looking to bet on in each game that week. With NHL rosters a complete mess, however, it's become more of a warning system for lineup lunacy.

At first glance, you might think you're getting the deal of the century on the Seattle Kraken's Monday night visit to the Colorado Avalanche, as the Kraken hover around +325 on the moneyline - a price that's almost 15% higher than it normally would be (around +200). That should set off alarm bells.

A bit of research will tell you Seattle is returning from an eight-day COVID-19 layoff, while the Avalanche seem to have hit their stride lately. The Kraken have lost five straight and already fell 7-3 to Colorado this season, so under normal circumstances, the Kraken only had a 37% chance to win the game. With a probable loss, we may never know how the break truly affected Seattle's win probability.

What we can do is tell you what the true moneyline (without vig) should be and the moneyline price where we would bet each team. After that, any big discrepancy should lead you to do a quick search into why it might exist, and you can adjust how much risk you're willing to take based on your findings.

The recipe

Before the season, we provided a three-chapter series on how to use the regular-season point-total market to create team ratings, how to interpret home-ice advantage, and then how to use those to create your own moneylines.

Three weeks ago, we posted my 2021-22 season ratings, which use the metrics I deem important to predict future success. Considering all this lineup inconsistency, I'm going to continue to use an even 50-50 split between those ratings and the preseason priors via the regular-season point-total markets. This gives me a more consistent base for assessing teams in the future, rather than allowing the numbers to be significantly polluted by COVID-generated mismatches.

The cheat sheet

The following includes my fair price on the games (true moneyline) and the moneyline price I would need to bet either side. I just need a 1% edge for a favorite if we're getting better than a fair price on the team that's more likely to win. For the underdog, I'll need 4% or better to make it a bet. On games that I have projected near a coin flip, a 2.5% edge is enough to be a worthwhile wager. Also, I have a 5% win probability consideration for a team playing in the second game of a back-to-back with travel and 3% without travel.

Matt Russell is a betting writer for theScore. If there's a bad beat to be had, Matt will find it. Find him on Twitter @mrussauthentic.

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What a week we had with our best bets. We posted a 6-2 record, only losing because the Penguins and Capitals blew 2-0 leads. Go figure.

We'll look for a strong start to the new week.

Rangers (-110) @ Kings (-110)

The Rangers are not playing good hockey right now. They've won five of the last 10 games - and that's probably overselling the quality of play we've seen.

Simply put, they're laboring at both ends of the rink. At five-on-five, they generated just 1.84 expected goals per 60 in that span. Only the Kraken - an injury-plagued expansion team - fared worse.

Things haven't been much better defensively: New York ranks 23rd in expected goals against per 60 over the last 10.

Since the team struggles to generate or prevent expected goals, it's no surprise that its share (41.18%) ranks dead last in the NHL.

The Rangers have stayed afloat mostly thanks to their goaltending. Igor Shesterkin's been a monster as usual, but he'll miss this matchup.

While Alexandar Georgiev's numbers are trending upward, Mikko Koskinen and Adin Hill are his closest competition in goals saved above expectation per start. That doesn't inspire confidence he can excel while the Rangers figure things out at five-on-five.

This is also a tough schedule spot for the Rangers, who play their third road game in five days. The Kings, meanwhile, haven't traveled since *checks notes* Dec. 19.

L.A. is rested, playing very well (fourth in xGF% over the last 10 games), and taking on a New York team missing arguably its most impactful player in Shesterkin. Even if star winger Artemi Panarin were to return, I'd still be comfortable backing the Kings.

Bet: Kings (-110)

Bruins (-110) @ Capitals (-110)

The Bruins and Capitals are rock-solid defensive teams. While you'd probably expect their games to be rather low-scoring affairs, that hasn't been the case for a while.

Matchups between the two teams have gone over the number in seven of the last nine meetings. Those contests produced an average of 6.77 goals, with seven or more goals on five occasions.

There's a lot more than history leading me to this play, though. For one, Boston has been a scoring machine at five-on-five lately, ranking sixth in the league over the last 10 games.

I like the Bruins to stay hot against journeyman Zach Fucale. He's off to a good start in his NHL career, but he owns a sub-.900 save percentage in the AHL this season. As such, there isn't much reason to believe his strong play will continue.

The Capitals struggled to fill the net of late but I expect that to change sooner than later. They're fifth in the league in goals this season despite dealing with numerous injuries to key players like Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie - both of whom are expected back Monday.

With the firepower available on both sides, 5.5 seems too low of a total.

Todd Cordell is a sports betting writer at theScore. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @ToddCordell.

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Whew, what a weekend! Shot props went 9-3 from Friday-Sunday, pushing my record to 106-82 for +20.26 units.

Let's stay hot and start the week on a high note with today's best bets.

Brad Marchand over 2.5 shots on goal (-130)

Death, taxes, and betting over on Brad Marchand shot totals. He's scorching-hot, having registered at least three shots on target in nine of the last 10 games.

Most nights, it's not even much of a sweat. Marchand has recorded four or more shots eight times in the last 10 while averaging 4.3 during that span.

His best work has come on home soil, but he's not exactly a slouch on the road. Marchand has registered four shots or more in six of his last eight games away from TD Garden.

The Washington Capitals are far from a preferred target - they're good at limiting shots - but Marchand has routinely recorded four or more since David Pastrnak was taken off his line. Three is a very achievable number regardless of the opponent.

Marchand has been very good to us, so we're going to ride the hot hand again in this one.

John Carlson over 2.5 shots on goal (-105)

John Carlson is another guy who's been featured prominently in this space of late, and for good reason!

Carlson has recorded three shots or more in seven of his last 10 games. He's averaged 6.3 attempts in that span, putting him behind only Alex Ovechkin on the Capitals.

Put another way, Carlson only needs to hit the target around half the time with the volume in which he's attempting shots.

I expect him to do just that in a matchup that's treated him surprisingly well over the years. Carlson has recorded three shots or more in eight of his last 11 games against the Boston Bruins.

At near even money, I'll happily take my chances and back him to do so once again.

Todd Cordell is a sports betting writer at theScore. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @ToddCordell.

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Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi exited in the final seconds of overtime against the Anaheim Ducks after suffering an apparent skate laceration to his wrist.

Head coach Jeff Blashill said postgame the anticipation is that Bertuzzi is OK, according to The Detroit Free Press' Helene St. James.

Here's a look at the play:

Bertuzzi had one goal and an assist prior to his exit during the 4-3 shootout loss.

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