2022 NHL All-Star Game odds, predictions: No. 1 expert releases confident pick

The 2022 NHL All-Star Game takes place on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Face-off for the first game is set for 3 p.m. ET. The festivities feature four different rosters broken down by division -- Metropolitan, Atlantic, Central and Pacific -- squaring off in two 20-minute, three-on-three semifinal games. The winners then face each other in the final. 

The Metropolitan Division is the slight -106 favorite (risk $106 to win $100 in its matchup against the Atlantic (-104). The Pacific is listed at -114 against the Central (+103) in the other game. 

Before betting the 2022 NHL All Star Game, see what Matt Severance picked. 

Severance is a well-connected writer and handicapper who has worked in the industry since 2005. He dominated the NHL last season by going a whopping 158-104 on his money-line picks, returning over $1,400 for the $100 bettor. 

In 2021-22, Severance is an amazing 56-35-2 in his last 93 hockey picks, and $100 bettors who have followed him during that time are up $1,037. He heads into All-Star Weekend having hit six of his last seven picks. Anyone who has followed him is WAY up.

Now Severance has studied the 2022 NHL All-Star Game from every possible angle. We can tell you he's not picking the Metro Division to win it all, noting the team lacks the offensive firepower necessary to take the crown. It also will be without goal-scoring wizard Alex Ovechkin, as the Washington Capitals superstar will miss the event due to COVID-19.

Instead, Severance believes one crucial X-factor will help another division win it all, making it a must-back. You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before you bet.

So who wins the 2022 NHL All Star Game? And what crucial X-factor makes one division a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which sides you should back in each semifinal on Saturday, and get Matt Severance's overall champion, all from the NHL handicapper who is 56-35-2 in his last 93 NHL picks!