NHL · book juice by market

NHL Hold

The hold (juice) every sportsbook charges on each NHL market — the book’s theoretical margin, devigged from closing two-way prices. Lower is cheaper for you. In the matrix, each market row is shaded green = cheapest → red = priciest across books, so you read a row left-to-right to see who is taking the least on that bet.

Player props run far more expensive than game lines — the same book will take ~4–5% on a spread and 6–12% on a prop. That spread across books is the single biggest cost most bettors never price in. This is what each book charges — shop the cheapest one for the market you actually bet.

NHL · hold % by market × book · closing lines

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Market
Moneyline	4.1%	4.3%	4.3%	3.8%	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%	4.7%	7.2%	·	·	1.1%	0.8%	1.3%	1.0%
Moneyline (3-way)	7.2%	6.4%	7.4%	8.5%	10.4%	5.1%	8.9%	·	8.9%	·	·	·	·	·	·
Spread	4.1%	4.6%	4.5%	4.7%	4.1%	4.9%	4.6%	5.7%	7.0%	·	·	5.8%	1.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Game Total	4.3%	4.7%	4.5%	4.2%	4.3%	4.9%	4.4%	4.8%	7.1%	·	·	4.6%	1.4%	1.9%	2.0%
Team Total	·	5.6%	7.6%	·	6.5%	·	6.2%	5.9%	8.6%	·	·	·	·	·	·
Shots on Goal	5.9%	6.1%	7.0%	6.2%	7.5%	6.2%	6.2%	6.5%	9.9%	13.5%	13.5%	5.1%	6.7%	·	·
Goals	·	6.1%	·	7.1%	·	·	7.7%	·	9.5%	13.5%	13.5%	5.2%	·	·	·
Assists	5.9%	5.8%	6.5%	6.8%	·	·	6.2%	6.5%	9.8%	13.5%	13.5%	5.6%	7.8%	·	·
Points	5.9%	5.7%	6.6%	5.9%	·	6.1%	6.2%	6.5%	9.9%	13.5%	13.5%	5.6%	7.4%	·	·
Power-Play Points	5.6%	5.7%	6.5%	6.7%	·	6.3%	6.1%	·	9.6%	·	13.5%	6.4%	·	·	·
Blocked Shots	5.9%	·	6.6%	6.3%	8.6%	·	6.3%	6.5%	9.8%	13.5%	·	·	·	·	·
Saves	6.4%	6.2%	6.6%	6.3%	8.6%	·	7.5%	6.6%	9.9%	13.5%	·	5.9%	7.5%	·	·

Hold = (Σ implied − 1) / Σ implied over a market’s complete outcome set, averaged per (book, market) at the closing line, main full-game markets only (alternate ladders and period lines are priced differently by design). A market needs 30+ instances to appear. Pick’em apps (PrizePicks, Underdog) post a fixed payout rather than a quoted two-way price, so their figure is the cost of the pick’em structure itself and is identical on every market. No-vig exchanges (Novig, ProphetX, Kalshi, Polymarket) charge a commission on winnings instead, which this margin does not include.