In moneyline betting you simply pick who wins the game, and nothing else about it matters. On 29 October 2026 we read the moneyline on four NHL games at 15 Ontario books, and the average cut ran from 2.6% at Pinnacle to 6.8% at BetNova and Titan Play.
It is the simplest wager in sports betting, yet the price you are offered still varies from one Ontario sportsbook to the next; every price on this page was read on the morning of 29 October. This guide explains how to read the odds, how to work out what you win and what the price really says – with those real prices rather than invented ones.
A moneyline is a bet on the outright winner of a game. There is no point spread to cover and no total to clear: if your team wins, you are paid; if it loses, you are not. The margin of victory is irrelevant – a 1-0 win and a 7-0 win settle the same way.
The odds tell you who is favoured and by how much. A minus sign marks the favourite, a plus sign the underdog, and the size of the number tells you how strongly the book leans.
In hockey the standard moneyline includes overtime and the shootout. The NorthStar Bets board labels it exactly that way: “Moneyline – Including Overtime and penalty shootout”. A separate 60-minute market exists for regulation time only, and we explain it below.
It is legal on a single game in Ontario. Since the federal ban on single-event betting was lifted in August 2021, you can bet one moneyline on its own, witho
