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Private winner-picks leagues

Run a private NHL pick'em prediction league

Run a private NHL pick'em pool with friends or colleagues. Pick game winners, including overtime and shootouts, and follow your group’s standings.

What is an NHL prediction league?

An NHL prediction league lets a group choose the winners of selected NHL games and compare their picks in a private table. The organiser selects the fixtures and deadline; players choose a home or away winner for each game. ScoreSocial uses confirmed final results to calculate the round and season standings. You predict team results without drafting a fantasy roster or choosing individual player statistics.

Do overtime and shootouts count?

Yes. NHL picks use the official final winner, including overtime or a shootout when played. If you choose the home team and it wins in a shootout, that is a correct winner pick. A regulation-time tie is not a final draw prediction. There is no exact-score requirement, so the group does not need to predict a shootout-adjusted score.

How do you choose an NHL round?

Select preseason, regular season or playoffs, choose the required date window and review the available games. NHL schedules do not follow one simple weekly slate, so the organiser decides which games belong to the round. Each gameweek contains NHL fixtures only. Check local dates and time zones when games take place overnight for members in another country.

What should your group agree first?

Agree the winner points, the submission deadline and how the organiser will handle postponed or cancelled games before opening the first round. Tell players that overtime and shootouts count. Keep the number of fixtures manageable so the group can complete picks consistently, and review the settled recap when the last game finishes.

Which plan do you need?

Choose a primary sport when you create a league. Free and Starter gameweeks use that sport. Pro, Team and Enterprise organisers can select Football, NFL or NHL before fetching a gameweek’s fixtures. Each gameweek has one sport; points from those gameweeks contribute to the same season standings. Golf remains a separate event with its own plan allowance.

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Independent group competitions

ScoreSocial is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NHL. Schedule and result availability can change; organisers should review fixture changes before a round opens. The Football editorial prediction archive is not a record of NHL prediction accuracy.

Check the official NHL rules

Who reviewed this NHL product guide?

Dean Reid, ScoreSocial service operator and product reviewer, reviewed the ScoreSocial product-workflow claims against the released app. Sport-rule explanations use the linked official NHL source. This review does not claim league affiliation, endorsement or officiating credentials.

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Inside the released Android app

Make NHL picks, then follow the table

These screens were captured from ScoreSocial Android v1.3.0 using an isolated demo league. Participant names and results are example data; no App Store review league data is shown.

NHL winner-pick form in the ScoreSocial Android app
Players choose a home or away winner for every selected fixture before the organiser's deadline.
NHL weekly standings in the ScoreSocial Android app
Once results are settled, the weekly table shows rank, score and the submitted group field.

Ready to lose the spreadsheet?

Start a private league for your group, or use the invite your organiser sent you.