Free NHL pick'em for your office or friends

How it works

1. Start a group. Name it after your office, your league or your group chat. It takes a minute.
2. Send the link. Everyone who taps it joins your group. They just need a player name and an email.
3. Pick the winners. Every game night has a slate of up to five of the closest games. Picks lock an hour before the first puck drop.
4. Take the throne. Top score in your group holds its crown until someone beats them. Ties go to the closest guess at the last game's total.

Why it's better than a straight-up pick'em

In most pick'em pools everyone takes the favourites and the week comes down to luck. On SlateKings every pick pays its odds: a correct pick scores 100 times its decimal odds, so a -200 favourite pays 150 and a +170 underdog pays 270. Taking the underdog is a real choice, not a throwaway.

You also crown one pick a slate. It scores double if it wins and costs 100 if it loses. That's where a pool gets won.

Good to know

• Free to play. Points only, no money, no prizes to collect.
• Your group gets its own crown, and everyone's picks also count on the main board.
• Groups are public by default. Make yours private in its settings.
• The same account plays NHL, NFL and NBA, with a separate crown in each.