This is what it comes down to. One game, winner take all. The Boston Bruins once again chased Luongo out their home building on Monday night and have earned the right to return to Vancouver and try one last time to win the Stanley Cup out west. Mason Raymond was lost to injury early in game 6 and he will not be playing tonight due to a compressed vertebrae that will keep him off the ice for several months.
Here are the odds for tonight’s game courtesy of 5Dimes.com (the best odds in the business).
Moneyline
Boston Bruins +138
Vancouver Canucks -148
The Bruins moneyline is much shorter than the series line of +205 I got prior to game 1, which leads me to believe that was a solid bet and one I would do again.
Each of the games in Vancouver have been extremely tight, low scoring games that were decided late. If Boston gets a bounce here or there late in any of those games this game 7 may not even be happening. The Bruins are heading to Vancouver with confidence and new life and I expect them to come out with all cylinders firing tonight. Tim Thomas will be at his best, you can be sure of that, but with Luongo who knows. I expect him to be good, but there is that chance he just self destructs even within the comfort of his home rink. The loss of Mason Raymond will hurt the Canucks. Even though he hadn’t produced too well offensively through these playoffs, his speed was a constant threat that the Canucks will miss. At these odds you have to go with the Bruins to pull off the minor upset and send the Canucks fans home wondering if they will ever get this opportunity again.
Prediction: Boston Bruins +138
Puckline
Boston Bruins +1.5 -235
Vancouver Canucks -1.5 +215
Interesting Prop Bets – Find more at 5Dimes.com
Patrice Bergeron a goal or an assist +125
Patrice Bergeron no points -155
Bergeron has registered a point in 13 of 22 playoff games this season (59%), but only 1 of 3 games in Vancouver (33%). In order to place the bet on him scoring a point you must think that he has a 44.4% chance or better to score tonight, while to place a bet on him not scoring you must think he has a less than 39.2% chance of scoring this evening. I would definitely stay away from the no points prop bet, and the bet with him scoring at least a point is right around the correct odds I believe.
Henrik Sedin goals + assists + shots over 3 -150
Henrik Sedin goals + assists + shots under 3 +120
Henrik has only covered this bet once in the 6 games this series, with each of the other 5 games finishing with him have 2 or fewer of each of these categories combined. In fact in games 1, 2 and 3 Henrik had no points and no shots. That being said Henrik had 3 shots in the last game and 2 in games 4 and 5 and he may be being encouraged to shoot the puck more against this Boston defense that seems to have his passing game figured out.
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