It’s a huge game 7 tonight between the Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals. This is the first of three Eastern Conference game 7’s with the other 2 set to take place tomorrow. New Jersey forced a game 7 last night as I predicted they would. It took them to overtime to do so, but they did pepper Florida with shots outshooting the Panthers 42-16 over the course of the game. My NHL Playoff record now sits at (16-14) for +3.60 units.
Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins
This series has been much closer than many anticipated with the Capitals playing a very patient game and actually limiting the ice time of their star, Alex Ovechkin, which has seemed to pay dividends in forcing this game 7. I think the Bruins are still the better team, but looking at the 6 games in this series every single game was decided by 1 goal which shows how tight the series has been. I think Boston has the edge tonight, but the oddsmakers have them as huge favourites. I think the Caps line should be down more along the lines of +130 so the +170 line I found at 5Dimes.com was very appealing. The smart money is on the Capitals tonight even though they have slightly less than a 50% shot at taking this game in my opinion.
Play: Capitals +170 (5Dimes.com)
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Written by: Niko de Jonge
Tagged with: Boston Bruins betting • Washington Capitals betting