The Blackhawks and Bruins played a wild one on Wednesday night with 11 goals scored in total. It was a crazy back and forth game that was a lot of fun to watch. In the end the Blackhawks silenced all of the critics who had written them off in this series with a big overtime goal from Brent Seabrook, who seems to find the back of the net at the most important times in these playoffs. The Bruins never held the lead in the game, but they showed resilience in always finding a way back into it, but it just wasn’t enough against a determined Blackhawks team.
Regular Season Record: 68-59 for +11.33 units.
Playoff Record: 21-17 for +3.92 units.
Playoff Series Record: 12-2 for +10.20 units.
Boston Bruins @ Chicago Blackhawks
The series heads back to Chicago tonight and it is now a best of 3 for the Stanley Cup. This series has had 3 overtime games and has been everything anyone hoped it would be with tough back and forth hockey. The goaltenders were finally exposed on Wednesday and I don’t expect scoring to be as plentiful tonight as both teams will recommit themselves to defense. Zdeno Chara was a -3 on Wednesday and the Blackhawks have openly said that they intend to go right at the big man again. I expect Chara at his best tonight, which will keep the Blackhawks from getting on the scoreboard as often. Marian Hossa earned an assist last game, had 4 shots and played 19 minutes so it looks like he is ready to go and no ill effects of his injury showed through in his game. That is very important for the Blackhawks.
My play tonight comes down to me still thinking that the oddsmakers aren’t giving the Bruins enough credit. They have shown they are at least as strong of a team as the Blackhawks, but yet they are consistently bigger dogs on the road and smaller favourites at home. I like the Bruins tonight at +135. Great odds for a team that should win this game 50% of the time.
Play: Boston Bruins +135 (5Dimes)
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