Last night I won on the under in Game 7 of Vegas/Dallas, but lost on it in Rangers/Hurricanes. Tonight we have another second round series start off with Game 1 of Panthers vs. Bruins. Let’s win!
Game 1 – Panthers vs. Bruins (8:00)
With the Bruins advancing in Game 7 against the Leafs and not blowing a 3-1 lead again, we get a rematch of last year’s first round with the Florida Panthers looking to take down Boston for the second year in a row. Last year in the regular season the Bruins set records for the best year in NHL history, but it didn’t end any way they wanted, as the President’s Trophy champs blew a 3-1 series lead and went on to lose in OT of Game 7 to the eventual Eastern Conference Champion Panthers. As I broke down in depth in my series preview blog earlier, I think the Bruins just beat up on the Leafs to set themselves up for a five or six game loss to the Panthers. Florida’s the far better team here and this year, it won’t be an upset when they eliminate Boston. I think the only way that the Panthers could win this series is if Swayman stands on his head again and outduels Bobrovsky. I’ll take the Panthers to win this series for 2 units, laying the -190. The puck drops on Game 1 tonight at 8:00 in Sunrise. Expecting Florida to win the series, I like them to win Game 1 at home tonight and I’ll take them for a unit. I really like the games in this series to trend under with Swayman vs. Bobrovsky in goal. I think these games are going to be grinds, with really solid goaltending. In the regular season, three of the four games between these teams stayed under 5.5. The Bruins first round series had the under hit in five of seven games, while the under went 2-3 in Florida’s five games. Both of these teams heavily trended under in the regular season, with the under in Bruins games going 49-38-2 and in Panthers games going 51-32-4. I like that trend to start off in Round 1 and I’ll take the under for 1.5 units.
Game Bets
1u Panthers ML (-166)
1.5u Panthers/Bruins under 5.5 (-122)
Series Bets
2u Hurricanes/Rangers over 5.5 games (-188)
2u Panthers to win series (-190)
Futures
4u Dallas Stars – Stanley Cup Champions (+850)
3u Carolina Hurricanes – Stanley Cup Champions (+650)
Regular Season Record: 599-527-12 (-95.22 units)
Round 1 Record: 61-44 (+24.2 units)
Round 2 Record: 0-1 (-1.1 units)
Futures Record: 0-1 (-4 units)
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