By Stephen Nover Bruins minus 1 1/2 goals plus $1.10 (puck line) hosting Rangers You’ll excuse the Rangers if they take a pass on getting up for this game, their fourth in the last six days. This is what’s happened to the Rangers during the past two days: team president John Davidson and general manager […]
By Stephen Nover Blue Jackets plus $1.55 hosting Predators You need certain factors to get behind an underdog in this high of a price range. The Blue Jackets have enough going in this spot to be worth a shot. Here are three key elements that make Columbus worthy of pulling the upset: No. 1: Letdown […]
Devils at Flyers Over 6 minus $1.15 I know you have better things to do today than get involved in a Devils-Flyers hockey matchup. At least I hope you do. But just look at this total. It’s currently at 6. It’s not stretching the imagination to think that at least six goals are going to […]
Islanders plus $1.05 at Rangers Sure going 7-2 in their last nine games looks good. That’s what the Rangers have done. Consider this though: The Rangers played the three bottom teams in the East – Sabres, Flyers and Devils – in eight of those nine games. The one matchup that didn’t involve any of those […]
Avalanche minus 1 1/2 goals plus $1.55 (puck line) at Blues Colorado had a rare sloppy performance in its last game, a 5-3 road loss to the Blues two days ago. Colorado blew a quick 2-0 lead perhaps by being too overconfident. The Avalanche are a much superior team to the Blues. I’d be surprised […]
Penguins at Devils Over 6 minus $1.05 These two teams just met on April 9 and April 11 in Pittsburgh. The Penguins won those games, 6-4 and 5-2. So what’s changed? Nothing. The youthful, mistake-prone Devils still are in full rebuild mode and the Penguins still have a well above average offense ranking sixth in […]
