Boston at Vancouver

The Vancouver Canucks put together a great regular season with 117 points, far and away the best in the NHL. They put away San Jose in five games to get to the Championship round, and their offense was dealing, averaging 4 goals per game in the series. Boston needed seven games to get out of the first round, had a revenge sweep against Philadelphia, and then needed seven games once again to get by Tampa Bay. You have to be concerned as a Bruins fan with the fact that Tampa Bay scored 5 goals or more three different times vs. the Bruins and Vancouver is certainly better offensively, especially at home. The Bruins have not created very many surprises as a road dog of +151 to +200, where they are 5-12 in their last 17, while the Canucks are 5-0 in their last five playoffs games at -151 to -200. The Bruins’ inconsistency behind the net has seen them play to a 6-0 mark to the OVER in their last six, allowing 2 or less. They are also 27-18 OVER since the mid-point of the season when facing teams that allow over 29 shots per game on goal. Play Vancouver and the OVER in the opener.