The online NHL betting regular season is in the books and postseason starts on Wednesday, April 15 (four games), as 16 teams battle for Lord Stanley’s Cup. With the puck ready to drop this postseason, now’s the time to visit Our NHL odds<\/strong><\/a> (futures) for series prices, odds to raise the Cup and more! Here are the eight first round matchups reviewed for your viewing pleasure, with game 1 odds listed as well.<\/p>\n Habs vs. Bruins<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bruins (53-19-10, +34.49), meet the eighth-seeded\u00a0Montreal Canadiens\u00a0(41-30-11, -14.95) in the opening round just one year after the Habs defeated the Bruins in seven games in Round 1,\u00a0Boston is favored this year. \u00a0Game 1 odds have the Bruins favored by a goal and a half, and -210 on the moneyline.<\/p>\n Rangers vs. Caps<\/strong><\/p>\n Alex Ovechkin and his teammates have to first get by the\u00a0New York Rangers\u00a0(43-30-9, -6.60), before they can take on the Bruins. But what a matchup that would be EH??? The Caps come into this series on fire though, as they finished second in the NHL in goals per game (3.3), and were 5-1-1 O\/U over their last seven matchups. Game 1 odds have the Caps\u00a0favored by a goal and a half, and -175 on the moneyline.<\/p>\n Hurricanes vs. Devils <\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0New Jersey Devils\u00a0(51-27-4, +5.35) ended their season with a 3-2 win over the\u00a0Carolina Hurricanes, now in the first round they get to play them again. Game 1 odds see the Devils favored by a goal and a half, and -145 on the moneyline.<\/p>\n Penguins vs. Flyers<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0(45-28-9, -0.90) draw a first round matchup versus their old foe the Philadelphia Flyers\u00a0(44-27-11, +9.89), who the Penguins defeated in the Eastern Conference final last year.\u00a0\u00a0Game 1 odds see the Penguins favored by a goal and a half, and -155 on the moneyline.<\/p>\n Ducks vs. Sharks<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2009 Presidents\u2019 Trophy-winning Sharks (53-18-11, -11.33 units) open the playoffs against the\u00a0Anaheim Ducks\u00a0(42-33-7, -1.13).\u00a0Anaheim cashed seven of its last ten contests (7-3 O\/U) to end the season.\u00a0Game 1 odds see the Sharks favored by a goal and a half, and -220 on the moneyline.<\/a><\/p>\n Blue Jackets vs. Red Wings<\/strong><\/p>\n Losers of four of their last 5 NHL matchups the second-seeded Red Wings (51-21-10, -17.08) begin defense of their Stanley Cup crown against the\u00a0Columbus Blue Jackets\u00a0(41-31-10, -13.34). \u00a0Game 1 odds see the Red Wings favored by a goal and a half, and -240 on the moneyline. \u00a0Columbus could be a great sleeper pick for this year.<\/p>\n Blues vs. Canucks<\/strong><\/p>\n Talking Sleeper? Check out Vancouver. \u00a0They finished\u00a0(45-27-10, +10.38), and used a strong second half to finish third in the West. Their reward? The hottest team in the NHL\u00a0(41-31-10, +12.77), plus Kariya comes back for this one to face his hometown team. \u00a0As Luongo goes so will go the Canucks. \u00a0The\u00a0Game 1 odds see the Canucks favored by a goal and a half, and -190 on the moneyline.<\/p>\n Flames vs. Blackhawks<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0Blackhawks\u00a0(46-24-12, +23.59) and\u00a0the\u00a0Calgary Flames\u00a0(46-30-6, -11.04) present a really interesting first round matchup. Calgary brings veteran leadership and a great goalie, and possibly the best home ice crowd to this one, and the Blackhawks bring young creativity, the Bulin Wall for a goalie, and a bunch of kids who aren’t scared of anyone. Game 1 odds see the Blackhawks favored by a goal and a half, and -165 on the moneyline.<\/p>\n BetUS.com offers the best in <\/strong>sports betting<\/strong><\/a> covering all major sports events, plus 2009 NHL Stanley Cup matchup lines and betting odds. <\/strong>Join<\/strong><\/a> BetUS <\/strong>sportsbook<\/strong><\/a> today to start betting!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The online NHL betting regular season is in the books and postseason starts on Wednesday, April 15 (four games), as 16 teams battle for Lord Stanley’s Cup…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[12831,12826,12825,3586,12824,12820,12819,12830,1955,1956,12828,12822,12821,12777,12823,12827,12829],"class_list":["post-10099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhl","tag-2009-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-blue-jackets-vs-red-wings","tag-blues-vs-canucks","tag-ducks-vs-sharks","tag-flames-vs-blackhawks","tag-game-1-lines","tag-game-1-odds","tag-habs-vs-bruins","tag-hockey-lines","tag-hockey-odds","tag-hurricanes-vs-devils","tag-nhl-moneyline-odds","tag-nhl-moneylines","tag-nhl-playoff-odds","tag-nhl-playoffs","tag-penguins-vs-flyers","tag-rangers-vs-caps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105836,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10099\/revisions\/105836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Eastern Conference<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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