{"id":22352,"date":"2010-05-08T00:37:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T05:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=22352"},"modified":"2010-05-08T00:39:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T05:39:23","slug":"game-5-canadiens-vs-penguins-playoff-betting-picks-70510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nhl\/game-5-canadiens-vs-penguins-playoff-betting-picks-70510\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 5 Canadiens vs. Penguins NHL Picks \/ Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NHL Hockey Free Predictions: Canadiens vs Penguins &#8211; Game Five<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/nhl\/\"><strong>Hockey Gambling<\/strong><\/a> fans sure are getting their money\u2019s worth from the\u00a0<a href=\"\/handicappers\/free-sports-picks\/\"><strong>free nhl picks<\/strong><\/a> we give out here at Capperspicks.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Records:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Montreal: 39-33-10<br \/>\nPittsburgh: 47-28-7  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Series Is Tied 2-2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sportsbook odds: <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Canadiens<\/strong>: +230, Over 5.5<br \/>\n<strong>Penguins<\/strong>: -270 Under 5.5 (even) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadiens vs. Penguins Preview <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is it actually possible that we could see Boston and Montreal meet in an original six conference final? Amazing. The Canadiens keep getting outshot but keep finding ways to win.  <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost like they want it more than Pittsburgh does. The Pens are clearly the better team but Sidney Crosby\u2019s relative \u201cdisappearance\u201d in this series makes me wonder if he and his teammates have dulled ambition. <\/p>\n<p>After all, they\u2019ve had a long, long, couple of years, with two straight trips to the final and a championship. <\/p>\n<p>Sid the Kid also had the drama of winning gold for Canada at this year\u2019s Olympics.  <iframe allowtransparency='true' src='http:\/\/ff.connextra.com\/Bodog\/selector\/client?client=Bodog&#038;placement=Ext_RS_Sports_250x250&#038;cxt_aff_id=151627&#038;tclk=http:\/\/www.bodog.eu\/welcome\/151627\/' class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" width='250' height='250' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border-width:0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What if the Pens are oversatisfied? In the third period of Game 4, Montreal actually outshot the Pens 16-9. Their small but speedy forwards are beating the tired Penguin defenders to one too many pucks of late. <\/p>\n<p>My thinking: Pittsburgh will probably still pull out the series victory&#8230;but it will take facing elimination to give them the proper kick in the behind. That means Montreal will steal another one first. <\/p>\n<p>As they showed the Capitals, they\u2019re tough to beat when they have the series momentum. <\/p>\n<p>Bet on the upset win for Montreal on Saturday but expect Pittsburgh to draw even in Game 6.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>NHL Betting Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL is 34-44 ATS (-22.7 Units) on Saturday games over the last 3 seasons.<br \/>\nMONTREAL is 5-18 ATS (+24.7 Units) in the second round of the playoffs since 1996.<br \/>\nPITTSBURGH is 58-22 ATS (+27.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.<br \/>\nMONTREAL is 45-48 ATS (+103.0 Units) in all games this season.<br \/>\nMONTREAL is 12-12 ATS (+32.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.<br \/>\nPITTSBURGH is 27-24 ATS (-23.4 Units) second half of the season this season.<br \/>\nPITTSBURGH is 9-7-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons<br \/>\n9 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.7 Units)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick: Canadiens <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/record.bettingpartners.com\/_TcMlrmSOeQxhg6WO2I1rgWNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT BODOG.COM\u2019S NHL HOCKEY BETTING LINES FOR TONIGHTS MATCHUPS!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight some great Stanley Cup Playoff hockey games on tap for your NHL hockey betting action. We preview and pick the Game 5 Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins conference semi-final matchup, odds currently have the Penguins listed as 270-moneyline favorites in this game. Get your NHL gambling picks here at Capperspicks.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":22006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[28470,28444,28447,28471,2993,27745,3426,28126,13503,21458,2996,28472,28473,2284,895,12823,2773,11979,25345,2282,1968],"class_list":["post-22352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-canadiens-penguins-odds","tag-canadiens-penguins-picks","tag-canadiens-vs-penguins","tag-canadiens-vs-penguins-free-pick","tag-free-nhl-picks","tag-free-playoff-predictions","tag-game-5","tag-game-5-playoff-gambling-prediction","tag-game-one","tag-hockey-betting-picks","tag-hockey-predictions","tag-montreal-canadiens-vs-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-montreal-vs-pittsburgh","tag-nhl-odds","tag-nhl-picks","tag-nhl-playoffs","tag-playoff-picks","tag-round-2","tag-saturday-nhl-gambling-predictions","tag-stanley-cup","tag-stanley-cup-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352","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=22352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22354,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352\/revisions\/22354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}