{"id":38158,"date":"2011-05-12T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T18:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=38158"},"modified":"2011-05-12T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T18:33:05","slug":"playoff-odds-free-picks-lightning-vs-bruins-preview-12511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nhl\/playoff-odds-free-picks-lightning-vs-bruins-preview-12511\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Betting \u2013 Lightning vs Bruins Game 1 Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

2011 NHL Hockey Free Predictions: Lightning vs Bruins – Eastern Conference Finals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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NHL Playoff Betting \u2013 Lightning vs Bruins Game 1 Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Saturday, May 14, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>TD Garden, Boston, MA
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>Versus, CBC
\nTampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins Betting Lines from Bookmaker.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>Bruins -150, Lightning +120
\nSpread: <\/strong>Bruins -1.5
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>5.5
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You know what I love about handicapping Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final? None of the clich\u00e9s apply.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeam A might be soft after cruising to a sweep in the last round and having a long layoff.\u201d Both the Lighting and Bruins swept their opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeam A has a hot goalie that could baffle Team B in Game 1.\u201d Dwayne Roloson, meet Tim Thomas. Crazy old vet, meet crazy old vet. Neither team has a goaltending edge.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeam A\u2019s checking forwards will give Team B fits.\u201d Both teams have superb checkers and agitators. For every Steve Downie on Tampa there\u2019s a Brad Marchand on Boston.<\/p>\n

That makes Game 1 a pretty challenging bet, doesn\u2019t it? Some sharps will immediately pounce on Tampa. After all, the Lightning have made some people rich by repeatedly winning as underdogs in these playoffs. Also, Patrice Bergeron (concussion) is doubtful for Game 1. It\u2019s a massive blow to the Bruins; Bergeron leads the team in points and leads all NHLers in faceoff percentage in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not ready to crown the Lightning the victor just yet. Remember, they have injury woes of their own. Pavel Kubina\u2019s concussion looks like it will keep him out of Game 1. Simon Gagne (concussion) could return but can we count on him being effective? Same goes for Ryan Malone, who may not may not be 100 per cent coming back from a shoulder injury. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I think the Bruins will be better prepared for Tampa than many teams think. They got their scare out of their system in round one against Montreal. They\u2019ve regained their confidence at home and their power play is starting to heat up. Zdeno Chara found his point shot and busted out with a two-goal game during the Philly series.<\/p>\n

The Lightning don\u2019t fare well in Beantown for whatever reason. They lost both trips to the TD Garden in the regular season and were outscored 10-2. They\u2019re 3-18-4 over their last 25 games at Boston. Ouch.<\/p>\n

I definitely expect a long, back-and-forth series, but I think Tampa, not Boston, is the team that will have to make an adjustment after Game 1. Star forwards like Vinny Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos haven\u2019t faced a bruising defense corps like Boston\u2019s in these playoffs. How will they respond?<\/p>\n

Lightning vs Bruins prediction: <\/strong>Bruins 2, Lightning 0<\/p>\n

Money Line: Bruins -150
\nSpread: Bruins -1.5
\nOver\/Under: UNDER 5.5<\/p>\n

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Its NHL playoff betting time once again. The Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins is on Saturday night. Both will be trying to pick up a win in the Eastern Conference Finals with the line opening with Boston as a -150 favorite in this matchup. The over\/under is set at 5.5, here is the handicapping preview\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":26247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[28750,13920,2993,17795,470,3779,12820,21458,2996,49096,49032,49034,49097,3801,36411,44227,10152,2284,895,13858,12823,13318,49099,49098,13802],"class_list":["post-38158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-28750","tag-eastern-conference-finals","tag-free-nhl-picks","tag-free-nhl-predictions","tag-free-pick","tag-game-1","tag-game-1-lines","tag-hockey-betting-picks","tag-hockey-predictions","tag-lightning-bruins-odds","tag-lightning-bruins-picks","tag-lightning-vs-bruins","tag-lightning-vs-bruins-free-pick","tag-nhl-free-predictions","tag-nhl-gambling-prediction","tag-nhl-gambling-predictions","tag-nhl-hockey-odds","tag-nhl-odds","tag-nhl-picks","tag-nhl-playoff-predictions","tag-nhl-playoffs","tag-round-3","tag-round-three-odds","tag-tampa-bay-lightning-vs-boston-bruins","tag-tampa-bay-vs-boston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38158","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\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38183,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38158\/revisions\/38183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}