{"id":38378,"date":"2011-05-18T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=38378"},"modified":"2011-05-18T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T17:03:00","slug":"playoff-odds-free-picks-lightning-vs-bruins-preview-18511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nhl\/playoff-odds-free-picks-lightning-vs-bruins-preview-18511\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Betting \u2013 Bruins vs. Lightning Game 3 Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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NHL playoff betting \u2013 Bruins vs Lightning Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Thursday, May 19, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>Versus, TSN
\nBoston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Lines from Bookmaker.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>Bruins +120, Lightning -140
\nSpread: <\/strong>Lightning -1.5
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>5.5
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Well, that was interesting. Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final essentially told us to take everything we thought we knew about the Bruins\/Lighting matchup and toss it out the window.<\/p>\n

This is a smashmouth battle between rugged teams who have stymied their opposition throughout the playoffs, right? Well, Game 2 ended 6-5 for Boston. Timmy Thomas allowed five goals and the seemingly unbeatable Dwayne Roloson was actually pulled after allowing six goals.<\/p>\n

The Bruins\u2019 power play is an Achilles\u2019 heel, right? Apparently not; they were 2 for 5 with the man advantage in Game 2. No faceoff victories without Patrice Bergeron, right? Wrong again. Boston won 56 per cent of the draws.<\/p>\n

Tyler Seguin is a rookie and not ready for the pressure of the playoffs at age 19, right? He begs to differ. He scored two beautiful goals and assisted on two more for a four-point night in Game 2. He now has six points in two career playoff games.<\/p>\n

After all the shocking revelations, how, then, do we approach our Game-3 wager? I think the best thing we can do is take what we learned and apply it to what we already knew. If we do that, I think it becomes clear that the Lightning are in trouble for Game 3. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

These Boston Bruins have played their best playoff hockey on the road; they\u2019re 4-1 away from home. They also (a) traditionally play strong defensive hockey independently of Thomas and (b) have an outstanding backup in Tuukka Rask. In other words, I think they can bounce back after allowing five goals in consecutive games to open this series.<\/p>\n

But can Tampa say the same? This was an adequate defensive team at best during the regular season, relying more on Dwayne Roloson\u2019s play than its own defense. You have to wonder if the Lightning\u2019s defenders have been playing a bit over their heads during the playoffs. Victor Hedman is still very young; Mattias Ohlund is long in the tooth; Pavel Kubina (head) is nowhere close to returning to the lineup.<\/p>\n

Also, the Bruins may have found the gamebreaker they need in Seguin. It doesn\u2019t look like the Tampa defenders have the foot speed to handle him; did you see him split the defense for his breakaway goal in Game 2?<\/p>\n

Something tells me what we saw in Game 2 from Boston could be sustainable. Roloson is 41 friggin\u2019 years old; there\u2019s no telling when the bottom might fall out for him and Tampa doesn\u2019t have a good backup option. Go with the Bruins.<\/p>\n

Bruins vs Lightning prediction: <\/strong>Bruins 4, Lightning 2<\/p>\n

Money Line: Bruins +120, Lightning -140
\nSpread: Bruins +1.5
\nOver\/Under: OVER 5.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Its NHL playoff betting time once again. The Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning is on Thursday night. Both will be trying to pick up a win in the Eastern Conference Finals with the line opening with Tampa Bay as a -140 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":37850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[28750,5959,49209,49206,49207,5960,49208,13920,2993,17795,470,3319,19444,21458,2996,3801,36411,44227,10152,2284,895,13858,12823,13318,49099],"class_list":["post-38378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-28750","tag-boston-bruins-vs-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-boston-vs-tampa-bay","tag-bruins-lightning-odds","tag-bruins-lightning-picks","tag-bruins-vs-lightning","tag-bruins-vs-lightning-free-pick","tag-eastern-conference-finals","tag-free-nhl-picks","tag-free-nhl-predictions","tag-free-pick","tag-game-3","tag-game-3-lines","tag-hockey-betting-picks","tag-hockey-predictions","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38378","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=38378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38383,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38378\/revisions\/38383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}