Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Boston +105 / Montreal -120 O/U 5 goals
Time: 7 PM EST Saturday March 13, 2010 on NHLNET
Tonight in an important Eastern Conference match up for both teams the streaking Montreal Canadiens host the Boston Bruins. Montreal is in the 7th position in the East, but they only lead 8th place Boston by 2 points. Boston can't breath easy, as they only lead The New York Rangers by 3 points and the Tampa Bay Lightning by 4 points.
The Canadiens have won 4 straight and are 6-4 in their last 10 games and the Bruins are coming off a win and are a solid 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.
This season Montreal is 17-13-4 at home and Boston is 16-11-6 on the road.
In their last games the Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Thursday night and the Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 also on Thursday night.
Montreal has won 5 of their last 6 games against Boston.
The Canadiens' offense, which ranks 19th in the league in scoring (2.62 goals per game), has been on fire lately scoring 16 goals in their 4-game winning streak.
Boston will have to win this game with their defense since they rank dead last in the league in scoring (2.36 goals per game). Luckily for the Bruins their defense is solid only giving up an average of 2.42 goals per game).
Bruins' G Tim Thomas (15 wins 2.51 GAA save percentage 91.6%) or Tuukka Rask (15 wins 2.11 GAA save percentage 91.6%) wills start tonight between the pipes and whoever gets the call has to play well, especially if Boston's offense has trouble finding the back of the net.
The Bruins may have to lean more heavily on their D, as they have likely lost Marc Savard (10 goals 23 assists) for the season.
These two teams met on March 2nd and Montreal beat Boston 4-1.
Boston's Marco Sturm, who leads the team in goals (21), has 5 goals in his last 6 games against Montreal and in his last 6 games overall he has been playing well with 3 goals and 4 assists.
Wagering Trends
Boston is 7-3 in their last 10 games, 6-2 in their last 8 road games, and has an Under record of 7-3-5 in their last 15 games.
Montreal is 6-2 in their last 8 home games, has an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 games, and an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 home games.
In the last 6 meetings between these 2 teams the Under record is 3-1-2.
Our Selection : Take Boston +105
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