Blues at Bruins 5/27/19 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
St. Louis Blues vs. Boston Bruins
NHL: 8:00 PM EST
May. 27, 2019
TV: NBC
Latest Odds : BOS -150 O/U 5.5
On Monday, the St. Louis Blues will visit TD Garden in Boston for Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals best of seven series against the Boston Bruins. The Blues defeated the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals in six games 4-2. St. Louis is on a Cinderella ride as the Blues were in last place in the Western Conference as recently as January before rallying to reach the playoffs and now the Stanley Cup Finals.
Boston swept the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals 4-0. Boston enters this series riding a seven-game winning streak and having had plenty of rest and time to prepare for the Blues. Boston received good news late this week as Zdeno Chara the veteran defenseman was upgraded to probable for Monday’s opener along with center David Krejci.
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Jaden Schwartz leads St. Louis in goals scored with 12 and in points with 16. Alex Pietrangelo leads the Blues in assists with 11. Ryan O’Reilly is second in points scored with 13. Goalie Jonathan Binnington is 12-7 in net with a goals against average of 2.36 and .914 saves percentage.
Patrice Bergeron leads Boston in goals scored with eight, while Brad Marchand leads the Bruins in assists with 11 and points with 18. David Pastrnak is second in points for Boston with 15. In net, Tuukka Rask is 12-5-0 with 1.84 goals against average and .942 saves percentage.
Recent Betting Trends:
St. Louis is 4-1 in its last 5
The OVER has cashed in 4 of the Blues last 5
Boston is 7-0 in its last 7
The UNDER has cashed in 5 of the Bruins last 8
Free Betting Pick: Boston Bruins -150
Boston was 1-0-1 during the regular season head to head with St. Louis. The Bruins enter this showdown with home ice advantage and riding a winning streak of 7 straight. The Bruins will have a slight edge in net as Tuukka Rask has come on strong during the postseason going 12-5 with a 1.84 GAA and will have veteran defenseman Zdeno Chara in front of the net making life tougher for Blues forwards Schwartz, O’Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko. Final Score Prediction, Boston Bruins win 3-1