Betting news, trends, odds and predictions for Monday, April 30, 2018 from various handicappers and websites
Preview: Bruins at Lightning
Gracenote
Apr 29, 2018
The Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak line looks to match their performance from the opener when the Boston Bruins visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Marchand (one goal) and Pastrnak (four assists) each posted four points while Bergeron had two goals to go along with an assist as the trio combined for a plus-12 rating in Saturday’s 6-2 victory.
“It’s another character win for us. Now we just move on to Game 2,” Pastrnak told reporters. “We’re having fun. We need to play a little bit simple, especially at the beginning and just put pucks deep. We are good when we’re fast on the forecheck and getting pucks back, so we just need to keep playing like that.” Tampa Bay finished with a 36-24 edge in shots in Game 1, but could not contain the top line and made just enough mistakes to thwart their chance to climb back in the contest after falling behind 2-0. “We have to raise the battle level in the defensive zone,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper told reporters. “For all the battle level we had in the offensive zone, if we turn that into the defensive zone for some of those plays, maybe they don’t go in.” Tampa Bay’s leading scorer Nikita Kucherov (five goals, 10 points in the playoffs) attempted eight shots in Game 1 and only two ended up on net while the Lightning got goals from defensemen Dan Girardi and rookie Mikhail Sergachev.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, TVA
ABOUT THE BRUINS: Goalie Tuukka Rask made 34 saves in Game 1, including several big stops in the first period and with a one-goal lead later in the contest, after a subpar performance in the first round against Toronto (.899 save percentage). “It’s a new series,” Rask told reporters. “You try to come off on top in the first game, try to get the lead. That’s what my focus was. Like every game, you try to give your team a chance to win.” Left wing Rick Nash scored twice in the series opener after managing one goal in the first round and rookie defenseman Charlie McAvoy added two assists to give him three in the playoffs.
ABOUT THE LIGHTNING: The Ondrej Palat-Brayden Point-Tyler Johnson line, along with defensemen Anton Stralman and Ryan McDonagh, was matched up against the Bergeron trio in Game 1 and likely will get the job again - if all are healthy - despite the numbers. “There was just some tough coverage moments where I think everything they shot went in,” Cooper told reporters. “They were opportunistic, but that’s how you win games.” Point, who was a minus-5 in Game 1, and Palat (minus-4, five shots) missed practice Sunday for body maintenance but Cooper told reporters Sunday that they both should be fine for Game 2.
OVERTIME
1. Tampa Bay G Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is 1-4-1 in six career regular-season games with a .922 save percentage versus Boston, stopped 18 of 23 shots Saturday.
2. Pastrnak has 17 points, second-most in franchise history for the first eight playoff games behind Rick Middleton (19 in 1983).
3. Lightning D Victor Hedman, a finalist for the Norris Trophy, notched an assist in Game 1 after failing to post a point in the first round.
PREDICTION: Bruins 4, Lightning 3
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W/L Trends
Boston
Bruins are 11-4 in their last 15 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Bruins are 25-10 in their last 35 games playing on 1 days rest.
Bruins are 12-5 in their last 17 Conference Semifinals games.
Bruins are 38-16 in their last 54 vs. Eastern Conference.
Bruins are 23-10 in their last 33 vs. Atlantic.
Bruins are 25-11 in their last 36 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Bruins are 49-24 in their last 73 overall.
Bruins are 2-5 in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Bruins are 2-5 in their last 7 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Bruins are 2-6 in their last 8 road games.
Bruins are 1-4 in their last 5 Monday games.
Tampa Bay
Lightning are 4-0 in their last 4 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Lightning are 39-12 in their last 51 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Lightning are 16-5 in their last 21 Conference Semifinals games.
Lightning are 5-2 in their last 7 games following a loss of 3 or more goals.
Lightning are 36-15 in their last 51 games playing on 1 days rest.
Lightning are 36-15 in their last 51 home games.
Lightning are 7-3 in their last 10 vs. Eastern Conference.
Lightning are 11-5 in their last 16 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
Lightning are 66-32 in their last 98 overall.
Lightning are 1-4 in their last 5 Monday games.
Lightning are 1-4 in their last 5 vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
Lightning are 1-8 in their last 9 when their opponent scores 5 goals or more in their previous game.
OU Trends
Boston
Over is 4-0-2 in Bruins last 6 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Over is 6-0-2 in Bruins last 8 games following a win.
Over is 4-0-1 in Bruins last 5 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Over is 5-1 in Bruins last 6 games playing on 1 days rest.
Over is 6-2-2 in Bruins last 10 overall.
Over is 12-4-2 in Bruins last 18 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Over is 6-2-2 in Bruins last 10 vs. Atlantic.
Over is 6-2-2 in Bruins last 10 vs. Eastern Conference.
Under is 8-3 in Bruins last 11 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Over is 5-2-2 in Bruins last 9 vs. a team with a winning record.
Under is 9-4 in Bruins last 13 road games.
Over is 9-4-1 in Bruins last 14 Monday games.
Tampa Bay
Under is 4-0 in Lightning last 4 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Under is 3-0-1 in Lightning last 4 following a home loss of 3 or more goals.
Under is 4-0-1 in Lightning last 5 following a loss of 3 or more goals.
Over is 6-1 in Lightning last 7 when their opponent scores 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Over is 4-1 in Lightning last 5 Monday games.
Over is 4-1 in Lightning last 5 home games.
Under is 3-1-1 in Lightning last 5 vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
Over is 3-1-1 in Lightning last 5 vs. Atlantic.
Over is 14-5-1 in Lightning last 20 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Under is 5-2 in Lightning last 7 games playing on 1 days rest.
Over is 10-4 in Lightning last 14 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
Over is 22-9-2 in Lightning last 33 vs. Eastern Conference.
Over is 31-15-2 in Lightning last 48 overall.
Head to Head
Bruins are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Tampa Bay.
Under is 4-1-1 in the last 6 meetings.
Bruins are 43-18 in the last 61 meetings.
Preview: Golden Knights at Sharks
Gracenote
Apr 29, 2018
The San Jose Sharks rebounded from their first loss of the postseason and hope to prevent the visiting Vegas Golden Knights from doing the same when the teams meet for Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals Monday night. The Sharks were pounded 7-0 in Game 1, but fought back from a two-goal deficit and earned a 4-3 double-overtime victory Saturday to take over home-ice advantage in the series.
Logan Couture scored his second goal of the game 5:13 into the second overtime on the power play to complete the turnaround that San Jose coach Peter DeBoer expected from his team: “We were better in every situation, and I knew we would be.” Defenseman Brent Burns had two goals and an assist in Game 2 for the Sharks, who recorded 47 shots and scored twice with the man advantage in seven tries. Vegas, which gave up four goals Saturday after surrendering three in the first five games of the postseason, got two tallies from William Karlsson before permitting three in a 12:07 span during the second period. “They better be ready because we didn’t show up for 45 minutes (Saturday),” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant told reporters. “We played a great game the other night and competed and battled. And (in Game 2), whether we thought it was going to be easy or what we thought, I don’t know.”
TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, TVA
ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS: Vegas was the fifth-least penalized team during the regular season - second in fewest minutes per game at 6:49 - but were called for 11 in Game 2 and two in the second overtime. “Our game is to roll our four lines over, and that’s something we couldn’t do the first two periods,” defenseman Nate Schmidt told reporters. “We’ve got to make sure we screw the heads back on and make sure that you’re disciplined, because you can’t put this team on the power play.” Forward Reilly Smith has four assists in the series and seven overall in the playoffs to tie Karlsson for the team lead with seven points in five games.
ABOUT THE SHARKS: Couture boasts 13 shots in the series after registering seven in Saturday’s win and shares the team lead in points (seven) during the playoffs with captain Joe Pavelski, who set up a pair of goals in Game 2. Left wing Evander Kane, who had three goals and an assist in the first five games of the postseason, should be back in the lineup after serving a one-game suspension for a violent cross check. Goalie Martin Jones gave up eight goals on 42 shots in the first two contests of the series after permitting four on 132 attempts in the first round, but was 19-10-2 with three of his four shutouts at home during the regular season.
OVERTIME
1. Vegas G Marc-Andre Fleury owns 67 career playoff wins, one behind Andy Moog for 10th on the NHL’s all-time list.
2. San Jose F Joe Thornton is skating with the team after missing more than three months because of a knee injury and is considered day-to-day.
3. The Golden Knights had killed off 17-of-18 power-play attempts in the first five games of the playoffs before going 5-for-7 on Saturday.
PREDICTION: Sharks 4, Golden Knights 3
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W/L Trends
Vegas
Golden Knights are 8-1 in their last 9 vs. a team with a winning record.
Golden Knights are 5-1 in their last 6 overall.
Golden Knights are 23-9 in their last 32 vs. Pacific.
Golden Knights are 28-13 in their last 41 games playing on 1 days rest.
Golden Knights are 38-18 in their last 56 vs. Western Conference.
Golden Knights are 1-4 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
San Jose
Sharks are 4-0 in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest.
Sharks are 4-0 in their last 4 Monday games.
Sharks are 8-1 in their last 9 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
Sharks are 5-1 in their last 6 overall.
Sharks are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. Western Conference.
Sharks are 21-5 in their last 26 vs. Pacific.
Sharks are 7-2 in their last 9 home games.
Sharks are 10-3 in their last 13 games following a win.
OU Trends
Vegas
Under is 4-0 in Golden Knights last 4 Monday games.
Under is 9-3-1 in Golden Knights last 13 road games.
Under is 7-3 in Golden Knights last 10 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Under is 7-3-1 in Golden Knights last 11 vs. a team with a winning record.
Under is 13-6-1 in Golden Knights last 20 games playing on 1 days rest.
San Jose
Over is 6-0-3 in Sharks last 9 Conference Semifinals games.
Over is 5-1 in Sharks last 6 home games.
Over is 4-1-1 in Sharks last 6 games playing on 1 days rest.
Over is 4-1 in Sharks last 5 Monday games.
Over is 13-4-2 in Sharks last 19 games following a win.
Over is 6-2-1 in Sharks last 9 overall.
Over is 3-1-1 in Sharks last 5 vs. Pacific.
Over is 6-2-1 in Sharks last 9 vs. Western Conference.
Head to Head
No trends available.
NHL(17) VEGAS @ (18) SAN JOSE | 04/30/2018 - 10:05 PM
Play ON VEGAS using the money line in All games
The record is 22 Wins and 14 Losses this season (+15.00 units)
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NHL(17) VEGAS @ (18) SAN JOSE | 04/30/2018 - 10:05 PM
Play OVER SAN JOSE using the puck line in All games vs. division opponents
The record is 26 Overs and 9 Unders this season (+16.00 units)
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NHL(17) VEGAS @ (18) SAN JOSE | 04/30/2018 - 10:05 PM
Play ON SAN JOSE using the money line in All games vs. division opponents
The record is 26 Wins and 9 Losses this season (+16.00 units)
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NHL(15) BOSTON @ (16) TAMPA BAY | 04/30/2018 - 7:05 PM
Play UNDER BOSTON on the total in Road games vs. division opponents
The record is 4 Overs and 14 Unders this season (+9.80 units)
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NHL(17) VEGAS @ (18) SAN JOSE | 04/30/2018 - 10:05 PM
Play OVER VEGAS using the puck line in All games in all games
The record is 57 Overs and 32 Unders this season (+20.25 units)
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Trend Report
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Boston Bruins
Boston is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games
Boston is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Boston is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston's last 13 games on the road
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston
Tampa Bay is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games when playing Boston
Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
Tampa Bay is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Vegas is 17-8 ATS in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Vegas's last 13 games on the road
Vegas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing San Jose
Vegas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vegas's last 6 games when playing San Jose
San Jose Sharks
San Jose is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 14 of San Jose's last 20 games
San Jose is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games at home
San Jose is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Vegas
San Jose is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing Vegas
NHL
Long Sheet
Monday, April 30
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BOSTON (55-23-0-12, 122 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (58-25-0-5, 121 pts.) - 4/30/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 42-43 ATS (-24.3 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 19-6 ATS (+12.4 Units) in the second round of the playoffs since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) when trailing in a playoff series since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 14-14 ATS (-12.3 Units) after a division game this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 10-4 (+6.7 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 10-4-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
6 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.2 Units)
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VEGAS (56-25-0-7, 119 pts.) at SAN JOSE (50-28-0-10, 110 pts.) - 4/30/2018, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 130-84 ATS (-13.3 Units) in April games since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 26-9 ATS (+14.8 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
SAN JOSE is 23-11 ATS (+8.4 Units) after a division game this season.
SAN JOSE is 20-10 ATS (+20.0 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
VEGAS is 57-32 ATS (+18.3 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 25-10 ATS (+11.6 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
VEGAS is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent this season.
VEGAS is 30-16 ATS (+12.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 4-2 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 4-2-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)