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Boston Bruins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Preview and Predictions 05-06-2019 in NHL
The Boston Bruins' top line was a fortunate carom away from being shut out in the first three games of the Eastern Conference second-round series. After erupting for 11 points over the next two, the trio of David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron looks to help the Bruins put away the host Blue Jackets in Game 6 on Monday when the teams reconvene in Columbus, Ohio.
"They break through the other night and now they're feeling good about themselves," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy told reporters. "They're dominant when they're on. And when they're feeling it, it's a tall task for the other team." Pastrnak answered scoring and setting up a goal in a 5-2 win in Game 4 by netting his second goal of the game with 1:28 remaining in the third period of a 4-3 victory two nights later. Undaunted by seeing the Blue Jackets lose consecutive contests, coach John Tortorella provided bulletin-board material with his press conference following Saturday's setback. "Things happen for a reason. And I truly believe that. We'll be back here for Game 7," said Tortorella, who was unsuccessful with a similar boast in last year's first-round series against eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet, TVA
ABOUT THE BRUINS: Bergeron tallied twice in Game 4 and Marchand upped the ante two nights later, scoring his first goal of the series and setting up two others to push the Blue Jackets to the brink of elimination. "If you give a line like that enough games under their belt against a certain opponent, they're going to find enough things that work," defenseman Torey Krug told reporters. "... Once we get that line going consistently, we're a very scary team." David Krejci has been "scary" in his own right, opening the scoring in the second period on Saturday for his eighth point (three goals, five assists) in his last 10 games.
ABOUT THE BLUE JACKETS: Although defenseman Seth Jones has recorded six (two goals, four assists) of his nine points in the playoffs on the road, the 24-year-old believes his team ratchets up the intensity when it plays at Nationwide Arena. "Just play smart hockey, play our style of hockey for a full 60 minutes, we should be fine," Jones said of Monday's contest. "We're excited about the energy in the building and the way the environment and our fans are going to react for us in Game 6." Artemi Panarin is producing regardless of venue, notching an assist on defenseman Dean Kukan's third-period tally on Saturday for his 22nd point (eight goals, 14 assists) in his last 17 games.
OVERTIME
1. Columbus RW Cam Atkinson has four assists in his last four games.
2. Boston C Charlie Coyle has been held off the scoresheet in the last three games after recording seven points (five goals, two assists) in his previous eight contests.
3. The Blue Jackets are 15-of-18 on the penalty kill in this series and 20-of-24 in the playoffs.
PREDICTION: Bruins 4, Blue Jackets 2
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San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado Avalanche Preview and Predictions 05-06-2019 in NHL
The San Jose Sharks are aware that they'll likely see the best of an opposition with its backs to the wall, because they were in the same position in the previous round. The Sharks look to fend off the Colorado Avalanche and advance to the Western Conference finals on Monday when the teams play Game 6 in Denver.
"We faced three elimination games against Vegas (in the first round). We didn't go away easily, and I don't anticipate (Colorado is) going to either," San Jose coach Peter DeBoer told reporters on the heels of Saturday's 2-1 victory in Game 5. "This feels good. We put ourselves in a good spot with a chance to do that (advance), but we'll put on the work boots and put in a lot of work in order to do that in Denver." Tomas Hertl recorded his second multi-goal performance of the 2019 playoffs and third of his postseason career when he tallied twice on Saturday, however he has collected just one of his 12 points on the road. Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon saw his point streak halted at eight games while captain Gabriel Landeskog was held off the scoresheet for the fourth time in the series. "We would have liked to go home leading 3-2, obviously, but the reality of the matter is, we're not so we have to win a hockey game at home," the 26-year-old Landeskog told reporters.
TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet, TVA
ABOUT THE SHARKS: Logan Couture collected an assist on Hertl's power-play goal in the second period to provide a jolt to a club that had converted on just one of its first 10 opportunities with the man advantage in the series. "That was as good as we've looked on the power play in this series, and kind of just felt that one was going to find its way in there," said the 30-year-old Couture, whose 13 points (NHL-best nine goals, four assists) are tied for the scoring lead with Boston's Brad Marchand and Avalanche forwards MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. Much-maligned Martin Jones turned aside 21 of 22 shots on Saturday, improving his save percentage to .936 over the last eight games.
ABOUT THE AVALANCHE: Colorado's potent top line registered 41 shots on goal in the previous four contests before being limited to five on Saturday, with MacKinnon having just one on net after four were blocked and three sailed wide. "They have a plan to play against (MacKinnon) like we do against some of their other guys," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar told reporters. "And I don't know if it's anything different, but their guys worked (Saturday) and they checked hard on that top line and I didn't think the top line was great for us (Saturday). They'll have to be better." Rantanen has recorded multi-point performances in three of Colorado's four home games, including a two-assist effort in Thursday's 3-0 win in Game 4.
OVERTIME
1. Colorado G Philipp Grubauer owns 3-1 mark with a 1.69 goals-against average and .945 save percentage at Pepsi Center in the 2019 playoffs.
2. San Jose D Erik Karlsson set up Hertl's first goal on Saturday, giving him a team-best four power-play assists.
3. Avalanche D Tyson Barrie has been held off the scoresheet in four of the five games in this series.
PREDICTION: Avalanche 3, Sharks 2
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Long Sheet
Monday, May 6
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BOSTON (56-29-0-9, 121 pts.) at COLUMBUS (53-33-0-5, 111 pts.) - 5/6/2019, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 213-169 ATS (+43.8 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 since 1996.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 8-6 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 8-6-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
9 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.6 Units)
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SAN JOSE (53-32-0-9, 115 pts.) at COLORADO (44-34-0-14, 102 pts.) - 5/6/2019, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 34-18 ATS (+13.8 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 9-4 (+4.1 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 9-4-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.7 Units)
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NHL
Monday, May 6
Trend Report
Boston Bruins
Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games on the road
Boston is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Columbus
Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Boston's last 15 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Columbus
Boston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games
Columbus is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games
Columbus is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games at home
Columbus is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home
Columbus is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Boston
Columbus is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Columbus's last 15 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing Boston
Columbus is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
Columbus is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
San Jose Sharks
San Jose is 6-18 ATS in its last 24 games
San Jose is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
San Jose is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
San Jose is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games on the road
San Jose is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 13 of San Jose's last 18 games when playing Colorado
San Jose is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
Colorado is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
Colorado is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games at home
Colorado is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
Colorado is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Colorado's last 18 games when playing San Jose
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose
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Dunkel
Monday, May 6
Boston @ Columbus
Game 13-14
May 6, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
Dunkel Rating:
Boston
13.309
Columbus
11.857
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(+100); Under
San Jose @ Colorado
Game 15-16
May 6, 2019 @ 10:00 pm
Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
11.863
Colorado
10.807
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(+105); Under
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