Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites for Saturday 5/4/19
The Stanley Cup playoffs feature a pair of series tied at two on Saturday night. This includes the San Jose Sharks taking on the Colorado Avalanche, as Colorado earned the victory in Game 4 to tie the series. The Boston Bruins tied their series with the Columbus Blue Jackets earning a victory in Columbus in Game 4.
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Columbus Blue Jackets (+115) vs. Boston Bruins (-135)
The Boston Bruins earned a decisive 4-1 victory in Game 4 two even their series with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Bruins got a pair of power-play goals from Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist to help lead the Bruins to victory.
Goaltending Matchup:
Tuukka Rask responded with his best game of the series, stopping 24 of 25 shots in Game 4. Rask allowed eight total goals in this round of the playoffs. He has a 2.11 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage through the first 11 games of this year’s playoffs.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 42 of 46 shots in the last contest. He has given up 14 total goals through the first four games of the series. Bobrovsky has a 2.13 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage through his first eight games of these playoffs.
Stat Pack:
Blue Jackets:
Goals For: 3.00
Goals Against: 2.27
Power-Play: 31.3 %
Penalty Killing: 80.6 %
Bruins:
Goals For: 3.38
Goals Against: 2.25
Power-Play: 32.0 %
Penalty Killing: 81.9 %
Trends to Know
Columbus Blue Jackets are:
8-1 in their last nine road games.
13-3 in their last 16 games.
9-3 in their last 12 games against teams with a winning record.
Boston Bruins are:
54-23 in their last 77 games at home.
25-12 and their last 37 games.
2-6 in their last eight conference semifinals games
Prediction
The home team is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings between these two teams, but the road team has won two of the first four games of this series. That is not a trend you can depend upon here. What you can depend upon estate Boston has been outstanding at home this season, and Rask looked absolutely outstanding in Game 4. We give the Bruins to slight edge in this contest.
The total is set at 5.5 in this contest. These two teams have gone under that number in all four games of this series, and there is no reason to believe that this contest will buck that trend. Take the Boston Bruins to win, 3-1.
Colorado Avalanche (+115) vs. San Jose Sharks (-135)
Thanks to 32 saves by Philipp Grubauer, the Colorado Avalanche evened their series with the San Jose Sharks with a 3-0 victory. Nathan MacKinnon, Colin Wilson, and Erik Johnson each scored a goal in the game and Mikko Rantanen added two assists.
Goaltending Matchup:
Grubauer had his best start of the playoffs, stopping all of the 32 shots he faced for his first career playoff shutout. Grubauer has allowed 10 total goals in the series. He has a 2.17 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage in his nine games during the playoffs.
Martin Jones stopped 25 of 27 shots he faced and has now allowed nine total goals in the series. Jones has a 2.84 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage in 11 games.
Stat Pack:
Avalanche:
Goals For: 3.11
Goals Against: 2.56
Power-Play: 17.9%
Penalty Killing: 81.8%
Sharks:
Goals For: 3.18
Goals Against: 3.27
Power-Play: 20.0 %
Penalty Killing: 76.7 %
Trends to Know
Colorado Avalanche are:
6-2 in their last eight games.
37-77 in their last 114 games on the road.
2-11 in their last 13 conference semifinals games.
San Jose Sharks are:
5-2 in their last seven games.
5-2 in their last seven games against teams from the Western Conference.
9-3 in their last 12 games on Saturday.
Prediction
The San Jose Sharks needed just one victory in Colorado to regain the home-ice advantage and they earned that. Now they just need to take care of business by winning Game 5 and earning a victory in one of the last two games. The offense fell on their face in Game 4, but we expect the Sharks to rebound to win Game 5.
The total is set at 5.5. These two teams have gone over that number in each of the first three games of this series, including both of the games in San Jose. These two played a much more freewheeling style in California, and that will likely be the scenario in this contest as well. Take the San Jose Sharks to defeat the Colorado Avalanche, 5-3.
NHL
Dunkel
Saturday, May 4
Columbus @ Boston
Game 1-2
May 4, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
Dunkel Rating:
Columbus
13.360
Boston
11.807
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus
by 1 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus
(+115); Under
Colorado @ San Jose
Game 3-4
May 4, 2019 @ 10:00 pm
Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
11.279
San Jose
10.390
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Colorado
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(+115); Under
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