BEST LINES: Pinnacle -1½ +289 Bet365 -1½ +275 SportsInteraction -1 +155  5DIMES -1½ +280

BEST LINES: Pinnacle +104 Bet365 +100 SportsInteraction +100 5DIMES +101

Posted at 12:00 PM EST 

Before we begin and until further notice, we’re going to be splitting up our NHL underdogs into two bets. We’re playing them straight up for 1 unit and we’ll be playing them on the reverse puck line (-1½) for 1 unit, thus making up our traditional 2 unit bet. The thinking is that if the dog loses, we lose our bet anyway. If the game goes into OT, which is a coin-toss anyway, we lose our -1½ bet but have a chance to profit a pork-chop if we happen to get lucky and win it in the extra time. If our team is winning by a goal, we know for sure we’ll get a crack at an empty netter and there is also a good chance that if our team is ahead, it might be by more than one goal anyway. Therefore, our bet for this game and every dog we play will be -1½ for 1 unit and straight up for one unit.

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7:05 PM EST. OT included. There are so many things not to like about the Bruins here. First, they’ve been off for five days, which is a break that is not beneficial. It’s too long this early on the season and chances are that the B’s will not be sharp to start. Aside from that, the Bruins are usually the second best team on the ice. While most teams have played between eight and 10 games, the Bruins have played just seven so they have not been able to get any kind of flow or routine going yet. They’ve also played the 28th ranked strength of schedule and are 1-4 against top-16 teams. The B’s three wins have occurred against Vancouver, Arizona and Nashville. Boston has created the least amount of scoring chances per game in the NHL. Boston had a 4-1 lead over Buffalo in its last game and lost 5-4 after being outshout 42-31. Frankly, we’re not seeing one reason that they should be favored over San Jose.

The Sharks can exploit a weak defense with the best of them and that’s precisely what they’ll encounter here. There are too many seasoned NHL players on the Sharks for the Bruins to deal with. We all know how dangerous Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski are on the Sharks top line but adding Joonas Donskoi was a stroke of genius. That kid can play. The second line featuring Logan Couture at center has been dominating puck possession too. The Sharks bottom six features guys like Kevin Labanc, Joel Ward, Tino Meier and Mikkel Boedker among others and they, too, are creating chances. We haven’t even mentioned Brett Burns. Lastly, give a goaltending edge to the Sharks with Martin Jones over Anton Khodubin and then instantly give us the Sharks plus a tag.

The bets are as follows:

San Jose -1½ +289 for 1 unit

San Jose +104 for 1 unit

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