Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins Prediction, NHL Odds
The Vancouver Canucks search for an end to their current five-game road losing streak when they visit the slumping Boston Bruins on Sunday. The Canucks are coming off a 4-2 loss in Columbus on Friday in the second stop on their current five-game Eastern swing. The Bruins aim to rebound from Friday’s 5-2 loss to the visiting New York Rangers and have now dropped two of three home dates.
The Bruins have enjoyed the support of 90 per cent of sports bettors while rocketing to heavy -246 home favourites in Sunday night’s clash at TD Garden. Accordingly, the Canucks have dipped to lengthy +204 underdogs since opening as a +198 bet. The total has held steady at 5.5, but the Over now sports -115 odds after attracting 86 per cent of the betting action.
Canucks vs. Bruins NHL Betting Odds
Sunday night’s matchup marks the first meeting between these two teams since February 2020. The Canucks have claimed victory in four of their past five meetings, with each of those wins coming as betting underdogs. Overall, Vancouver has averaged five goals per game over that stretch, capped by a 9-3 home victory. However, it was the Bruins who emerged victorious the last time these two teams battled at TD Garden, romping to a 4-0 victory as lofty -200 chalk. Despite their struggles to find the win column against Vancouver, the Bruins have generated plenty of offence of their own in recent meetings. Boston has averaged four goals per game over their past three dates with the Canucks, and scored at least four goals in six of their past 10 clashes. That has contributed to the steady 7-2-0 run for the Over in totals betting.
Vancouver Canucks
Winners in just three of their past 15 games, the Canucks now find themselves stalled in last place in the Pacific Division standings. The club has mustered more than two goals just four times during that stretch and has been outscored by a wide 27-9 margin during their current five-game road slide. The suggestion that this team’s top performers have failed to live up to expectations cannot be overstated. The club’s leading scorer last season, Brock Boeser, has failed to pick up a point in eight straight contests, while the duo of Elias Pettersson and JT Miller have combined to score just one total goal over the past eight games.
Boston Bruins
Linus Ullmark is expected to get the call in net for the Bruins on Sunday after being sidelined earlier this week by an undisclosed injury. Ullmark turned in a solid 29-save performance last time out, leading Boston to a 5-2 win in Philadelphia on Nov. 20. That marked a welcome turnaround after he was tagged for nine total goals in losses to Edmonton and Toronto in his two previous outings. Like Vancouver, the Bruins’ big guns have fallen silent of late. The team’s leading scorer, Brad Marchand, is goalless in five straight outings. Taylor Hall has picked up just five total points in 10 November outings, while David Pastrnak has potted just two goals in nine home appearances.
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