Vancouver +125 Boston -135 Over/Under: 5 The Vancouver Canucks have travelled cross-country one more time in search of their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history to take on the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of this best-of-seven series. Tonight?s game at the TD Garden is set for 8 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on NBC.
Vancouver grinded out a 1-0 victory in Friday night?s Game 5 as a 159 home favorite. It was its 15th victory this postseason against eight defeats. It also gave the Canucks a 3-2 edge in this series and the chance to win the title tonight in Boston. They are just 1-4 as an underdog and the total has gone ?over? in six of their 10 games on the road.
Offense for Vancouver has been at a premium throughout this entire series as it has scored just six goals in five games. If it is going to have any chance of hoisting the Cup tonight, goalie Roberto Luongo is going to have to give a repeat performance of Friday night?s game where he stopped all 31 of the Bruins? shots.
Boston has to be happy to be back in the friendly confines of the TD Garden where it is 9-3 overall this postseason and undefeated in its last five games here. The Bruins are 11-4 as a favorite and the total is 6-6 in those 12 games played at home.
Scoring has also been more prevalent at the Garden as Boston has scored a total of 12 goals in Game 3 and 4 here while managing just two goals in the three games in Vancouver. The Bruins? ability to force a deciding Game 7 could rest on the shoulders on their goalie, Tim Thomas. He has been spectacular in this series with a goals-against-average of just 1.2.
This series has followed suit with the home team winning every game and tonight should be no different. Stick with Boston and the ?under? as it forces this ?instant classic? showdown to shift back across the country one more time for Wednesday night?s Game 7.
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