Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins 12/8/21 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Rogers Arena. The Boston Bruins look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Vancouver Canucks look for a win after splitting their last six games.

The Boston Bruins are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 25.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Brad Marchand leads Boston with 9 goals, David Pastrnak has 11 assists and Patrice Bergeron has 70 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 84.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Linus Ullmark has given up 24 goals on 271 shots faced, and Jeremy Swayman has allowed 24 goals on 304 shots.

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 18.9 percent of their power play opportunities. JT Miller leads Vancouver with 8 goals, Quinn Hughes has 18 assists and Oliver Ekman-Larsson has 72 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 65.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 58 goals on 629 shots faced and Jaroslav Halak has allowed 15 goals on 166 shots.

The Bruins are 4-0 in their last 4 road games and 11-4 in their last 15 games as a favorite. The Canucks are 5-11 in their last 16 home games and 4-10 in their last 14 overall. The under is 4-0 in Bruins last 4 overall. The under is 4-1 in Canucks last 5 overall. Bruins are 3-8 in the last 11 meetings in Vancouver.

The Boston Bruins have been the better team this season by a decent margin, and they rarely lose in the favorite role. The Vancouver Canucks have been hard to trust all season, and playing at home hasn’t helped much. I can only side with the Bruins here.