Washington Capitals (37-15-7) vs. Boston Bruins (35-16-8)
May 21, 2021 6:30 pm EDT
The Line: Boston Bruins -164 / Washington Capitals +132; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins meet Friday in game four of the NHL East Playoffs at the TD Garden. The Capitals need a win here to even up the series at 2-2.
The Washington Capitals are averaging 2.67 goals per game and are scoring on 20 percent of their power play opportunities. Garnet Hathaway leads Washington with two goals, T.J. Oshie has two assists and Alex Ovechkin has 12 shots on goal. Defensively, the Washington Capitals are allowing three goals per game and are killing 81.8 percent of their opponents power plays. Craig Anderson has given up five goals on 70 shots faced and Ilya Samsonov has allowed three goals on 43 shots.
The Boston Bruins have a chance to take a massive 3-1 series lead with a victory here. The Boston Bruins are averaging three goals per game and are scoring on 18.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Jake DeBrusk leads Boston with two goals, Matt Grzelcyk has two assists and David Pastrnak has 19 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 2.67 goals per game and are killing 80 percent of their opponents power plays. Tuukka Rask has given up eight goals on 108 shots faced.
The Capitals are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 28-13 in their last 41 overall. The Bruins are 9-1 in their last 10 home games and 14-6 in their last 20 overall. The under is 4-1-2 in Capitals last 7 overall. The over is 4-1-1 in Bruins last 6 home games. The Capitals are 10-4 in the last 14 meetings in Boston and 22-8 in the last 30 meetings. The home team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The favorite is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
The Boston Bruins are touch to pick against at home where they consistently do their best work and they’ve won six of the last 10 meetings against the Caps. However, the Washington Capitals and plus money is even tougher to turn down, as the talent level is there, this team is battle tested in these moments and honestly the last three meetings between these clubs could have gone either way. In fact, all three games of this series and four of the last nine meetings overall have seen overtime. This is an even series on paper and I don’t expect either club to get bounced quickly. Give me the Capitals and plus money.
