{"id":4387,"date":"2009-05-08T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-playoff-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-05-08T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T17:11:00","slug":"nhl-playoff-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-playoff-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As many hockey betting<\/a> pundits say, Game 4 is the most important in any Stanley Cup odds series, as the gap between a 2-2 series tie and three games to one is massive. Let’s break down the crucial Game 4s happening in the Eastern Conference semifinal round tonight.<\/p>\n

Penguins<\/span><\/b><\/span> vs<\/span> Capitals odds: Game 4 tonight at <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/font>7:00 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time>
<\/span><\/b>NHL odds<\/a>: Capitals +145, Penguins -165<\/p>\n

It was practically do or die for the Penguins odds in Game 3 and it really showed, as the Penguins outworked the Caps all night long and were by far the better team. Thanks to Simeon Varlamov’s<\/span> phenomenal play, the Caps pushed the Pens to overtime, but the deserving team won as Kris Letang<\/span> potted the overtime winner for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Will the Caps strike back or is Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> poised to even the series? My thinking is that the Penguins vs<\/span> Capitals odds should continue bringing us dynamic, tight hockey games and it would be all too fitting for the Pens to even the series. They’ll be fired up again and they’ll repeat their strategy of moving their feet to get the Caps in penalty trouble while peppering Varlamov<\/span>. This should be another close hockey betting playoff matchup, but the Caps are still not a great road team and should fall to the Pens again. <\/p>\n

Hockey betting pick: Penguins -165<\/p>\n

Hurricanes vs<\/span> Bruins odds – Game 4 tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET
<\/span><\/b>NHL odds<\/a>: Bruins -125, Hurricanes +105<\/p>\n

Hard to believe the Bruins odds are in serious trouble after Boston looked so strong against Montreal, but the truth is that Carolina simply wasn’t getting the respect it deserved all along. Even tonight after winning Game 3 at home, the ‘Canes are sportsbook<\/a> underdogs. The key to the series so far has been the battle between Eric Staal<\/span> and Zdeno<\/span> Chara<\/span>, which Staal<\/span> has won to this point. Chara<\/span> needs some support to keep from tiring, as he did during overtime in Game 3, and I’m not sure the other Bruin defenders can give that to him, so it’s up to the Bruin forwards to step it up. Marc Savard<\/span>, Phil Kessel<\/span> and Michael Ryder have to be better tonight. They should rise to the occasion as the Bruins prove they are in fact tough enough to bounce back in a Stanley Cup betting series.<\/p>\n

Hockey betting pick: Bruins -125<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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As many hockey betting pundits say, Game 4 is the most important in any Stanley Cup odds series, as the gap between a 2-2 series tie and three games to one is massive. Let’s break down the crucial Game 4s happening in the Eastern Conference semifinal round tonight. Penguins vs Capitals odds: Game 4 tonight … Continue reading NHL Playoff Picks<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}