Boston Bruins (0-0) vs. Washington Capitals (0-0)
October 12, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Washington Capitals -145 / Boston Bruins +125; Over/Under: +6
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The Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals meet in NHL motion from Capital One Arena on Wednesday evening.
The Boston Bruins come into the 2021-22 season, taking a look to bop again from an up and down 12 months, completing at 51-26-5 to earn the primary Wild Card spot. The Bruins’ keep within the postseason was once short-lived regardless that, because the Bruins had been bounced through the Carolina Hurricanes within the first spherical. The bulk of Boston’s offense continues to be in tact, led through Brad Marchand who logged a team-high 80 issues, however continues to be coping with harm woes after hip procedures within the offseason. David Pastrnak returns after hanging up a team-high 40 objectives closing season as neatly. Jeremy Swayman is believed to take over the beginning position for Boston between the pipes after going 23-14-3 with a 2.41 GAA and a .914 save share closing season.
The Washington Capitals will attempt to leap again from a disappointing 2021-22 season through their requirements, completing the 12 months at 44-26-12, sneaking in as the second one wild card workforce and their keep within the playoffs, like Boston’s, was once temporary, because the Panthers knocked out the Caps in six video games. The primary names in Washington’s rotation are all again, led through Alex Ovechkin who had a team-high 90 issues and 50 objectives closing season whilst Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson every had 70+ issues and shared the team-high with 54 assists closing season. The evident want to repair for Washington was once goaltending, and the Caps addressed that through changing Vitek Vanecek and Ilya Samsonov with a Stanley Cup winner in Darcy Kuemper who had a 37-12-4 file with a 2.54 GAA and a .921 save share on easy methods to the run closing season. Charlie Lindgren additionally is available in to function the reserve goaltender for the Caps this season as neatly.
Boston is 0-5 of their closing 5 street video games and 1-4 of their closing 5 Wednesday video games whilst the over is 5-1-1 of their closing 7 video games towards the Metropolitan department. Washington is 1-4 of their closing 5 house video games and 2-8 of their closing 10 video games total whilst the over is 15-5-2 of their closing 22 video games towards the Eastern Conference.
I am getting the case to be made for Boston and the plus cash as they’ve had a large number of contemporary good fortune towards the Capitals. However, Boston’s banged up entering this 12 months and it’s attention-grabbing to peer how a brand new voice will impact the Bruins. Washington’s largest want to deal with was once between the pipes closing 12 months, and the Caps did that through bringing in a protecting Stanley Cup champion in Darcy Kuemper and I feel that’s going to be large for the Caps to make a run and it begins on Wednesday with a win.
Chris Ruffolo’s Free Pick:
Washington -145