Panthers vs Bruins Game 7 predictions, odds and same-game parlay

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29 April 2023

Panthers vs Bruins Game 7 predictions, odds and same-game parlay

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Could history be repeating itself for the Boston Bruins? That’s what veteran Bruins watchers must be wondering right about now.

This season, Boston rewrote the NHL record book, winning a record 65 games. On Sunday (6:30pm ET, TNT) at TD Garden, the Bruins play host to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of their Stanley Cup first-round series.

Back during the 1970-71 NHL season, the Bruins also rewrote the NHL record book, finishing the regular-season with a then league-record 57 wins. Boston lost a seven-game first-round series to the Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins failed to wrap up the series with a Game 6 win on the road. They lost Game 7 by a 3-1 count. That game was also played on a Sunday. At Boston Garden.

Anyone else just a little bit worried?

Well, the good news is oddsmakers aren’t being swayed by the stuff of legend. It’s the Bruins who are going into Game 7 as the betting chalk and they are healthy -240 favorites.

The Game 7 recipe of late for the Bruins has been twofold. They either lose, or they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since 2012, Boston is 3-4 straight up in Game 7 of playoff series. All three wins were first-round victories over the Maple Leafs in Game 7 at TD Garden. Boston is 3-2 SU at home in Game 7 over that span.

This will be only the third Game 7 ever played by the Panthers and all of them have been played on the road. Florida lost at New Jersey in the 2012 first round and won at Pittsburgh in Game 7 of the 1996 Eastern Conference final.

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It’s also the seventh time that the Presidents’ Trophy winner will be forced to Game 7 of an opening-round set. The Presidents’ Trophy-winning clubs are 4-2 SU in the six previous games. One involved the Bruins, when Boston beat Hartford in 1990, taking the first step toward what would be a Stanley Cup Final appearance.

Florida is 6-1 SU in the club’s last seven home games. However, the Bruins are 5-2 SU at home in their last seven home games against the Panthers.

Following the wild 7-5 Florida win in Game 6 - the first time in Panthers history they’ve scored seven goals in a playoff game - the total is set at just six goals. If you’re considering a wager on the total, it might be an astute move. Florida has gone over in four of the team’s last five games. The over was also the winning play in eight of the last 10 games between the Panthers and Bruins.

The first goal of Game 7 often seems vital in setting the tone, so it sure seems like a good place to start out with the assembly of a same-game parlay. Take Boston to open the scoring at odds of -155.

Matthew Tkachuk has carried the Panthers back into this series on his broad shoulders. He scored two goals in Game 6. Tkachuk’s 5-5-10 totals in this series are tied for the second-most by a Florida player in a single postseason series. Yet you can access a +110 betting line on Tkachuk as an anytime goal scorer. That’s too good to resist.

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Finally, let’s take into account that old saying that in the playoffs, your best players have to be your best players if success is to be in the cards. We’re looking at you David Pastrnak. Boston’s 60-goal scorer during the regular season, Pastrnak also netted twice in Game 6. In four prior Game 7 appearances, he’s counted a goal and two assists. Go with Pasta as an anytime goal scorer at -110.

Combine those three plays together for odds on +625 on your same-game parlay. Bet $10 and a winning wager will return $72.50.

The Panthers don’t bring the same playoff pedigree to the ice that the 1970-71 Canadiens did. Forget about history. Boston hasn’t been the best team in the NHL all season by accident.

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The only team that’s gonna be history after this Game 7 is the Panthers, and it won’t be close.

Pick: Boston Bruins puck line -1.5 (+105).

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