The NHL Winter Classic is set for Monday afternoon when the Pittsburgh Penguins (44 points) play the Boston Bruins (60 points) in Fenway Park. Pittsburgh is currently fourth in the Metropolitan division but do occupy one of the Wild Card spots. Boston is by far the best team, points wise, in the NHL. Below is my NHL betting pick for Penguins vs Bruins.
Penguins vs Bruins Betting Pick
ℹ️ The Pick: | Bruins Moneyline (-165) |
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This game will be played at Fenway Park at 2:00 p.m. ET on Monday, January 2, 2023.
Why Bet the Bruins:
✅ Boston is 5-2 in their last seven games.
✅ The Bruins are 17-3 in their last 20 home games.
✅ Pittsburgh is 1-5 in their last six games played.
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Team Records
PIT | Team Records | BOS |
---|---|---|
38-32-12 | Overall | 47-20-15 |
2-3 | Shootout | 4-3 |
4-9 | Overtime | 7-12 |
23-14-4 | Home | 24-11-6 |
15-18-8 | Road | 23-9-9 |
23-18-9 | EAS | 30-15-5 |
15-14-3 | WES | 17-5-10 |
10-10-4 | ATL | 18-5-3 |
13-8-5 | MET | 12-10-2 |
7-7-2 | CEN | 10-3-3 |
8-7-1 | PAC | 7-2-7 |
12-10-12 | ≤1 | 16-5-15 |
18-13-0 | ≥3 | 22-11-0 |
3-6-0 | Oct | 8-0-1 |
8-4-1 | Nov | 7-4-2 |
7-3-3 | Dec | 7-3-3 |
4-4-3 | Jan | 9-2-3 |
5-5-1 | Feb | 4-3-5 |
5-8-3 | Mar | 8-5-1 |
6-2-1 | Apr | 4-3-0 |
Team Stats
PIT | Team Stats | BOS |
---|---|---|
253 | Goals For | 263 |
248 | Goals Agst | 221 |
3.2 | PP For GM | 2.96 |
.49 | PP Goals GM | .66 |
15.27 | PP% | 22.22 |
2.96 | PP Agst GM | 3.27 |
.57 | PP Agst Goals GM | .57 |
80.66 | PK% | 82.46 |
7.4 | PIM GM | 9.5 |
7.9 | oPIM GM | 8.8 |
Goalies
T. Jarry | L. Ullmark | |
---|---|---|
51 | GP | 40 |
48 | GS | 39 |
19-25-5 | W-L-T/O | 22-10-7 |
133 | Goals Allowed | 103 |
2.91 | GAA | 2.57 |
1369 | Shots Against | 1207 |
.903 | SV% | .915 |
6 | SO | 2 |
29 | Quality Starts | 26 |
.604 | QS% | .667 |
12 | Bad Starts | 3 |
101 | Goals All.% | 88 |
-0.67 | Goals Sv Above Avg | 13.67 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/14/22 NYI | Sorokin ML N/A | W6-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 39 | 36 | .923 |
4/9/22 WAS | Samsonov ML N/A | L3-6 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 43 | 39 | .907 |
4/7/22 NYR | Shesterkin ML N/A | L0-3 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 23 | 21 | .913 |
4/5/22 COL | Kuemper ML N/A | L4-6 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 31 | 26 | .839 |
4/2/22 COL | Kuemper ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 38 | 35 | .921 |
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/4/22 CAR | Kochetkov ML N/A | L2-5 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 33 | 29 | .879 |
5/2/22 CAR | Raanta ML N/A | L1-5 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 24 | 20 | .833 |
4/28/22 BUF | Tokarski ML N/A | W5-0 TOTAL N/A | 0 | 37 | 37 | 1.000 |
4/26/22 FLA | Bobrovsky ML N/A | W4-2 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 21 | 19 | .905 |
4/23/22 NYR | Shesterkin ML N/A | W3-1 TOTAL N/A | 1 | 31 | 30 | .968 |
Betting Trends
PIT | Betting Trends | BOS |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
0-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
2.33 | Avg Score | 2.67 |
4.67 | Avg Opp Score | 2.67 |
AWAY | HOME | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
2.33 | Avg Score | 4.33 |
3.33 | Avg Opp Score | 3 |
PIT | Betting Trends | BOS |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
1-4-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
0-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-4-0 |
2.6 | Avg Score | 3 |
4 | Avg Opp Score | 2.6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
3 | Avg Score | 3.8 |
2.8 | Avg Opp Score | 2.8 |
PIT | Betting Trends | BOS |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 7-3-0 |
3-7-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-6-0 |
2.8 | Avg Score | 3.5 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 2.5 |
AWAY | HOME | |
7-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 7-3-0 |
7-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-6-0 |
3.7 | Avg Score | 3.7 |
2.8 | Avg Opp Score | 2.5 |
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Last time out, Pittsburgh hosted the New Jersey Devils and suffered a 4-2 loss. The Penguins led 1-0 after the first period, and 2-1 late in the second, but it was all Devils after that. New Jersey closed the second period with two late goals and grabbed a 3-2 lead. An empty netter clinched the road win for the Devils.
Evgeni Malkin and Jeff Carter each scored in the loss. Pierre-Olivier Joseph and Rickard Rakell each recorded an assist for Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby still has it as he leads Pittsburgh with 19 goals, 24 assists, and 43 points this season. The Penguins are scoring 3.33 goals per game and allow 3.03.
Boston Bruins
Boston hosted the Buffalo Sabres and ended up losing 4-3 in overtime. This was a back-and-forth game that saw Boston take an 1-0 lead only for Buffalo to tie it up heading into the first intermission. The Sabres led 2-1 after two, but the Bruins scored twice to start the third period to take the lead. Buffalo scored late to make it a tied game and then scored late in overtime to get the win.
David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron, and Brad Marchand all scored for Boston. Six Bruins recorded an assist in the loss.
David Pastrnak is doing what he does best as Pasta leads the Bruins with 25 goals, 25 assists, and 50 points this season. Boston is scoring 3.78 goals per game and allow just 2.19.
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