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RebetFree-to-play social sportsbook with sweepstakes prizesClaim →Boston Bruins4th in the Atlantic DivisionAnaheim Ducks4th in the Pacific DivisionBoston loses Charlie McAvoy to a suspension. Anaheim has three players on injured reserve, Troy Terry included. That is four regulars missing from a Friday night game that starts at 10:00 PM ET on October 16, and both of these teams are sitting fourth of eight in their own divisions. Bruins vs Ducks is not a marquee billing yet, but it is the kind of late window where sloppy lines live, because fewer people are watching when the puck drops at Honda Center.
As of this writing on October 9, the Boston Bruins are 3-2-0 and the Anaheim Ducks are 2-1-0. That third number in a hockey record is overtime and shootout losses, which count for one standings point instead of zero. Neither club has one yet. Those are records today, not records walking into this game, and a full week of hockey sits between now and the opening faceoff, so expect both lines to move.
The Bruins are fourth of eight in the Atlantic Division. The Ducks are fourth of eight in the Pacific Division. The season series starts here on October 16, so there is no head to head history this year to lean on. Ducks vs Bruins begins with a blank page.
Anaheim's listed team leader is Leo Carlsson at 7. Boston's is David Pastrnak at 6. Read that honestly: two productive top line drivers, separated by one, on teams that have each played five games or fewer. Small samples. What matters for a bettor is who the opponent has to build a game plan around. Anaheim must account for Pastrnak on every shift he takes. Boston must handle Carlsson while missing a key piece of its blue line. That is the central tension in this game.
No prices are posted for this game yet, so there is nothing honest to quote. Here is what will appear and what each piece means. The moneyline is a straight bet on who wins the game, overtime and shootout included. The puck line is hockey's spread, almost always set at 1.5 goals, so the favorite must win by two or more and the underdog can lose by exactly one and still cash.
The total is the combined goals scored by both teams, and you bet over or under it. Every one of those markets carries vig, the sportsbook's built in commission, which is why the two sides of a coin flip never both pay even money. When the number does post, check it at several books. A half goal on the total or a few cents on the moneyline is the difference between a long term winner and a long term loser.
The no vig price is what you get when you strip the book's commission out of both sides and rescale them to 100 percent. It is the market implied probability with the vig removed, not the real probability, and never treat it as the truth. Expected value is simply what a bet pays on average over many repeats of the same situation.
If the no vig number says a side should win more often than the posted price requires you to win to break even, the bet has positive expected value. Our read is that the market will respect Anaheim's home ice and the late window more than the roster math deserves, with three Ducks on injured reserve against one Boston absence. We lean Boston.
Anaheim lists three players on injured reserve: Drew Helleson, Troy Terry and Ian Moore. Boston lists one absence, Charlie McAvoy, on suspension. That is four names total, three of them Anaheim's. Losing McAvoy hurts Boston's defensive structure, but depth losses on two different lines of the Ducks roster are the heavier burden.
Desk lean: Boston Bruins moneyline. No price is posted yet, so we are not pretending to quote one. When it goes up, price shop it across the US sportsbooks we track you have and take the biggest payout available for the same outcome. This is Wise Guy Desk analysis, not an official documented play.
Boston 4, Anaheim 3. Pastrnak finds a seam, Carlsson answers, and the special teams gap created by Anaheim's missing forwards decides it late. That is the read on this number before it exists; the Desk posts a documented free play on days like this, and it sits right below.
Four regulars are already off the ice for this one, and the Desk leans Boston at whatever the best moneyline price turns out to be.
Four regulars are already off the ice for this one, and the Desk leans Boston at whatever the best moneyline price turns out to be. The full read, including a projected final score, is in The Prediction section above.
Yes. This is a free Wise Guy Desk breakdown, our analysis, not Ross's official plays. Ross's documented plays are bet with real money and graded win or loss on the members board.
Expected value first: the best price across the regulated US books we track versus the true fair price with the vig removed, then the matchup data (form, standings, injuries, key players). Line shopping for the best number is the edge most bettors leave on the table.
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