The Boston Bruins (13-10) visit the San Jose Sharks (10-9-3) on Sunday, Nov. 23, with the Bruins coming off a victory and the Sharks a loss. The bookmakers have made the Bruins solid favorites at -130 on the moneyline, despite being away from home, and the Sharks are at +110.
Boston grabbed a 2-1 victory on the road its last time out on Nov. 21 against the Los Angeles Kings. The Bruins got two points each out of Nikita Zadorov (two assists) and Morgan Geekie (two goals).
San Jose played at home its last time out on Nov. 22, and lost 3-2 against the Ottawa Senators. Six Sharks players recorded one point each in that matchup, including Barclay Goodrow (one goal) and Will Smith (one assist).
Ahead of watching this matchup, here’s our prediction for which club will take home the victory in Sunday’s hockey action.
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For the upcoming game between the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, per Dunkel Index.
Prediction:
Sharks 4 – Bruins 3
Pick OU:
Over 6.5
(Dunkel projecting 7.02 goals)
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Bruins vs. Sharks Moneylines
Grab a peek below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Bruins-Sharks matchup.
Favorite: Bruins (-130)Underdog: Sharks (+110)Bruins Betting InsightsThe Bruins are 2-1 this season when favored on the moneyline.Boston has had moneyline odds of -130 or shorter in just one game this season, and won.Based on this game’s moneyline, the Bruins have an implied probability of 56.5% to win.In 13 of 23 matches this season, Boston and its opponent have combined to finish above 6.5 goals.Sharks Betting InsightsThis season the Sharks have been an underdog 22 times, and won 10, or 45.5%, of those games.San Jose has entered 21 games this season as the underdog by +110 or more and is 10-11 in those contests.The Sharks have a 47.6% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.San Jose’s games this season have had over 6.5 goals 10 of 22 times.Bruins Key StatsBoston’s 73 total goals (3.2 per game) rank sixth in the league.The Bruins rank 26th in goals against, conceding 74 total goals (3.2 per game) in league action.Its goal differential (-1) ranks 15th in the league.The 20 power-play goals the Bruins have put up this season (third-most in the NHL) have come on 75 power-play chances.Boston has the league’s fourth-best power-play conversion rate (26.67%).Boston’s 82.95% penalty-kill success rate is the ninth-best in the league.Boston wins the eighth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL, 52.8%.The Bruins shoot 11.6% as a team (11th in the league).Sharks Key StatsSan Jose’s 64 goals on the season (2.9 per game) rank 20th in the league.The Sharks’ total of 70 goals conceded (3.2 per game) is 22nd in the NHL.it has the 24th-ranked goal differential in the league at -6.With 14 power-play goals (on 77 chances), the Sharks are 14th in the NHL.San Jose’s power-play percentage (18.18) puts the team 19th in the league.In terms of shorthanded goals, the Sharks have two.The 79.45% penalty-kill percentage of San Jose is 19th in the league.At 48%, San Jose has the NHL’s 24th-ranked faceoff win rate.The Sharks’ 12.2% shooting percentage is fifth in the league.
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