The Edmonton Oilers have turned their season around after playing 16 of their first 24 games on the road, and they\u2019ll host the reeling Boston Bruins at Rogers Place on Wednesday, December 31.<\/p>\n
My Bruins vs. Oilers predictions and NHL picks<\/a> expect a convincing win from Edmonton with superstar Connor McDavid taking center stage tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers prediction<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers best bet: Oilers moneyline (+130)<\/p>\n The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> are trending in the right direction with an active 9-3-1 stretch that has positioned them atop the Pacific Division, and they\u2019re also up to 10-3-3 on home ice for the campaign.<\/p>\n Superstars Connor McDavid<\/a> and Leon Draisaitl<\/a> have been monumental during the surge, with the duo ranking first and second in the NHL in points and combining for 58 total across the highlighted 13-game stretch.<\/p>\n Edmonton draws a sinking opponent tonight, too.<\/p>\n The Boston Bruins<\/a> have dropped six straight and seven of eight with a 23rd-ranked expected goals percentage at 5-on-5 and -11 goal differential overall.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Additionally, Boston No. 1 Jeremy Swayman hasn\u2019t been sharp on the road with a ho-hum .898 SV% and 3.17 GAA, so he\u2019ll be in tough with Edmonton, averaging the second-most goals per home game (4.0).<\/p>\n Of course, the Bruins averaging the most shorthanded time per game also doesn\u2019t match up well against the No. 1 power play in the league.<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers same-game parlay<\/p>\n With the Bruins scoring just 15 times during the highlighted seven-game skid and also ranking 25th in expected goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 on the highway, I\u2019m not anticipating much offense from Boston tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Additionally, I expect the Bruins to try and batten down the defensive hatches, which will make generating scoring chances all the more difficult.<\/p>\n Returning to McDavid, he\u2019s recorded a multi-point game in six straight at Rogers Place for 20 total points. Plus, No. 97 also paces the NHL in points per 60 minutes at home over the past three years while piling up a monster 172 across 86 games.<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers SGP<\/p>\n Connor McDavid Over 1.5 points<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Bruins +165 | Oilers -200<\/p>\n Puck Line: Bruins +1.5 (-140) | Oilers -1.5 (+120)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 (+100) | Under 6.5 (-120)<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers trend<\/p>\n The Edmonton Oilers have covered the puck line in four of their past six home games. Find more NHL betting trends<\/a> for Bruins vs. Oilers.<\/p>\n How to watch Bruins vs Oilers<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Wednesday, December 31, 2025<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 9:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n NESN, Sportsnet<\/p>\n Bruins vs Oilers latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers have turned their season around after playing 16 of their first 24 games on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[154,95,5132,530,155,146,5,156,370,4,3591],"class_list":{"0":"post-383107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-bruins","8":"tag-boston","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-bostonbruins","11":"tag-bruins","12":"tag-connor-mcdavid","13":"tag-edmonton-oilers","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-jeremy-swayman","16":"tag-leon-draisaitl","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-rogers-place"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115815021529394449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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