10* Bruins (BLOOD-BATH)

Any time that you can get Boston at home at this price, despite the situation and despite the opponent etc, you definitely have to give it a serious second look. And that's the case for us here on Wednesday with Carolina coming to Boston on Wednesday. The Hurricanes are 25-15-2-3 overall, but just 12-10-0-1 on the road, while the Bruins are 29-8-8-1 overall, including 16-3-3-0 at home. Boston is 13-9 on the puckline at home as well, which means that Boston has not only won at home, but also it does so in blowout fashion most of the time (and then also compare that to Carolina being just 9-14 on the puckline away from friendly confines. Boston's red hot and it's won five in a row (over some really good teams: they won 4-3 in overtime at St. Louis, then they beat the Devils here 3-0, then hammered Colorado 5-2, then they destroyed Montreal 9-4, and then most recently they dominated the Jets by a score of 4-1.) With a two-game road trip starting in Ottawa tomorrow night, tonight's contest takes on added importance for Boston as well. Carolina has lost two of its last three, most recently falling 5-2 at home to Minnesota. With a home game vs. the Devils tomorrow night we think the visitors will also get caught looking ahead as well. All things considered, we view this to be the very definition of "great line value;" the play is Boston!

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