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BOS @ CBJ

Friday, December 27, 2024 · 6:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's starter from ESPN's probable-goalie report: Confirmed once the team or a beat reporter confirms it, Expected before that, refreshed every 30 minutes on game days. With no report yet it falls back to the team's most recent starter (Last start). After the game it shows the real starters from the box score. Injuries lists both teams' players on ESPN's injury report (Day-To-Day, Out, Injured Reserve) before puck drop. Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Boston Bruins
33-39-10 · Away
2 – 6
FINAL
Columbus Blue Jackets
40-33-9 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BOS -150 · CBJ +130
Puck Line
BOS -1.5 (+150) · CBJ +1.5 (-195)
Total
O 6.5 (+100) · U (-120)

Graded: total 8 → OVER W · CBJ +1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6.5
 BOSo6.5 39%
14-22
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
41%
7-10
25%
1-3
49%
17-18-1
CBJo6.5 66%
23-12
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
77%
13-4
25%
1-3
68%
23-11-1
Puck Line
cover %
 BOS-1.5 28%
10-26
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
29%
5-12
50%
2-2
-12.30u
12-24
CBJ+1.5 63%
22-13
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
82%
14-3
50%
2-2
-2.95u
18-17
Moneyline
win %
 BOS fav -150 53%
19-17
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
47%
8-9
50%
2-2
-0.67u
15-10
CBJ dog +130 40%
14-21
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
59%
10-7
50%
2-2
+0.51u
12-18
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-140/u+110 FD 1.5 o-138/u+108 BOS 75%
27-9
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
77%
13-4
50%
2-2
58%
21-15
 1.78 0.86 / 0.92
CBJ 80%
28-7
100%
5-0
80%
8-2
82%
14-3
50%
2-2
60%
21-14
 1.80 1.06 / 0.74
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 2.5 o+145/u-188 FD 2.5 o+150/u-192 BOS 89%
32-4
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
94%
16-1
100%
4-0
56%
20-16
 1.86 0.86 / 1.00
CBJ 94%
33-2
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
88%
15-2
100%
4-0
63%
22-13
 2.46 1.00 / 1.46
3rd Period
over 0.5
 FD 2.5 o+140/u-180 BOS 86%
31-5
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
100%
17-0
100%
4-0
38%
11-18
 1.75 0.75 / 1.00
CBJ 100%
35-0
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
100%
17-0
100%
4-0
52%
15-14
 2.49 1.23 / 1.26
Team Comparison '24-25
BOSCBJ
Record (W-L-OTL)33-39-1040-33-9
Points %46.3%54.3%
Goals for / game2.713.33
Goals against / game3.323.27
Shots for / game26.529.0
Shots against / game28.629.9
Power play %15.2%19.5%
Penalty kill %76.3%77.0%
Faceoff %51.8%47.6%
1st period GF / GA0.83 / 0.870.93 / 0.84
2nd period GF / GA0.87 / 1.111.21 / 1.22
3rd period GF / GA0.93 / 1.221.07 / 1.10
Avg game total6.026.60
Starting Goalies from the box score
27 saves on 33 shots · 6 GA · L
24 saves on 26 shots · 2 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BOS1010260/2
CBJ1410333/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BOSPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Brad Marchand G 0.5
o+175
 36% 60% 25%1/4 0 U
Morgan Geekie G 0.5
o+250
 19% 40% 0%0/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm G 0.5
o+260
 17% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
David Pastrnak G 0.5
o+120
 33% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Pavel Zacha G 0.5
o+240
 19% 30% 0%0/4 1 O
Charlie Coyle G 0.5
o+300
 22% 20% 25%1/4 1 O
Justin Brazeau G 0.5
o+400
 21% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Nikita Zadorov G 0.5
o+900
 6% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Trent Frederic G 0.5
o+425
 8% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Mark Kastelic G 0.5
o+525
 9% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Oliver Wahlstrom G 0.5
o+425
 7% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Cole Koepke G 0.5
o+650
 15% 10% — 0 U
Jordan Oesterle G 0.5
o+1300
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Brandon Carlo G 0.5
o+1200
 3% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Charlie McAvoy G 0.5
o+525
 11% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Andrew Peeke G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
John Beecher G 0.5
o+750
 6% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Mason Lohrei G 0.5
o+1000
 3% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Brad Marchand PTS 0.5
o-175 / u+130
 67% 100% 25%1/4 1 O
Charlie McAvoy PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 36% 60% 50%2/4 0 U
Morgan Geekie PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 39% 60% 0%0/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 36% 40% 33%1/3 1 O
Charlie Coyle PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 28% 30% 75%3/4 1 O
David Pastrnak PTS 1.5
o+185 / u-250
 25% 30% 0%0/4 1 U
Pavel Zacha PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 31% 30% 25%1/4 1 O
Charlie McAvoy A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 31% 60% 50%2/4 0 U
Brad Marchand A 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 39% 50% 0%0/4 1 O
David Pastrnak A 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 42% 50% 0%0/4 1 O
Morgan Geekie A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 23% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Charlie Coyle A 0.5
o+260 / u-400
 8% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm A 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 25% 20% 0%0/3 1 O
Pavel Zacha A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 19% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Charlie McAvoy SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 67% 80% 75%3/4 1 U
Morgan Geekie SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 68% 80% 75%3/4 1 U
Brad Marchand SOG 2.5
o-140 / u+105
 61% 60% 75%3/4 2 U
Elias Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 44% 60% 67%2/3 0 U
David Pastrnak SOG 3.5
o-150 / u+115
 56% 50% 0%0/4 6 O
Pavel Zacha SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 64% 50% 50%2/4 1 U
Joonas Korpisalo SV 25.5
o-115 / u-115
 27% 20% 0%0/1 27 O
CBJPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Zach Werenski G 0.5
o+375
 29% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Kirill Marchenko G 0.5
o+170
 34% 30% 25%1/4 1 O
Dmitri Voronkov G 0.5
o+230
 35% 30% 50%2/4 2 O
Kent Johnson G 0.5
o+275
 38% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Damon Severson G 0.5
o+800
 18% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Sean Monahan G 0.5
o+185
 26% 20% 0%0/4 2 O
Mathieu Olivier G 0.5
o+475
 23% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Mikael Pyyhtia G 0.5
o+700
 12% 20% — 0 U
Cole Sillinger G 0.5
o+275
 18% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
James van Riemsdyk G 0.5
o+475
 14% 10% 100%1/1 0 U
Sean Kuraly G 0.5
o+650
 9% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Ivan Provorov G 0.5
o+850
 9% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Jake Christiansen G 0.5
o+1750
 3% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Adam Fantilli G 0.5
o+325
 14% 10% 0%0/4 1 O
Dante Fabbro G 0.5
o+1000
 12% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Zachary Aston-Reese G 0.5
o+525
 12% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Denton Mateychuk G 0.5
o+1000
 0% — — 0 U
Kirill Marchenko PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+125
 66% 90% 25%1/4 3 O
Zach Werenski PTS 0.5
o-155 / u+115
 66% 60% 67%2/3 4 O
Dmitri Voronkov PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 54% 60% 75%3/4 3 O
Kent Johnson PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 71% 60% 50%1/2 1 O
Sean Monahan PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+120
 49% 50% 50%2/4 2 O
Ivan Provorov PTS 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 37% 50% 50%2/4 1 O
Cole Sillinger PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 44% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Adam Fantilli PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 34% 10% 25%1/4 1 O
Kirill Marchenko A 0.5
o+135 / u-185
 49% 70% 0%0/4 2 O
Sean Monahan A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 37% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Ivan Provorov A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 29% 40% 25%1/4 1 O
Kent Johnson A 0.5
o+150 / u-210
 43% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Zach Werenski A 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 49% 30% 67%2/3 4 O
Dmitri Voronkov A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 27% 30% 25%1/4 1 O
Cole Sillinger A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 32% 10% 67%2/3 0 U
Adam Fantilli A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 23% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Kirill Marchenko SOG 2.5
o-130 / u-105
 54% 70% 75%3/4 3 O
Kent Johnson SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 62% 60% 100%2/2 3 O
Cole Sillinger SOG 2.5
o+135 / u-180
 47% 60% 33%1/3 1 U
Adam Fantilli SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 60% 60% 75%3/4 3 O
Sean Monahan SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 54% 50% 50%2/4 4 O
Dmitri Voronkov SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 54% 50% 25%1/4 5 O
Zach Werenski SOG 2.5
o-155 / u+120
 63% 40% 33%1/3 6 O
Elvis Merzlikins SV 26.5
o-115 / u-115
 36% 30% 100%1/1 24 U
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Nov 18, 2024 at BOS CBJ 5–1 3–00–12–0 6 6 P CBJ
Jan 2, 2024 at CBJ CBJ 1–4 0–01–20–2 5 — BOS
Dec 3, 2023 at BOS CBJ 1–3 0–01–00–3 4 — BOS
Nov 27, 2023 at CBJ CBJ 5–2 1–02–02–2 7 — CBJ
Mar 30, 2023 at BOS CBJ 1–2 OT 1–00–10–0 3 — BOS
Dec 17, 2022 at BOS CBJ 2–4 0–11–11–2 6 — BOS
Oct 28, 2022 at CBJ CBJ 0–4 0–10–30–0 4 — BOS
Apr 4, 2022 at CBJ CBJ 2–3 OT 1–11–10–0 5 — BOS
Apr 2, 2022 at BOS CBJ 2–5 1–11–10–3 7 — BOS
Mar 5, 2022 at CBJ CBJ 4–5 SO 2–11–11–2 9 — BOS