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NYI @ BOS

Sunday, January 5, 2025 · 5:00 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.

New York Islanders
35-35-12 · Away
5 – 4
FINAL / OT
Boston Bruins
33-39-10 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
NYI -110 · BOS -110
Puck Line
NYI -1.5 (+210) · BOS +1.5 (-300)
Total
O 5.5 (-115) · U (-105)

Graded: total 9 → OVER W · BOS +1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 NYIo5.5 59%
23-16
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
52%
11-10
100%
4-0
57%
21-16-2
BOSo5.5 49%
20-21
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
40%
8-12
100%
4-0
48%
19-21-1
Puck Line
cover %
 NYI-1.5 21%
8-31
20%
1-4
20%
2-8
24%
5-16
25%
1-3
-12.01u
16-23
BOS+1.5 66%
27-14
40%
2-3
70%
7-3
80%
16-4
75%
3-1
-13.82u
14-27
Moneyline
win %
 NYI dog -110 36%
14-25
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
33%
7-14
25%
1-3
-1.90u
8-12
BOS dog -110 49%
20-21
20%
1-4
50%
5-5
60%
12-8
75%
3-1
-5.55u
4-10
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 2.5
 DK 1.5 o-120/u-110 FD 1.5 o-112/u-112 NYI 23%
9-30
0%
0-5
20%
2-8
29%
6-15
50%
2-2
46%
18-21
 1.51 0.67 / 0.85
BOS 27%
11-30
20%
1-4
10%
1-9
25%
5-15
50%
2-2
59%
24-17
 1.78 0.83 / 0.95
2nd Period
over 2.5
 DK 1.5 o-166/u+130 FD 1.5 o-174/u+136 NYI 18%
7-32
40%
2-3
20%
2-8
10%
2-19
75%
3-1
59%
23-16
 1.79 0.97 / 0.82
BOS 29%
12-29
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
20%
4-16
75%
3-1
56%
23-18
 1.88 0.88 / 1.00
3rd Period
over 2.5
 FD 1.5 o-200/u+154 NYI 44%
17-22
20%
1-4
40%
4-6
43%
9-12
75%
3-1
64%
21-12
 2.26 0.92 / 1.33
BOS 24%
10-31
20%
1-4
20%
2-8
15%
3-17
75%
3-1
35%
12-22
 1.78 0.76 / 1.02
Team Comparison '24-25
NYIBOS
Record (W-L-OTL)35-35-1233-39-10
Points %50.0%46.3%
Goals for / game2.732.71
Goals against / game3.173.32
Shots for / game29.526.5
Shots against / game28.728.6
Power play %12.6%15.2%
Penalty kill %72.2%76.3%
Faceoff %54.9%51.8%
1st period GF / GA0.70 / 0.820.83 / 0.87
2nd period GF / GA0.95 / 1.060.87 / 1.11
3rd period GF / GA1.00 / 1.150.93 / 1.22
Avg game total5.906.02
Starting Goalies from the box score
NYI · Ilya Sorokin
26 saves on 30 shots · 4 GA · W
32 saves on 37 shots · 5 GA · OTL
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
NYI2111370/0
BOS1120300/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
NYIPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Bo Horvat G 0.5
o+190
 26% 40% 25%1/4 2 O
Anders Lee G 0.5
o+230
 36% 30% 25%1/4 2 O
Jean-Gabriel Pageau G 0.5
o+350
 24% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Noah Dobson G 0.5
o+475
 13% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Anthony Duclair G 0.5
o+300
 27% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Mathew Barzal G 0.5
o+210
 17% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Maxim Tsyplakov G 0.5
o+450
 18% 20% 100%1/1 0 U
Kyle Palmieri G 0.5
o+275
 28% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Casey Cizikas G 0.5
o+750
 5% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Scott Mayfield G 0.5
o+1600
 5% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Ryan Pulock G 0.5
o+1000
 3% 10% 0%0/3 1 O
Brock Nelson G 0.5
o+275
 21% 0% 100%4/4 0 U
Adam Pelech G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Hudson Fasching G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Pierre Engvall G 0.5
o+650
 13% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Alexander Romanov G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Kyle MacLean G 0.5
o+900
 5% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Anders Lee PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 51% 50% 25%1/4 2 O
Bo Horvat PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+110
 47% 50% 75%3/4 2 O
Mathew Barzal PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+120
 50% 50% 100%3/3 1 O
Kyle Palmieri PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 51% 40% 25%1/4 0 U
Brock Nelson PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 39% 40% 100%4/4 0 U
Anthony Duclair PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 46% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Noah Dobson PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 41% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Brock Nelson A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 26% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Kyle Palmieri A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 36% 30% 25%1/4 0 U
Mathew Barzal A 0.5
o+120 / u-165
 33% 30% 100%3/3 1 O
Anders Lee A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 28% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Anthony Duclair A 0.5
o+195 / u-275
 27% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Bo Horvat A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 32% 20% 75%3/4 0 U
Noah Dobson A 0.5
o+130 / u-170
 31% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Noah Dobson SOG 2.5
o-110 / u-120
 56% 60% 50%2/4 2 U
Bo Horvat SOG 2.5
o-140 / u+105
 55% 50% 50%2/4 3 O
Mathew Barzal SOG 2.5
o-130 / u-105
 44% 50% 0%0/3 2 U
Anders Lee SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-135
 51% 40% 50%2/4 7 O
Kyle Palmieri SOG 1.5
o-200 / u+145
 62% 30% 50%2/4 1 U
Brock Nelson SOG 2.5
o+125 / u-170
 46% 10% 75%3/4 1 U
Ilya Sorokin SV 26.5
o-110 / u-120
 50% 30% 50%2/4 26 U
BOSPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Morgan Geekie G 0.5
o+250
 22% 50% 67%2/3 0 U
Elias Lindholm G 0.5
o+250
 17% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
David Pastrnak G 0.5
o+105
 34% 40% 50%2/4 2 O
Brad Marchand G 0.5
o+175
 32% 30% 25%1/4 0 U
Charlie Coyle G 0.5
o+300
 22% 30% 25%1/4 0 U
Justin Brazeau G 0.5
o+300
 23% 30% 0%0/1 1 O
Pavel Zacha G 0.5
o+260
 20% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Trent Frederic G 0.5
o+400
 10% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Mark Kastelic G 0.5
o+550
 8% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Oliver Wahlstrom G 0.5
o+500
 6% 10% — 0 U
Cole Koepke G 0.5
o+650
 15% 10% 0%0/1 1 O
Nikita Zadorov G 0.5
o+900
 5% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Brandon Carlo G 0.5
o+1100
 2% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Parker Wotherspoon G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Charlie McAvoy G 0.5
o+475
 10% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Andrew Peeke G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
John Beecher G 0.5
o+750
 5% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Mason Lohrei G 0.5
o+900
 3% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Brad Marchand PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+125
 63% 70% 75%3/4 0 U
Charlie McAvoy PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 37% 70% 100%2/2 1 O
Elias Lindholm PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 37% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Morgan Geekie PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 39% 60% 67%2/3 1 O
Charlie Coyle PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 29% 40% 25%1/4 0 U
Pavel Zacha PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 34% 40% 67%2/3 1 O
David Pastrnak PTS 1.5
o+165 / u-220
 24% 30% 75%3/4 2 O
Charlie McAvoy A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 32% 70% 100%2/2 1 O
Brad Marchand A 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 39% 50% 50%2/4 0 U
David Pastrnak A 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 42% 40% 75%3/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 24% 30% 100%2/2 0 U
Pavel Zacha A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 22% 30% 67%2/3 1 O
Morgan Geekie A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 22% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
Charlie Coyle A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 10% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 46% 70% 0%0/2 1 U
Morgan Geekie SOG 1.5
o-200 / u+150
 67% 70% 67%2/3 2 O
Brad Marchand SOG 2.5
o-130 / u+100
 63% 60% 25%1/4 3 O
David Pastrnak SOG 4.5
o+120 / u-160
 44% 60% 50%2/4 5 O
Charlie McAvoy SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 63% 50% 50%1/2 2 O
Charlie Coyle SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 42% 40% 50%2/4 2 O
Pavel Zacha SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 56% 20% 33%1/3 2 O
Joonas Korpisalo SV 25.5
o-120 / u-110
 33% 30% 67%2/3 32 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Nov 27, 2024 at NYI BOS 6–3 2–11–23–0 9 5.5 O BOS
Mar 2, 2024 at NYI BOS 1–5 0–31–20–0 6 — NYI
Dec 15, 2023 at NYI BOS 5–4 SO 0–02–22–2 9 — BOS
Nov 9, 2023 at BOS BOS 5–2 1–11–03–1 7 — BOS
Feb 18, 2023 at BOS BOS 6–2 3–03–10–1 8 — BOS
Jan 18, 2023 at NYI BOS 4–1 0–12–02–0 5 — BOS
Dec 13, 2022 at BOS BOS 4–3 SO 2–11–10–1 7 — BOS
Mar 26, 2022 at BOS BOS 6–3 2–14–10–1 9 — BOS
Feb 17, 2022 at NYI BOS 1–4 1–00–10–3 5 — NYI
Dec 16, 2021 at NYI BOS 1–3 0–10–11–1 4 — NYI