Get Thomas out of the goal - and get some pressure on the puck!!!!!!!!

Good luck if anyone playing tonight.  Off to haydock now for tonight and who knows where afterwards.

Will be celebrating if Amazing Blue Sky or Rebel Dancer win.

Catch everyone ahead of the finals.

Nightmare game to predict this one , good luck if you've played   

Looking more and more like an error will decide this - some poor soul won't sleep after tonight

Discipline wins the day for Bruins , 5 on 5 hockey and they're a match for anyone and they'll need to be that well disciplined in the final for sure , well done drew 

Well guys 9 months down the line we're left with a final of Nucks v Bruins or if you prefer Swardean/Benrik/Racingguru v drew 

Personally think Boston need the disciplined performance of their lives to make a long series of this and an average distribution of penalties away from 5 on 5 hockey may see Nucks wrap it up as early as the 5th game , would love to see a 7 game series with all the trimmings if i'm honest but from a betting perspective hate any financial involvement at this late stage as it spoils the viewing for me.

Know a few on the thread have backed Nucks at decent prices , worth mentioning allinadayswork's post on page one of the thread to say he's on at 12/1 amongst a couple of other bets.

If it's 2-0 Nucks i'll play the game 3 system bet but otherwise that's the season's betting over for me and may the best team win , good luck for the final.

Evening guys, just been sorting my work schedule for next couple of weeks to try allow me to maximise my watching. Congrats to anyone with bets going thus far. Can't beat the opening page of thread but did post my picks on here in October (after a shaky Canucks start!!)

Been toying with the idea of laying off but actually I think this is journey I have to complete, so going to let it ride and see what happens.  It will give me added reason to get excited and probably same me money on the game to game betting.

I hate to be over confident but I have thought all season that the east was inferior to the west and although a slow start to the playoff now Van really are flying.  I can only see one result.  That said, it certainly isnt clear cut.  They are 1/2 not 1/10 !!

It will be rowdy on Weds at home and strangely enough, I am expecting a nervous performance, that will make them vulnerable but hopefully they still will have too much.

Cant wait for it to start, roll on Weds

Go Bruins imo - a shame Stanley Cup final is not squashed into a few days like Chelt, I'd book the days off then and watch the lot.  As it is work will get in the way

I honestly think that Vancouver will win in 5 or 6 but letting the remainder of my Boston bet ride.  Its given me a lot of fun and from game 3 onwards I should be able to watch.

Enjoy the game lads - may be around if insomnia kicks in

Expect game 2 to be somewhat different , Nucks will tidy up the discipline and the game will be looser from both teams I think , expecting Nucks to score at least 3/4 goals this time despite TT and that should be enough for 2-0 , got what I expected from Bruins in game 1 tbh and you could give them a 5 on 3 double minor and i'd still be surprised if they scored , not too sure they can do much to improve special teams at this late stage of the season and they'll need lots of luck to get back in the series.

Was awaiting the news on burrows, so that is good news racingguru.

Go Compare !!!

Just resigned to not getting any sleep at all tonight and then it takes 11 secs 


Nucks gameplan on the road in these situations makes this a mountain to climb now for Bruins.


Good night happy Nucks fans   

Looks like we have a series! Great credit to Bruins for a great win but as Hayden suggests I think it is as much the away side taking foot off the gas as the home team being up for it.  Nothing changes in my book, Van have bounced back from adversity in the past and I expect this to go the same way as the Sharks series with Nucks winning game 4 on the road.  Not been betting as I have had the antepost interest but getting involved on Weds.  Another plus is no work on Thursday!!!

I will allow myself to sweep this one under the carpet and put this one down to a crazy night.  Cant see happening again.

Must be hell for you Nucks fans with all this tension about but for us neutrals this is great stuff , don't want this to end so a 7th game decided in the 3rd period of OT will do for me with the best team winning 


Agree guys regarding the suspension and even a couple would have been more than enough.

feel sure Luongo will start game 6. ( sorry meaning game 5 )

For me the most over rated word in this sport is momentum , I simply don't believe momentum exists from one game to another and practically every team in the NHL has the ability & personnel to wipe the slate clean from their previous game , it's hard enough to maintain momentum from period to period for me never mind after a 2 day break , NHL is so similar to my other sport ( tennis ) in that when a player in a close betting match leads 2-0 in sets and gets pegged back to 2-2 the public jump on the comeback kid when stats heavily support the fact that the player who led 2-0 should actually be shorter than SP.
If i'm honest i've no idea who wins tonight but although Nucks look a bit battered from a betting perspective punters should pretend it's 0-0 and start again rather than focusing on the fact Bruins are going for their 3rd successive win in the series.

The game tonight also has a possible game 3 system look about it in that we base some of that theory on the fact the home team has spent a monumental amount of energy to win both home games and so often the next game is far too difficult to repeat a 3rd time against a team that's had a couple of days and a flight home to put things right.

Fascinating stuff tonight and wouldn't dream of investing but think there's a good chance Nucks write off game 3 & 4 completely and play with a fresh mentality that this is a best of 3 series and also a question mark whether Bruins can come anywhere near the level of the previous 2 games.

Not a clue here , over to you guys   

Good input brentford , like to see you post more frequently   

Is all this hacking of the shins off the puck within the rules, seems odd if so, you would have thought it ought to be penalised surely, not much finesse about it and could easily cause an injury if striking an unpadded area, Boston seemingly going overboard with it in last couple of games...

I had Vancouver as one of the ante posts but havent really been betting in the individual matches as find it hard to make a profit tell the truth.

Must admit share the pessimism of the locals at present having seen whats happened in the last two games, Rome going out seems to have had more of an effect on an already weakened defence than some might have thought.

Never been totally confident about Luongo but hopefully he can come good tonight. Though the whole team needs to play much better, the Sedins have looked lightweight and invisible the last couple of games so much more needed from them too.

I know they are not renowned as a physical team but they certainly need to up the ante in that respect and earn the right to play, no use having the skill if you are out-muscled.

Yes deserved win , very professional approach from Nucks in that they managed to wipe the slate clean , condition themselves to a fresh best of 3 series and got the job done , any coincidence the scoreline was identical to game 1 with all the stats so similar.......I don't think so.