The Vancouver Canucks will be looking to rebound from their worst playoff loss in nine years when they take on the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday in Game 2 of their second-round series as +175 underdogs on the NHL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Vancouver was outclassed while dropping a 5-0 decision in Sunday’s contest to fall behind 1-0 in the series, and has now posted just two wins in 11 all-time meetings with Vegas going into Tuesday night’s matchup at Rogers Place.
The Game 1 loss also devastated the Canucks’ position on the NHL playoff series prices. Set as +270 series underdogs entering Game 1, the Canucks have now tumbled to +700 longshots to rebound from Sunday’s loss and advance to the Western Conference Final for the first time since 2011.
For Vegas, Sunday’s offensive outburst was warmly welcomed after the team struggled to overcome a pesky defence and hot goaltending in its first-round clash with the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Golden Knights chased Jacob Markstrom from the Vancouver net with five goals on 34 shots, and have now racked up at least 39 shots in four of their past five contests. Winners in 20 of their past 22 overall contests, the Golden Knights have vaulted to -1200 favourites at online sports betting sites to eventually dispose of Vancouver.
Earlier on Tuesday night, the Boston Bruins will be aiming to take a 2-0 lead in their series with the Tampa Bay Lightning when they hit the ice at Scotiabank Arena in a Game 2 matchup which is listed as a -110 pick’em at betting sites.
The Bruins escaped with a narrow 3-2 win over Tampa Bay in Sunday’s contest to extend their current winning streak to four games. However, Boston still has work to do to overcome its recent stretch of futility against the Lightning. The Bruins’ series-opening win marked just their fourth victory in their last 16 overall meetings with Tampa Bay. That run includes their second-round loss to the Lightning two years ago, a series that Boston opened with a decisive 6-2 win.
With Sunday’s loss, the Lightning have now seen seven of their nine postseason contests, and nine of their past 11 games overall, settled by just a single goal. And while Tampa Bay has held the upper hand in recent dates with Boston, its wins have come by the narrowest of margins, with eight of their past 12 meetings also being decided by one goal.
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