Boston at San Jose

Banged up Boston can hang in there and beat some bad teams, but they struggle against the good teams. Here they are 3,000 miles from home and the Bruins are 1-4 in their last five road games. They have been short-handed with several stars on the shelf and it shows. Boston has a losing road record and the Bruins are 1-4 in their last five road games. They prefer a slow, defensive pace and they are on a 4-0-1 run UNDER the total, playing good defense but struggling badly on offense. San Jose is home and the Sharks are 50-22 in their last 72 home games. Matt Nieto scored the tiebreaking goal with 11.5 seconds remaining to lead the San Jose Sharks to their first consecutive wins in more than a month with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. San Jose is 98-47 at home against a team with a losing road record. They can also play defense at 6-2 UNDER the total at home plus they'er 7-0-2 UNDER the total against the Eastern Conference. The UNDER is 5-2 when these teams meet, including 5-0-1 UNDER the total here in San Jose. Take San Jose and play the UNDER.