Penguins -103 at Blue Jackets -107

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BJ&#x27;s have the better over all record, percentage wise. One point back of Pens with 3 games in hand.BJ&#x27;s are at home where they are 11-4-1. The Pens are an unimpressive 7-5-3 on the road.BJ&#x27;s are in better form. Having won 10 straight they are hotter than hell. Pens have lost 2 of 3. BJ&#x27;s have a huge advantage in net if Fleury starts. BJ&#x27;s goal differential is &#x2B;38. Pens &#x2B;24.The public is on the Pens. 55% ATM. " Blue Jackets G Sergei Bobrovsky, who has won four of his last six career starts versus the Penguins, has won eight straight overall to seize the league lead in victories (19)."What&#x27;s the play?

X-Files · Answer

BJ&#x27;s have the better over all record, percentage wise. One point back of Pens with 3 games in hand.BJ&#x27;s are at home where they are 11-4-1. The Pens are an unimpressive 7-5-3 on the road.BJ&#x27;s are in better form. Having won 10 straight they are hotter than hell. Pens have lost 2 of 3. BJ&#x27;s have a huge advantage in net if Fleury starts. BJ&#x27;s goal differential is &#x2B;38. Pens &#x2B;24.The public is on the Pens. 55% ATM. " Blue Jackets G Sergei Bobrovsky, who has won four of his last six career starts versus the Penguins, has won eight straight overall to seize the league lead in victories (19)."What&#x27;s the play?

Vic-Vega · Answer

Over? No Letang still

X-Files · Answer

Possibly no Atkinson (RW) for the BJs.https://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/nhl/matchups/g2_summary_5.htmlThe loss of Letang means less offence or more offense for the Pens?Total is juiced to over 5.5.Pens have been mostly over 5.5 the past 10 or 15, though 2 of the last 3 went under 4. Seven of the last 10 BJ&#x27;s totals went under 5.5.I&#x27;d be more inclined to the over if Fleury is in for Pittsburg.

JayBK718 · Answer

Tough play

X-Files · Answer

" The San Jose Sharks are first in the Pacific and have lost 12 games in regulation time. Chicago is first in the Central and has dropped nine in regulation time. The Penguins are first in the Metro, they’ve played three more games than Columbus and they have dropped seven games in regulation. The Jackets have five regulation losses all year in 30 games. Everything about this team is legit from their defense to their deep group of forwards. Furthermore, Nationwide Arena will have a playoff atmosphere tonight at this festive time of year with the defending champs in town. A hockey game in Columbus hasn’t drawn this much interest in a very long time and this red-hot host, winners of 10-straight, figures to respond. However, there is also a thing called being “too jacked up” and that could apply here. Instead of staying within themselves, you may see the Jackets wanting this one so badly that the players, individually, will be trying to do too much. The Jackets are simply not used to this type of attention and now the spotlight has never been brighter. Even if the Jackets play their usual strong game, it might not be enough because this type of atmosphere and game also fires up the opposition."

"Fired up, Pittsburgh is not the team you want to bet against. The Penguins are a well-oiled machine that just keeps their relentless attack coming. They’re used to this type of atmosphere and they usually thrive in it. The Penguins lead the league in scoring chances with 895. The closest team to them, and it’s not Columbus, is 100 behind at 795. That brings us to goaltending. We’ve heard some so called “experts” call Sergei Bobrovsky the league’s best goaltender this year or at least in the discussion along with Carey Price and Devan Dubnyk. The problem is, they don’t watch the games; they only see the results. We watch closely, very closely and to suggest that Bobrovsky is in Price’s and Dubnyk’s class is pure lunacy. There is however, a goaltender in this matchup that is close to being in that pair’s class and he plays for the Penguins. In a hugely hyped game between two contenders, give us the better goaltender, the better team and throw in a tag and we know exactly what to do."

LeRinkRat · Answer

https://twitter.com/MolinariPG/status/811977244625268736 Murray is the first goalie off (for Penguins)

moho · Answer

that speeks volumes fer sure

RocNRose · Answer

Pens Get it Done, still To many Weapons and Murray. Penguins ML

pinballwizard · Answer

As much as I hate to admit it, I think the Jackets roll is not a result of their overall talent but rather Torts system he&#x27;s got the team buying into and playing. Matter of time before other teams and coaching staffs cut into it and slow them down at which time we&#x27;ll see their true colors, that being average talent.

Penguins -103 at Blue Jackets -107

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