In the past 5 days or so regarding the NHL, and I was red-hot before, I'm that car which has blown a tire on the interstate and is looking for an off-ramp -- just look for the Waffle House and/or fireworks store as they are seemingly located on every off-ramp in Florida. Simply want to make it to the All-Star break. Do think the break approaching is why the weirdness -- it happens in the NBA and MLB, too. Can't not play Boston just -135 at home, though, with the apparent clear goaltending advantage in Linus Ullmark over Spencer Martin (3-8-1, .886 SV). The Canes, in the front of a B2B, also are without a big offensive weapon in Andrei Svechnikov (30 points).

The Hurricanes have been well respected by the oddsmakers and bettors since the start of the season. Their median price at home is -190 and away is -130. Counting losses in overtime or shoot outs the Hurricanes are 25-20 and 11-11 their last 22. Boston is on a five game winning streak trying the match their season best streak of six to open the season. Boston has a median price at home of -180.

The Bruins are tough to beat at TD Garden as their 16-3-3 home record would attest. So we have to think twice about recommending a Canes win...but we can arrive at the "over" instead. These are two of the higher-scoring teams in the league and Carolina has been trending "over" all season (and currently on another 8-4 run in that direction). Boston also enters on an extended "over" run (9-4 its last 13) and shoots pucks tonight at Antti Raanta, with his subpar 3.20 GAA and .866 saves. Play Hurricanes-Bruins "Over"

This Hurricanes-Bruins game is a very interesting study on what matters most when betting game totals. Both defenses are elite, allowing less than 2.6 goals/game in their respective locations over the past month. On the flip side, the offenses might be even better. Boston is averaging 5.4 goals per game at home across the last 30 days, and Carolina is averaging 5.0 goals per game on the road in the same span. We prefer to favor the offenses in this one. Nine of the last 12 games for both teams have seen 6+ goals, and three of the last five meetings between these two have gone over. Here's to goals as the offenses shine.