Any hockey fans who complained about the dearth of Game 7s can not complain.
Two string will be decided on Wednesday night — the Penguins and Capitals in a Game 7. But who cares? What bettors need to know is?
Both home teams are favored (Caps opened -175, Ducks opened -120) which should not be any surprise. History says that the home side wins 58.4 percent of the time to get a listing of 97-69 heading back to 1939.
Since Anaheim buh-lows in Game 7s at home recently, well, the Ducks are hated by history, apparently. Which brings me Big Variable No. 1. Anaheim has lost four of these in a row. Over the previous four years. Maybe we’ll blame all those losses on head coach Randy Carlyle?
“It’s not exactly the exact same group and that I was not here so do not pin any of those losses on me,” he told reporters after Game 6.
OK then.
Within Washington, the Capitals are after winning two games faves. They had been favored by the exact same price for Game 5 in Washington if they won 4-2.
Momentum is a huge component here but curiously a guy named Justin Williams is actually major Factor No. 2. You see, Williams is Mr. Game 7 himself.
That is an actual nickname for him, I am not attempting to be cute. That’s because Williams has seven goals and seven assists in seven Game 7s. Oh yeah — and he has won all seven of’em. This is his first Game 7 in his second season with the Capitals, though.
May not seem like much but I guarantee you a great deal of hockey bettors out there will take the Caps for this. However, you may want to be careful of the puckline, which might be tempting with the juice onto the moneyline, if you go that path.
Faves are 14-51 contrary to the spread before Tuesday night’s action.
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