NHL Picks & Predictions for Saturday, May 1, 2010

Last Updated on May 1, 2010 11:00 am by drew

Saturday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Saturday, May 1, 2010 in the NHL.

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Philadelphia Flyers at

Boston
Bruins, 12:35PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

BOSTON is 28-22 (+7.7 Units) against the spread versus

PHILADELPHIA
since 1996

BOSTON is 22-22-8 straight up against

PHILADELPHIA
since 1996

24 of 47 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-1.7 Units, Under=-2.9 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

BOSTON is 7-5 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus

PHILADELPHIA
over the last 3 seasons 

BOSTON is 7-5-0 straight up against

PHILADELPHIA
over the last 3 seasons 

7 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.9 Units)

All games played at

BOSTON
since 1996

PHILADELPHIA is 12-12 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus

BOSTON
since 1996

PHILADELPHIA is 12-10-4 straight up against

BOSTON
since 1996

14 of 25 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+1.7 Units)

Games played at

BOSTON
over the last 3 seasons.

PHILADELPHIA is 4-2 (+3.4 Units) against the spread versus

BOSTON
over the last 3 seasons 

PHILADELPHIA is 4-2-0 straight up against

BOSTON
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.6 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Philadelphia
View Matchup | Best Line: +130 SPORTSBETTING.com

Vancouver Canucks at

Chicago
Blackhawks, 8:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

VANCOUVER is 29-25-4 straight up against

CHICAGO
since 1996

29 of 50 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+6.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

CHICAGO is 9-9-0 straight up against

VANCOUVER
over the last 3 seasons 

8 of 15 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.4 Units)

All games played at

CHICAGO
since 1996

CHICAGO is 15-13 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus

VANCOUVER
since 1996

CHICAGO is 15-12-2 straight up against

VANCOUVER
since 1996

14 of 24 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+3.2 Units)

Games played at

CHICAGO
over the last 3 seasons.

CHICAGO is 5-4-0 straight up against

VANCOUVER
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Chicago
View Matchup | Best Line: -145 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 5/1/10 11:00AM ET