2012 NHL Opening Odds & Totals for Thursday, March 1

Thursday’s NHL Odds

(TheSpread) – The NHL has 9 games set to take place on Thursday night. Here is a look at the odds for each of the contests on the schedule.

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The featured game of Thursday night has the Vancouver Canucks hosting the St. Louis Blues at 10PM ET (View Matchup). Oddsmakers have the Canucks as the favorite to win, giving them a money line of -160, while St. Louis has odds of +147 to win. The over/under for goals scored has been set at 5. Vancouver is 40-16-8 on the season and 18-6-4 at home while St. Louis is 39-17-7 overall and 13-13-3 on the road. These two teams have split the last six meetings and four of the last five have been decided by one goal.

The other featured game of the night has the Boston Bruins hosting the New Jersey Devils at 7PM ET (View Matchup). Oddsmakers have the Bruins as the favorite in this one, giving them a money line of -170 to win while the Devils have odds of +156. The over/under total for goals scored has been set at 5. Boston is 37-21-3 on the season and 18-11-2 at home while New Jersey is 35-23-4 on the season and 19-11-1 on the road. The Bruins have won the last three against the Devils and seven of the last eight in the series.

For odds and goal totals for each of Thursday’s games, see below.

2012 NHL Odds for Thursday, March 1

55 New Jersey Devils +156 (5)

56 Boston Bruins -170

51 Minnesota Wild +129 (5)

52 Montreal Canadiens -140

53 New York Islanders +165 (5.5)

54 Philadelphia Flyers -180

57 New York Rangers -145 (5)

58 Carolina Hurricanes +134

59 Florida Panthers +115 (5.5)

60 Winnipeg Jets -125

61 Columbus Blue Jackets +174 (5.5)

62 Colorado Avalanche -190

63 Calgary Flames +152 (5)

64 Phoenix Coyotes -165

65 St. Louis Blues +147 (5)

66 Vancouver Canucks -160

67 Buffalo Sabres +165 (5.5)

68 San Jose Sharks -180

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