The Boston Bruins (20-15) are favorites when they host the Vancouver Canucks (14-17-3) on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. ET on NHL Network. The Bruins are -180 on the moneyline to win, while the Canucks have +150 moneyline odds.

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Bruins vs. Canucks Betting Lines

• Favorite: Bruins (-180)
• Underdog: Canucks (+150)
• Over/under: 5.5

Bruins vs. Canucks Quick Facts

• Boston’s games this season have gone over 5.5 goals 19 of 35 times.
• In 61.8% of Vancouver’s previous games this season (21/34), the teams combined to score more than Saturday’s over/under of 5.5 goals.
• The combined goals scored average of these two teams, 6.0, is 0.5 more than Saturday’s over/under.
• These two clubs concede a combined 6.4 goals per game, 0.9 more than this game’s over/under.

Bruins Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Bruins Season Stat Insights

• The Bruins’ 112 goals this season make them the fifth-best scoring team in the NHL.
• Boston is ranked 22nd in league action in goals against this season, having conceded 109 (3.1 per game).
• The team’s goal differential is ninth-best in the league at +3.
• Boston’s 26 power-play goals this season (on 101 chances) are the sixth-most in the NHL.
• The Bruins have the NHL’s fourth-best power-play conversion rate at 25.74%.
• Boston has scored a total of one shorthanded goal this season.
• The Bruins rank 18th in the league in penalty-kill success rate at 80.62%.
• The Bruins win the eighth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL at 51.8%.
• Boston has an 11.9% shooting percentage as a team, ranking fourth in the NHL.
• The Bruins average 24.7 hits and 16.4 blocked shots per game.

Bruins Moneyline

• Boston has won three of its five games as a favorite this season.
• The Bruins have not played a game this season with their moneyline odds lower than -180.
• According to the moneyline odds, Boston has a 64.3% chance of winning this contest.

Bruins Leaders

• David Pastrnak: 13 goals and 24 assists
• Morgan Geekie: 24 goals and 13 assists
• Pavel Zacha: nine goals and 15 assists
• Jeremy Swayman: 14-9-0 record, .908 save percentage, 63 goals conceded

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Canucks Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Canucks Season Stats Insights

• The Canucks have scored 94 goals this season (2.8 per game) to rank 25th in the league.
• Vancouver’s 113 total goals conceded (3.3 per game) rank 24th in the league.
• Their 28th-ranked goal differential is -19.
• Vancouver has put up 23 power-play goals this season, which are the 10th-most in the NHL (on 113 chances).
• The Canucks’ power-play conversion rate (20.35%) ranks 13th in the league.
• Vancouver has scored four shorthanded goals this season (sixth in NHL).
• The 74.34% of opponent power plays the Canucks kill is the 29th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• The Canucks have the 22nd-ranked faceoff win percentage in the NHL (48.6%).
• Vancouver is shooting 10.4% (21st in the league).
• The Canucks have not shut out an opponent this season. They average 20.9 hits and 14.6 blocked shots per game.

Canucks Moneyline Insights

• This season the Canucks have 11 wins in the 25 games in which they’ve been an underdog.
• Vancouver has yet to win as the underdog with odds of +150 or longer on the moneyline this season in four such games.
• The win probability for the Canucks, implied from the moneyline, is 40.0%.

Canucks Leaders

• Elias Pettersson: eight goals and 14 assists
• Kiefer Sherwood: 16 goals and four assists
• Conor Garland: seven goals and 12 assists
• Kevin Lankinen: 4-10-3 record, .877 save percentage, 57 goals given up