Bruins, Senators go hunting for road wins (By Betfair.com)

Betfair.com · Dec 10, 2008

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[FONT=&quot]The red-hot Boston Bruins visit the Capitals in <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state> on Wednesday night, while elsewhere the inconsistent Ottawa Senators travel to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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<st1:city w:st="on">[FONT=&quot]Boston[/FONT]</st1:city>[FONT=&quot] Bruins (1.4) at <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state></st1lace> Capitals (1.46) [/FONT][FONT=&quot](Money line inc. OT as of 9.00 EST on [/FONT]Betfair.com[FONT=&quot])<o

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[FONT=&quot]Opposing teams are forced to pick their poison when playing the Boston Bruins these days. The Bruins have bounced between sizzling goaltenders Manny Fernandez and Tim Thomas during their current five-game winning streak. During that time, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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[FONT=&quot]Third-year center Phil Kessel is behind that scoring rush. He's netted 10 goals in the last 10 games to up his season count to 17. The Bruins are 1.40 road underdogs Wednesday night.<o

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[FONT=&quot]Outside of a five-goal game against the New York Islanders last week, the Capitals haven't been able to find the net. They're averaging a little more than two goals a game and recently fell flat in the 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. After a short hot streak, Alexander Ovechkin has just one goal in his last five games.<o

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<st1:city w:st="on">[FONT=&quot]Ottawa[/FONT]</st1:city>[FONT=&quot] Senators (2.28) at <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city></st1lace> Blackhawks (1.68) [/FONT][FONT=&quot](Money line inc. OT as of 9am EST on [/FONT] Betfair.com[FONT=&quot])<o

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[FONT=&quot]The Senators gave up three different one-goal leads to the Florida Panthers on Monday night, snapping their four-game home winning streak. <st1:city w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:city> was doing a great job defensively inside <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Scotiabank Place</st1:address></st1:street>, but now head outside <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1

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[FONT=&quot]The Sens have a tough time scoring on the road, notching just eight goals in their last six away contests. They lost all of those games and need secondary scorers like Mike Fisher and Antoine Vermette to pick up their production. <st1:city w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:city> is a 2.28 road underdog on Wednesday night in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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[FONT=&quot]The Blackhawks got just their second win in the last six games with a 7-1 stomping of the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday. The seven-goal outburst was the team's biggest offensive eruption this season. <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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