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By: BoDog Sportsbook
Date: May 9, 2011
   
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The Vancouver Canucks barely escaped the last round when they let the Chicago Blackhawks sneak back into the series. After failing to eliminate the Nashville Predators on home ice Saturday, the Canucks must head to Nashville nursing a 3-2 series lead and NHL betting fans are wondering if the Canucks are once again flirting with disaster. Game 6 of the series gets underway Monday night.

Vancouver is still a 9/4 favorite on Stanley Cup odds, but the Canucks certainly don’t look like a runaway juggernaut after a 4-3 loss on Saturday. The biggest concern is Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin, who simply can’t get going. They’ve been mostly invisible against Nashville. They made their presence felt on Saturday, but not in a good way.

The twins were shut out for the third time in the series and, to make matters worse, they combined to go minus-7 on the night. The Sedins dominated during the regular season, racking up 198 points between the two of them, but they’ve managed just 17 points in 12 games during the playoffs. They have just five points in the series against Nashville.

While the twins are struggling, Ryan Kesler has been turning into a playoff legend. Kesler has five goals in his past three games, including two in Game 5. Kesler took a puck to the face and lost a tooth but, after getting his lip sewn back up, he returned to the game to score a late third-period goal. If the Sedins were playing half as well as Kesler, Vancouver would be unstoppable.

After scoring just six times in the first four games, Game 5 looks like an offensive breakthrough for the Predators on paper. Their four-goal effort is a little misleading, however. A couple of the goals were very flukey, and the Preds took only 23 shots on goal. That needs to improve dramatically, especially with Roberto Luongo sometimes looking shaky in net for Vancouver—just about anything might sneak past him at this point.

The oddsmakers apparently aren’t believing in a comeback by the Predators, as they still have the second-worst Stanley Cup odds at 30/1.

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