April 27 NHL Playoff Picks — Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins

This is the condensed set of picks for Saturday’s Game 2 Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Boston Bruins for Winners and Whiners. Confidence ratings are in parentheses, and a link to the preview is below.

Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Bruins (-135) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 5.5 goals (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jackets UNDER 28.5 shots (-120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Marchand OVER 1.5 points (+150) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 3: Krug OVER 2.5 shots (+110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 4: Blue Jackets UNDER 2.5 goals (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Bruins -0.5 goals (+160) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Period: UNDER 1.5 goals (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: Bruins to score first (-130) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 4-5-0 (.444)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-2-0 (.778)
Playoff Record: 34-39-2 (.467)

April Record: 13-11-0 (.542)
March Record 47-19-1 (.709)
February Record: 38-33-0 (.535)
January Record: 27-31-3 (.482)
December Record 39-33-1 (.541)
November Record: 44-36-0 (.550)
October Record: 31-22-0 (.585)

Season Record: 239-191-5 (.555)
Playoff Record: 34-39-2 (.467)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500)           (20-21 (488) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500)           (11-11-1 (.500) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)           (3-7-1 (.318) in Playoffs)

(Brad Marchand photo courtesy Boston Bruins official Twitter account)