Vancouver went into the break 2-4-0 they lost all 4 games by multiple goals. Vancouver traded away their captain and most productive goal scorer this year in Bo Horvat during the break.

New Jersey went into the break 8-1-1 in their last 10 games. New Jersey won the previous meeting this year 5-2 in Vancouver.

New Jersey has dominated Vancouver for years now winning the last 7 meetings in New Jersey and the Devils are 14-1 in the last 15 meetings between the teams going back to 2015. Vancouver is a team that is sending messages to their team they are rebuilding/retooling by trading their captain away. I don’t like this spot for the Canucks and I like a similar result to the previous meeting this year a 5-2 Devils win.

Pick: New Jersey Devils -1.5