I'm playing on Washington/Boston UNDER the total. These are two of the stingier teams in the league. The Bruins allow 2.7 goals per game. The Capitals allow 2.8, just 2.6 per game on the road. I expect goals to be at a relative premium this evening. The Bruins got lit up for seven goals last game. Needless to say, they aren't pleased about doing so. They gave up five first period goals (first time since 2008) and saw goalie Rask get pulled. Coach Cassidy commented: "We wouldn't have been good enough against the worst team in the league. We just didn't compete." Rask added: "It's gone, gone already ..." Keep in mind that the Bruins had allowed three or fewer goals in each of their 10 previous games. Also, note that the UNDER is 7-1 the past eight times that they were off a loss of three or more goals. Of course, Cassidy will demand an improved defensive effort. Admittedly, the Caps have been involved in some higher-scoring games at home of late, including one against these same Bruins. However, their last road game had a final score of 2-0. In fact, the UNDER is 4-0 their last four on the road. Those four games saw a total of only 17 combined goals scored. The Caps have also seen the UNDER go 12-5-2 their last 19 visits to Boston, 25-9-2 the last 36. The last two meetings here both finished with five combined goals. I see this one also finishing with five or less.