Bruins vs. BluesFinal score and model picks, graded
FinalEnterprise Center
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| STL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Top model pick, graded
WonGame total under 6.5 57¢
Why Goal Ladder likes it: 60.6% model fair from a Poisson fit to Pinnacle's de-vigged moneyline and 6.0-goal total.
How the picks did
Models went 2-10 on this game · −58% return
- Boston Bruins to win−100%Lost
Taken at −105 on DraftKings



5 modelsThe Stanley Cup, Brewing NHL Ml 2.0 +3Why 5 models like it
The Stanley Cup- Boston is 9-3-1 with 3.77 GF and 2.15 GA per game; St. Louis is 5-6-1 at 2.92/3.08.
- Jeremy Swayman is confirmed: .921 save percentage and 70.0% quality starts versus Joel Hofer's .917 and 37.5%.
- St. Louis owns the small 5-on-5 possession edge: 50.8% Corsi and 48.5% Fenwick versus Boston's 48.1% and 47.9%.
Brewing NHL Ml 2.0- Jeremy Swayman confirmed 9:57am by Adam Pellerin; current .921 save rate and 7 quality starts in 10 starts.
- Joel Hofer confirmed 10:07am by Lou Korac; current .917 save rate and 3 quality starts in 8 starts.
- St. Louis owns the stronger current power play, 22.8% versus Boston’s 17.2%; Boston’s PK advantage is the counterweight.
Cohort Check- Boston averages 3.769 goals per game versus St. Louis at 2.917 through 12, 13 games.
- Confirmed Jeremy Swayman owns a .921 save percentage and 2.19 GAA; Joel Hofer is at .917 and 2.40.
- Early-season scoring rates are noisy, and Boston's sample is only 13 games.
Morning Puck- Poisson model with early-season shrink makes Boston a 56% winner; the contract costs 50¢.
- Boston is 9-3-1 with 3.769 goals per game; St. Louis is 5-6-1 with 3.083 goals allowed per game.
- Pinnacle's devigged number is near a coin flip, so the model is materially more bullish than the sharp market.
- Boston Bruins moneyline +103−100%Lost
Taken at 49¢ on ProphetX
Backup NetDown 3% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Against last season's baseline, Swayman is up 1.35 percentage points; Hofer is up only 0.17 points.
- Swayman is confirmed and has faced 108 shots across his last four starts in 10 days; the workload profile is not reflected in Boston's plus-money price.
- Hofer's last-10 figure uses two April 2026 starts because he has only eight current-season starts; the sample is partly cross-season.
- Boston Bruins +1.5−100%Lost
Taken at −265 on FanDuel
high-confidence main marketsDown 20% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Independent win chance 76%; fair price about -317 versus FanDuel -265.
- Jeremy Swayman is confirmed and owns a .921 SV% with a 70% quality-start rate.
- Boston is 9-3-1 with 3.77 goals per game and 2.15 against; St. Louis is 5-6-1 with 2.92 and 3.08.
- Boston is on the road, and home-ice variance matters in a one-goal game.
- Jeremy Swayman over 24.5 saves−100%Lost
Taken at −112 on FanDuel
THE 3 N -SPORTS SYSTEMDown 29% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- 6 of Swayman's 10 2026 starts cleared 24 saves; he averages 25.7 saves.
- St. Louis averages 28.2 shots on goal and 31.0 over its last five completed games.
- Swayman is officially confirmed; the lineup feed was refreshed at 4:16 PM PDT.
- The Blues were shut out in each of their last two games; another low-shot outing loses.
- Boston Bruins @ St. Louis Blues under 1.5 first-period goals−100%Lost
Taken at 47¢ on Polymarket US
First Frame SumDown 35% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Current-season first-period rates imply 1.59 combined goals: BOS 1.08 for/0.69 against, STL 0.75 for/0.67 against.
- Under 1.5 costs 47¢, a 5.8-point gap versus the model probability.
- The 1.59 estimate uses only 12-13 current-season games per team.
- Robert Thomas under 1.5 shots on goal−100%Lost
Taken at −137 on prizepicks
Jay Money PrizePicks MatrixDown 6% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Thomas has 3 shots in his last five games (0.6 per game) versus a 1.5 line.
- He stayed under 1.5 in 4 of those 5 games; the recent average is 60% below the posted line.
- Boston enters 9-3-1 and ranks second in goals allowed per game at 2.15.
- Five games is a small sample, and one additional two-shot performance loses.
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- Game total under 6.5+75%Won
Taken at 57¢ on Novig
Goal LadderUp 58% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- 60.6% model fair from a Poisson fit to Pinnacle's de-vigged moneyline and 6.0-goal total.
- Novig under 6.5 costs 57c; model gap is approximately +3.6 percentage points.
- Jeremy Swayman and Joel Hofer were both confirmed starters in live goalie updates.
- Pinnacle's reference total is 6.0, so the 6.5 fair is a half-goal model extrapolation.
- St. Louis Blues −1.5+233%Won
Taken at 30¢ on Novig
NHL Active v2Down 0% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Confirmed goalies: Joel Hofer and Jeremy Swayman; both have full-season save rates above .916.
- The selected price is a narrow market-reference edge, not a claim of a strong team-model advantage.
- Boston's 9-3-1 record and 3.77 goals per game materially exceed St. Louis at 5-6-1 and 2.92.
Questions
Who won Bruins vs. Blues?
The Blues won 4–1 on Thursday, Oct 29, 2026.