NHL board for Thursday, October 29, 2026
Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues
Bruins win the game
Moneyline: they just have to win.
Ticket Boston moneyline (BOS -105)
Boston is 9-3-1 and lists nobody as injured. St. Louis has five players on injured reserve, including Torey Krug, and lost three of its last five.
Books on this card
- DraftKings STL -115 · total 5.5 · BOS -105 / STL -115
Consensus median STL -115. 1 of 1 books match that number.
Total median 5.5. 1 of 1 books match that total.
A snapshot from the card's source. Not a link. Not an offer. It may already be stale. One book is the whole board when that is all the source printed.
Sources
- https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/scoreboard?dates=20261029Retrieved Thursday, October 29, 2026, 9:57 AM ET. Verified schedule, odds.
- https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/summary?event=401892604Retrieved Thursday, October 29, 2026, 9:57 AM ET. Verified schedule, injury.
Preview
Boston (9-3-1) visits St. Louis (5-6-1) at 8 p.m. ET, in the teams' first meeting of the season. Per the AP preview, the Bruins are 4-1-1 on the road and 7-2-1 in their last 10, giving up 2.1 goals a game in that stretch. The Blues are 3-1-1 at home but 4-5-1 in their last 10. Boston's last game was a 2-1 loss at Carolina, and St. Louis was shut out 2-0 at home by Montreal in its last game, per ESPN.
Key factors
St. Louis is short-handed. ESPN has Torey Krug (ankle), Dillon Dube (neck), Tyler Tucker (knee), Logan Mailloux (hand) and Ross Johnston (lower body) on injured reserve, and the AP preview also lists Adam Jecho out for personal reasons. Boston has nobody listed. The AP has the Bruins at 49 goals (3.8 a game), fifth in the league. David Pastrnak is driving it with 7 goals and 11 assists. For St. Louis, Mason McTavish leads with 6 goals and 10 points, per ESPN's team leaders. DraftKings had St. Louis -115 and Boston -105, total 5.5, when this was written.
The pick
The board likes Boston on the moneyline at about even money. The Bruins have the better record, they score more and allow less over their last 10, and nobody is hurt. Meanwhile, the Blues are missing five players and haven't scored in their last game. Getting the better team at a coin-flip price is the appeal. It's a lean, not a lock, and if Boston gets up past -130, pass.
Write-up sources
- ESPN/AP preview: St. Louis and Boston meet for non-conference matchup
- ESPN game summary: Bruins at Blues, Oct. 29, 2026 (injuries, leaders, odds, last five)
How to read a pick
The bold line is the bet in plain words. The ticket line under it is the number from the source, when the source had one.
- Spread
- The points a team gets or gives. "Eagles win by 4+" is the same idea as PHI -3.5: that team has to win by 4 or more. A plus number means the team can lose by fewer than that, or win.
- Moneyline
- Who wins the game. No point spread. The price, like BOS -155, only says how short or long that win was on the snapshot.
- Over/under
- The total. Add both sides together. Over 2.5 goals means 3 or more. Under 2.5 means 2 or fewer.
- Parlay
- Two or more bets tied together. Every part has to hit, or the whole ticket loses. This board does not build a parlay for you.
- Lean, Like, Love
- Lean is a small edge. Like is a clearer read. Love is the strongest call on the board. No pick means we are not calling a side.