Kentucky Derby betting players will be looking at the favorites for the “Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports” next weekend, and NHL betting players are in the same boat. Vancouver were the overall favorites, but they barely made out of the first round against their bitter rivals from Chicago. Boston also got rid of their most hated rivals, and now are plotting revenge against the team who completed a historic comeback in last year’s playoffs.

Vancouver won the first three games of their series with Chicago, then lost the last three, and the city of Vancouver was on pins and needles for Game 7, especially when Jonathan Toews knotted the game late in the third period to send it to overtime. However, Alex Burrows’ second goal of the game came in the extra period, and the Canucks exorcised some demons. Now, they move onto the next round where they will be a huge favorite against Nashville.

The Bruins also needed seven games and overtime to beat their rivals from Montreal, and they did it with three overtime wins, and they lost the first two games of the series at home. Along with Vancouver-Chicago, Boston-Montreal was the best of a wild first round, and now the Bruins will look to take on Philadelphia, who became the third team in history to come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs when they stunned Boston last year. This will be a tough call, but the Bruins should still meet Vancouver in the finals, which means you should take them against the banged-up Flyers when you’re sports betting online.