The Boston Bruins will look to take a strangle hold in their best of seven Eastern conference semifinal round playoff series as they face the New York Rangers in Game 3 in a pro hockey game on Tuesday night. <br /><br />The Bruins and Rangers will face off from Madison Square Garden in New York City at 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBC Sports Network. <br /><br />The NHL betting odds from game three of this NHL playoff series has the home side New York Rangers favored by -135 odds with the take back on the road underdog Boston Bruins at +125 odds. The goal over under line is set at 5 goals. <br /><br />The Bruins take the 2-0 series lead off their 5-2 home victory in game two on Sunday afternoon as a -122 betting odds favorite. The game total landed well over the total of five goals. <br /><br />The teams traded goals in a 2-2 tie at 3:20 of the second period. Boston then went on a 3-0 run in the final 36:40 of the game to earn a two game lead over the Rangers in this best of seven playoff series. The Rangers had five more shots and won two more face-offs than the Bruins. The Bruins had one power play try and goes 0 of 1. The power play situation for the New York Rangers is horrendous. The team is 0 of 8 on the man advantage in this series after going 0 of 5 on Sunday. For the playoffs the Rangers are an anemic 2 of 36 on the power play. Five different Bruins found the net in game two.
